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Best packing and shipping practices?
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drose224
·Stop taping bubble wrap, Please
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Gentle Ben
·I'd like to pop in to say I've now purchased way too many pieces from our esteemed OF members.They must have read the do's and don'ts of packaging as each piece, in its delivery packaging, could have been dropped from the Space Needle. This forums members/sellers are interacting with these posts.Good for them as they "hear the people sing!".
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The_Watchist
·For a nice watch, if I want to go the extra mile, I wrap it in bubble wrap and put it inside an insulated souvenir cup with a lid. Then I put that in a shipping box with additional bubble wrap or other packing material. The cup costs a few dollars at the supermarket or discount store, but I look at it as a small extra gift for the person who purchased the watch, and the watch is extremely safe. You could step on the package without damaging the watch, and it is also safe against water since it is sealed inside the lidded cup.
I have also used the small reusable food storage containers, or other small plastic boxes.
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drose224
·Please stop wrapping the bubble wrap in tape. Makes it almost impossible to open!
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blubarb
··IG: #blubarb19This is kind of gold, imagine if it were branded?!
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Redondo444
·I recently bought a watch from an antique store (not a watch specialist) in the UK which is not yet with me but the seller was so kind to send me pictures of the packacking.
Shipping was complementary by the way.
This is how it should be done!
Worst shipping experience was a watch simply put in an unprotected letter envelope - even not bubbles!
We don't talk about a 20 usd watch but about a 3k+ watch ... That was simply ridiculous and it was from a "professional" ebay watch seller from south America... Result was a cracked crystal and a ding in the bezel. He didn't even admit any wrongdoing as he always ships like this without problems...
Shipping was complementary by the way.
This is how it should be done!
Worst shipping experience was a watch simply put in an unprotected letter envelope - even not bubbles!
We don't talk about a 20 usd watch but about a 3k+ watch ... That was simply ridiculous and it was from a "professional" ebay watch seller from south America... Result was a cracked crystal and a ding in the bezel. He didn't even admit any wrongdoing as he always ships like this without problems...
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Evitzee
·Worst shipping experience was a watch simply put in an unprotected letter envelope - even not bubbles!
We don't talk about a 20 usd watch but about a 3k+ watch ... That was simply ridiculous and it was from a "professional" ebay watch seller from south America... Result was a cracked crystal and a ding in the bezel. He didn't even admit any wrongdoing as he always ships like this without problems...
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zkramez
·Watch dealer here... Best practice is to double to triple box the item at home. Never at the store. Do not let them know what is inside. You can get the boxes for free at Fedex. M2 is usually the best. I put the watch in a padded envelope if it is not a full set. Then stuff with more boxes / envelopes as they are free at Fedex. Then ship it out at Fedex. Always put insurance. Do not mess around with being uninsured. You think it won't happen to you until it does. We ship out 2-3 watches per day. It happens more than you think.
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clockoclock
·Stop taping bubble wrap, Please
How annoying wasn’t that?
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clockoclock
·I recently bought a watch from an antique store (not a watch specialist) in the UK which is not yet with me but the seller was so kind to send me pictures of the packacking.
Shipping was complementary by the way.
This is how it should be done!
Worst shipping experience was a watch simply put in an unprotected letter envelope - even not bubbles!
We don't talk about a 20 usd watch but about a 3k+ watch ... That was simply ridiculous and it was from a "professional" ebay watch seller from south America... Result was a cracked crystal and a ding in the bezel. He didn't even admit any wrongdoing as he always ships like this without problems...
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clockoclock
·Well the northern European country is The Netherlands but I don’t think it’s appropriate for me to name the other country where I’ve had terrible experiences - these are my experiences and I’d prefer not to publicly stereotype.
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Evitzee
·Always put insurance. Do not mess around with being uninsured. You think it won't happen to you until it does. We ship out 2-3 watches per day. It happens more than you think.