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[bobh55-9]

EBAY should look after private sellers more carefully.

How can Ebay decide to charge lowest postage price without considering the packaging materials that I have to purchase to be able to despatch my sold items in a safe and secure way.

Packaging material I purchase to sell items on Ebay;

Brown packing tape 

Self seal plastic bags of various sizes

Polystyrene quaver like packaging

Bubble wrap, rolls

Polystyrene wrap, rolls

Hand held shrink wrap

Despatch label holders

Hazard tape; yellow/black to help identify my parcel should carrier mislay/lose 

Confirmation of very satisfied customers reflects on the positive feedback regarding packaging

All these items do not come cheap, and that is why I must charge postage to include these packaging materials

I am very close to closing my account after many years of successful trading

[suelel1968]

They have considered the packaging, to be fair, they said add the cost to the item.... Don't shoot the messenger. 

I guess it depends what you sell, but i only use recycled materials. Apart from sellotape and parcel tape, I don't buy anything. I have only had one complaint about using a prescriptions drugs box... I blocked her. I get more exited about bubble wrap on things i've purchased than the actual purchase and junk mail envelopes are all reused with stuck on labels and resealed with tape. 

[clearingmyshelves2025]

I used to pick up clean bubble wrap from my local supermarket but , as with most things to be more sustainable, you rarely find it in the fruit & veg dept now.

[podlingsmum2007]

The inner bags from cereal. I clean those and use wrapping paper pattern side in to wrap an item first. Works for clothes and light books.

[suelel1968]

Cardboard from cornflakes and weatabix boxes is great. And empty loo rolls for dads drills!

[britanniabug_stamp_store]

You must eat alot of cereals. Just not practical for many sellers and especially if you don't eat breakfast.

[lucy_farmer]

'Just not practical for many sellers ...'

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A lot of genuine private sellers do not need industrial quantities of packaging when they're selling their own bits and bobs...... storing up domestic packaging is ideal .

[podlingsmum2007]

You are assuming I make lots of sales.