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Storing and preserving old carts
Mick Dundee:
Mini silica packets?
Zelimpdna:
You get these for FREE? In Australia, our post office charges between $1-2 each for boxes like these.
Then again, I guess we get free healthcare...
--- Quote from: Dreamcast99 on November 30, 2013, 12:31:14 PM ---you can get FREE small flat rate boxes that fit boxed games very well.
I have my new in box games wrapped in bubble wrap inside of these.
Ideally you'll use them for shipping too so the usps can make a little something off them too.
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SNES/GENESIS Style
Priority Mail Small Flat Rate Box
SKU: O-SMALL-FRB: In Stock
5-3/8" x 8-5/8" x 1-5/8" Pack of 25 Boxes
Minimum order: 1
Maximum order: 20
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DVD Style:
Priority Mail DVD Box
SKU: ODVDS
7-9/16" x 5-7/16" x 5/8"
Pack of 25 Priority Mail DVD Box
Availability: Usually ships in 1 business day
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just search for the box on www.usps.com and its within the first 5 results.
These are free, and FREE delivery. 100% free to your door.
I do some e-bay sales as a hobby, these boxes save so much time and effort!
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wiggy:
Something that I use in addition to the UGCs are silica gel packets. They absorb moisture. Great for basement or high humidity area storage ;)
Nacho3:
--- Quote from: thedrowningman on November 30, 2013, 07:19:50 PM ---You get these for FREE? In Australia, our post office charges between $1-2 each for boxes like these.
Then again, I guess we get free healthcare...
--- Quote from: Dreamcast99 on November 30, 2013, 12:31:14 PM ---you can get FREE small flat rate boxes that fit boxed games very well.
I have my new in box games wrapped in bubble wrap inside of these.
Ideally you'll use them for shipping too so the usps can make a little something off them too.
--------------------------------------------------------
SNES/GENESIS Style
Priority Mail Small Flat Rate Box
SKU: O-SMALL-FRB: In Stock
5-3/8" x 8-5/8" x 1-5/8" Pack of 25 Boxes
Minimum order: 1
Maximum order: 20
-----------------------------------------------------------
DVD Style:
Priority Mail DVD Box
SKU: ODVDS
7-9/16" x 5-7/16" x 5/8"
Pack of 25 Priority Mail DVD Box
Availability: Usually ships in 1 business day
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just search for the box on www.usps.com and its within the first 5 results.
These are free, and FREE delivery. 100% free to your door.
I do some e-bay sales as a hobby, these boxes save so much time and effort!
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Not exactly free because you have to pay to ship stuff in these boxes. It cost more than $5 and if you shipped a CIB game using priority mail it would cost somewhere around $3. So, the box is free if you use it for the purpose of storing but not really if you are shipping.
wiggy:
He's just saying that the boxes themselves are free, which they are.
Also, priority shipping starts at about $5. You'd be lucky to ship a CIB game for less than that via 1st class mail :-\