KNIFE Packaging....Or Lack there of !!??....And shipping the SAME WAY???

I have experience this too and its very annoying.

You know the box is going to get tossed around...a lot. Package it up right and tight.

I always shake the box to make sure that I don't hear or feel anything moving around before I finish taping it up. If its not good I add more paper towel, newpaper, bubblewrap, etc whatever I have at hand to make it better.

Take pride in what you do. Treat it how you want your things treated. And even if you treat yours poorly, remember that its not going to be yours anymore and someone else may take better care of it. So just do it right. I mean once youre done with your newpaper you throw it out as useless garbage...so why not put a little more in there when you ship something. Just saying
 
I agree and next time. Trade I will keep that in mind. I feel like I have done a good job packing the knives I have traded but I'm sure I could do even better
 
I changed phones since I snapping a picture so I don't have it with me, but one of my recent purchases was a sheathed fixed blade shipped in a Priority cardboard envelope. The thing showed up with a hole big enough to fit three fingers. Luckily my mail guy is honest and the knife was still in there, but there was literally no packing or extra tape used to secure anything.
 
From Oct 2012 till Sep 2013 the USPS Office of Inspector General special agents conducted 1,514 internal mail theft investigations resulting in 339 arrests and 854 administrative actions.

That is a small percentage of usps employees, but it does happen.
 
Someone once shipped me an ESEE 4 in an envelope. USA to Switzerland. It came with half the knife dangling out, but luckily undamaged.
 
Also...

I have shipped a knife via envelope in the past. I think it was a member here. I had promised to ship it out next day, then realized I had no box! I asked the recipient if they were willing to risk it, and they agreed. I think I mummified it with fiberglass tape and luckily it arrived unharmed.

I now always make sure I have the proper shipping materials on hand before selling/trading.
 
GIZMOMAN said:
no one else having packaging issues??
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Slightly dated, but here is how I received a Spyderco PPT... Had a thread about it.

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First Thank You all for contributing
I by NO means claim to be the GURU of packaging
BUT anyone that has dealt with me...
When you receive a knife..IT takes a bit of time to get to the PRIZE--when I send a blade to you.
What I have seen in my own experiences and all or you and your contributions.
Well..I feel its just DISRESPECTED and flat out ..Ignorance.
I feel..Some one pays 500 to me for a blade. I will
Secure it
Tape the crap out the box..
Make it not rattle.
And FOLLOW THE KNIFE TO THE PERSON.
I will send email or PM updates to them..

I guess I may be beating a dead horse and I have read older threads about this.
But just like other things that have become more seen in here as of the last 6-8 months
Common Sense..Simply is NOT BEING USED...
Not have common sense...is disrespectful to the buyer..
We all need to take pride in our sales-trades..
Your reputation will always depend on it.
This community is small.
Word of MOUTH is a powerful thing.

Thank you all again for the contributions..
 
Thank you so much Esav

We appreciate all you do for us buddy.:D
 
Packing is so simple and pretty quick, why risk a mishap when you can take the extra few minutes to wrap things up tight. I just shipped a bundle of 4 knives which had no boxes. Each knife was put in its own plastic bag and then individual bags were wrapped up in newspaper which were then taped to keep them from opening. Then those 4 wrapped pieces went into a bigger bag that was then sealed and all of that found its way into a flat-rate small USPS box that got tapped up nicely! Fingers crossed that it makes it alright, but I have not doubt that it should!

I would say that 90% of what I have received from members here has been nicely packed, usually in a small flat-rate box with some sort of internal padding (peanuts, newspapers, magazine pages, ect and then taped up. The other 10% would included knife boxes just dropped loose in a flat-rate box, free to bump and jump around in transit.
 
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