Cigar Shipping Guide

[Shiba]

Cigar Shipping Guide

Below are some tips that I have compliled for shipping your cigars to your fellow BOTL.

Mailing Supplies

You can order mailing supplies from the USPS by visiting the link below. They offer boxes and envelopes of all sizes and best of all, the USPS Supplies are FREE!!!!

[LINK=http://shop.usps.com/cgi-bin/vsbv/postal_store_non_ssl/home.jsp]Link: USPS Mailing Supplies[/LINK]

Packing

Take the cigars that you are shipping and place the ones that do not have cellophane on them in a 2X8 “Reclosable Bag”.

[link=http://www.veripack.com/Product/dept.asp?dept%5Fid=80004&DeptPath%5Fid=110%2C+1110%2C+11102%2C+80004&ClickedSku=yes&sku=02%2D0208&searched=true&RequestImageFile=prod&HeaderName=2+Mil+Clear+%2D+Reclosable+Bags]Link: 2X8 Reclosable Bags (02-0208)[/LINK]

Once I have all my cigars in cellophane or Reclosable Bags, I them place them in a 6X8 “Reclosable Bubble Bag”.

[LINK=http://www.veripack.com/Product/dept.asp?dept%5Fid=11224&DeptPath%5Fid=140%2C+1380%2C+11224&ClickedSku=yes&sku=03%2D0608&searched=true&RequestImageFile=prod&HeaderName=Reclosable+Bubble+Bags]Link: 6X8 Reclosable Bubble Bags (03-0608)[/LINK]

Now all you have to do is drop them in a video cassette sized Priority Mail Box and you are set to go.

[LINK=http://shop.usps.com/cgi-bin/vsbv/postal_store_non_ssl/display_products/productDetail.jsp?OID=1003571]Link: Video Cassette Priority Mail Box (O-1096S)[/LINK]

Shipping

You can go on to the USPS website and calculate shipping costs as well as print out pre-paid labels to place on your packages if you so desire. They will even pick these packages up from you home so you don’t even have to leave the house to do this. You can also pay for the postage and drop off your package at your local USPS office if you prefer. Also, if you print shipping labels online, you will get a FREE Delivery Confirmation number.

[LINK=https://sss-web.usps.com/cns/landing.do]Link: USPS Shipping Labels & Services[/LINK]

So if your sending a bomb, selling some sticks or just working up a trade, this guide should help your cigars arrive safely while making things easier on you.

ENJOY!!!

[guilow]

None of the links work for me. "404 error, page not found" or something like that.

I have used the USPS process and it it's great. The shipping supplies (boxes) are free and you can print your own paid-for labels at their online site. tmos turned me on to that a year ago and I've used that process a ton!

[Shiba]

Everything is working A-OK

[habanohal]

Stocked up on supplies a while ago. Even the free scales. Though you can not ship from home when shipping out over seas

[Ginseng]

Thanks for the handy guide. Very well researched!

And BTW, 55 posts in 2 days. I'm impressed. You are an earnest fellow

Wilkey

[guilow]

» Stocked up on supplies a while ago. Even the free scales. Though you can

» not ship from home when shipping out over seas

Hal,

Are you saying USPS give free scales? THAT I didn't see. I'm all over that....

[piranha]

» Stocked up on supplies a while ago. Even the free scales. Though you can

» not ship from home when shipping out over seas

Free scales, were. I order one right now.

[guilow]

» » Stocked up on supplies a while ago. Even the free scales. Though you

» can

» » not ship from home when shipping out over seas

»

» Free scales, were. I order one right now.

Apparently scales are no longer free. They are 34.95 for the 5lb and 39.95 for the 10lb scale. Also, they are on backorder.

[Shiba]

» Thanks for the handy guide. Very well researched!

»

» And BTW, 55 posts in 2 days. I'm impressed. You are an earnest fellow

»

» Wilkey

Wilkey.... got to get 100 some how before my next round of orders.. LOL

[Ginseng]

» » Thanks for the handy guide. Very well researched!

» »

» » And BTW, 55 posts in 2 days. I'm impressed. You are an earnest fellow

»

» »

» » Wilkey

»

»

» Wilkey.... got to get 100 some how before my next round of orders.. LOL

I hear ya Greg.

BTW, I'd add that I use aluminum foil as an added precaution against drying out.

Wilkey

[guilow]

» BTW, I'd add that I use aluminum foil as an added precaution against

» drying out.

Pardon my ignorance, but how is Aluminum foil going to prevent them from drying out?

[Ginseng]

» » BTW, I'd add that I use aluminum foil as an added precaution against

» » drying out.

»

» Pardon my ignorance, but how is Aluminum foil going to prevent them from

» drying out?

Aluminum foil, assuming it has no pinholes or tears, will present an absolute barrier to the transmission of moisture and oxygen. If you build a pouch and make sure to seal the edges well, almost no moisture will get in or out.

This is the principle behind some heat-seal packaging and also aluminum soda pop cans.

Simple polyethylene (or polythene for you Brit-types ) rather freely allows oxygen and moisture vapor to transpire across the thickness of the film.

Wilkey

[guilow]

» Aluminum foil, assuming it has no pinholes or tears, will present an

» absolute barrier to the transmission of moisture and oxygen. If you build

» a pouch and make sure to seal the edges well, almost no moisture will get

» in or out.

»

» This is the principle behind some heat-seal packaging and also aluminum

» soda pop cans.

»

» Simple polyethylene (or polythene for you Brit-types ) rather freely

» allows oxygen and moisture vapor to transpire across the thickness of the

» film.

»

» Wilkey

Thanks. I didn't realize that!

[Shiba]

Wlikey is way too damn smart for me.. . LOL

Great information Wilkey, I always wondered why the smokes you have sent me in the past all had aluminum foil around them :-P

[raney]

» Wlikey is way too damn smart for me.. . LOL

»

» Great information Wilkey, I always wondered why the smokes you have sent

» me in the past all had aluminum foil around them :-P

It also forms a great barrier to alien mind control...

[Shiba]

» » Wlikey is way too damn smart for me.. . LOL

» »

» » Great information Wilkey, I always wondered why the smokes you have

» sent

» » me in the past all had aluminum foil around them :-P

»

» It also forms a great barrier to alien mind control...

LOL :-D