From: Colin (MATROPHY) [#9]
9 Sep 2005
To: trophyman (MIKEBERGER) [#8] 9 Sep 2005
We buy poly bags from JDS and use them for trophies. The 7x9 works for many bases. Your only really trying to protect the plate from scratching. A clear bag is good for customers trying to ID the trophies. For tall trophies, we stiuff newspaper around the tops to keep them from banging together in transit. For boxes, I used to make my rounds around grocery stores - I too have used banana boxes - and liquor stores and then it dawned on me that it wasn't a very professional-looking way of doing it so I now buy cardboard boxes from Uline.com. 13x13 bottom is a good size - and whatever the height needs to be (10" or 13" works well). I print labels with customers name and any other details of the order and then hand-write the quantity that is inside the box. Also on the label is our information. I figure any extra advertising is always good.
From: trophyman (MIKEBERGER) [#10]
9 Sep 2005
To: Colin (MATROPHY) [#9] 9 Sep 2005
We also use Uline for our boxes and also the shrink wrap. We don't reuse boxes from our incoming shipments as I also feel that it is not professional looking and some of the freight companies are not honoring a damage claims when the boxes have been used previously. Some of them are really beatup when they arrive and I sometimes wonder how they made it here. Uline has a good assortment of tall boxes that are made for packing furniture such as floor lamps and these work great for those TALL trophies. We used to use vinyl application tape to protect the engraving plates but our customers like the clear shrink wrap in that they can see the engraving and that we are taking the effort to protect their awards from getting scratched. We also reuse the styrofoam packing material that we get from the incoming shipments. It's alot cheaper than buying it and helps us get rid of it. We place a packing sheet in a windowed pouch on the outside of the box that identifies the contents. (UPS supplies adhesive pouches for use with plain paper shipping documents.)
EDITED: 9 Sep 2005 by MIKEBERGER
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