How to protect packages?

[aurareturn]

I've never shipped anything before and I am about to start. I have to ship several Gamecube games which are the size of DVD cases. I will be using USPS to ship. I don't have anything that I can use to protect them. I don't have any packaging peanuts or those air bubble sheets that everyone likes to pop. I was wondering where you could get these? Does USPS provide these for you?

 

[Lola]

you can BUY the stuff at UPS or USPS or just go to walmart or target and get some bubble wrap.
I have also found that when shipping with boxes, plastic bags work VERY well to protect the item being shipped. (make sure they are clean of course)

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: aurareturn
I've never shipped anything before and I am about to start. I have to ship several Gamecube games which are the size of DVD cases. I will be using USPS to ship. I don't have anything that I can use to protect them. I don't have any packaging peanuts or those air bubble sheets that everyone likes to pop. I was wondering where you could get these? Does USPS provide these for you?

Go to Walmart and get a roll of packaging bubbles, that should do. They're about $4 and it should be plenty.

 

[effowe]

You can get them down at the post office or Fedex/Kinko's stores, along with many other places. I just wrap whatever I'm shipping in an inch - two inches of bubble wrap, then put crumpled paper / styrofoam peanuts to fill in the rest of the box. Lastly tape up all the seams and you should be good to go.