Darlene Fletcher on thu 2 sep 04
Hi Clayarters,
I am hoping to touch base with anyone out there who has had experience in
shipping tile orders. So far we have just been selling our tiles locally,
but we are ready to expand our horizons. Immediate questions that spring to
mind are as follows:
- packaging: how many tiles per box seems reasonable and what packing
materials do you use?
- insurance: is this a must?
- breakage: how big of a concern is this?
Any other general tips or good/bad stories would be most appreciated!
Thank you,
Darlene Fletcher
(Victoria, BC)
pdp1@EARTHLINK.NET on thu 2 sep 04
Hi Darlene,
While I have no particular experience shipping 'Tiles'
per-se, I do have some shipping experience generally as has
concerned shipping items of value or items as heavy, and or
items as are liable to breakage...
So...a little below...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Darlene Fletcher"
> Hi Clayarters,
>
> I am hoping to touch base with anyone out there who has
had experience in
> shipping tile orders. So far we have just been selling our
tiles locally,
> but we are ready to expand our horizons. Immediate
questions that spring to
> mind are as follows:
>
> - packaging: how many tiles per box seems reasonable and
what packing
> materials do you use?
This would depend to some extent, on the size of the
individual Tiles, and with how liable they generally are to
breakage.
Generally, any shipment as will go via the Post Office,
U.P.S. or Fed-ex, is a shipment one must expect will be
caused to fall at least four feet onto concrete, if not
more, and maybe more than once, too, from any possible
position...and none of those businesses are likely to find
your 'packaging', no matter what kind of packaging it is, to
be adequate once they have broken the contents, so far as
insurance considerations go...
Common Carrier shipments are expensive, usually are about
quite heavy consignments, but are not likely to be
'dropped'...
> - insurance: is this a must?
Yes...it is a 'must'...not only as respects the value of the
merchandise if it is lost or broken, but, as a method of
ensuring it is signed for on delivery, that is, so you know
it was delivered, and also, so the recipient may not easily
pretend they had not recieved them...
> - breakage: how big of a concern is this?
You tell me...
> Any other general tips or good/bad stories would be most
appreciated!
If the Tiles are 'small' they should suffer less occasion of
being broken than if they are 'large'...
Consider who is going to be the probable recipients of the
Tiles generally, which is also to say, what kinds of
quantities would a shipment be, and, what kind of shipper
shall convey them to their destination...and or how regular
would these arrangements be repeated, if at all...
Tiles are heavy...so no matter what means of conveyance, the
shipping costs will be important to you and the recipient.
As well as your troubles to package them...
> Thank you,
>
> Darlene Fletcher
> (Victoria, BC)
Best wishes with your venture...
Phil
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Natalie Surving on thu 2 sep 04
Darlene,
Double box
Stack tiles end to end like a loaf of bread with dividers
Use UPS, $100 insurance is automatic.
always insure
Natalie Surving
----- Original Message -----
From: "Darlene Fletcher"
To:
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 12:13 AM
Subject: selling & shipping tiles
> Hi Clayarters,
>
> I am hoping to touch base with anyone out there who has had experience in
> shipping tile orders. So far we have just been selling our tiles locally,
> but we are ready to expand our horizons. Immediate questions that spring
to
> mind are as follows:
>
> - packaging: how many tiles per box seems reasonable and what packing
> materials do you use?
>
> - insurance: is this a must?
>
> - breakage: how big of a concern is this?
>
> Any other general tips or good/bad stories would be most appreciated!
>
> Thank you,
>
> Darlene Fletcher
> (Victoria, BC)
>
>
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Paul Lewing on thu 2 sep 04
on 9/1/04 8:13 PM, Darlene Fletcher at fletcher@ISLANDNET.COM wrote:
> - packaging: how many tiles per box seems reasonable and what packing
> materials do you use?
I'd say keep it under 50 pounds. I put a single layer of some packing
material, either bubble wrap or just a sheet of cardboard between each
tile, and wrap them tightly in bundles of 10 or so in bubble wrap. It's
best to double box them, but if not, use at least an inch or so of packing
around the bundles.
>
> - insurance: is this a must?
Depends on whether you don't mind getting paid for your work or not.
>
> - breakage: how big of a concern is this?
I have almost never had one break if I pack them like that.
Paul Lewing, Seattle
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