Do you recycle or reuse boxes? Would you mind receiving purchased items in recycled boxes?I've been doing this for years and have never had a complaint yet. The boxes I use to ship purchased items come from a local store called Family Dollar. Usually the great people that work there save me the boxes with a little or no advertisement on them. If there is advertisement on them I will turn the box inside out and re-glue the side so any advertisement is on the inside. I remove any existing tape and labels. After I'm done I have a recycled box. It saves the environment and our bottom which is the cost of boxes. I can't see passing on $1.99 up to $5.00 a piece to the customer when a recycled box is just as good. Now I can see if it was a higher end product I would surely eat the cost of a box but I usually sell low to mid range items.
Please leave comment or your thoughts on this issue.
I too recycle boxes as much as I can. As long as the box is in good condition, still strong, I see no reason not to recycle them. I have some very large items and to purchase a new box for some can run $5.00-$8.00, so that is a cost I have to eat or pass on to the buyer. A good strong reused box is preferable to adding $8.00 already too high cost of shipping.
ReplyDeleteI do as you, remove stickers, labels and if there is too much writing, reverse and re-glue the box. So far no complaints.
I also add to the side "I recycle" to the box.
Thats a good idea Cindy. I wonder if office supplies sells ink stamps that say "I Recycle" I should use that idea. I did however, post it in my shipping profile.
ReplyDeleteI use them when ever possible, I would hate to have to buy boxes.
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