What is the best way to ship baseballs?

Sean_C · Mar 26, 2010

Hey gang.

I have a near case (11 of 12) Major League baseballs (the Hall of Fame ones) that were part of some lot I won a while back. I've been meaning to list them, but haven't figured out the best way to ship them individually. Should I buy a bunch of small boxes for them, or just go with an oversized padded envelope? I've never shipped baseballs before (outside of ball cubes at least), and have no idea what the common way to package them would be.

imac220 · Mar 26, 2010

What i do, is I leave it in the cardboard box each individual ball came in, and wrad it in plain brown wrapping paper type stuff. Write the addresses in an wa-la!

200lbhockeyplayer · Mar 26, 2010

The post office has free Priority Mail boxes (not the flat rate boxes) that will perfectly fit one ball, with solid padding around it.

They will probably stock them near or with the flat rate boxes and it sure beats having to buy your own. Plus, with the weight, Priority Mail will probably make the most sense.

imac220 · Mar 26, 2010

Just a sidenote, in the box it usually is like $2.25 to ship

Johan Santana 57 · Mar 26, 2010

200lbhockeyplayer said:
The post office has free Priority Mail boxes (not the flat rate boxes) that will perfectly fit one ball, with solid padding around it.

They will probably stock them near or with the flat rate boxes and it sure beats having to buy your own. Plus, with the weight, Priority Mail will probably make the most sense.

A ball is only 5 oz, so you can get away on Paypal with 6 ounces, which costs me 2.26 with DC. I have shipped Balls in boxes, but also they fit in a large bubble mailer.

Sean_C · Mar 27, 2010

I know the boxes that are being referred to, but figured that people would be hesitant to pay that much for me to ship them Priority. It may be the best option though I guess.

Johan Santana 57 said:
200lbhockeyplayer said:

The post office has free Priority Mail boxes (not the flat rate boxes) that will perfectly fit one ball, with solid padding around it.

They will probably stock them near or with the flat rate boxes and it sure beats having to buy your own. Plus, with the weight, Priority Mail will probably make the most sense.

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A ball is only 5 oz, so you can get away on Paypal with 6 ounces, which costs me 2.26 with DC. I have shipped Balls in boxes, but also they fit in a large bubble mailer.

leatherman · Mar 27, 2010

Sean_C said:
I know the boxes that are being referred to, but figured that people would be hesitant to pay that much for me to ship them Priority. It may be the best option though I guess.

The 0-Box #4 is probably the one everyone is talking about: https://shop.usps.com/webapp/wcs/stores ... y=10000002

It's what I use to ship baseballs. They are under a pound, so it is $5.25 ($5.15 online) to ship anywhere in the US via Priority Mail.

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