How to Pack and Ship $1000 Heavy Amplifier

[@KJ19967]

I absolutely love your style Pete !!!! You are as honest as they come!!!

[@NandiCollector]

This is one of the most interesting vlogs you have made so far this year Pete. Thank you.

[@PBee8108]

Cardboard with the fluted layer is called corrugated

[@dagstormblue]

Also, yard saling this weekend, every time, per watching Pete, asked "can you do a little better on price?" or "how much for all these item together?". Over a year, this is gonna save me alottamoney. Also, per another video, made a cut-down custom fit box, which saves me $$ shipping to Amazon. Thanks Pete.

[@silverhairstacker8664]

LOL I thought I was the only one who worked up a sweat packing larger items! Good to hear that you do too!

[@laptopdroptop9457]

Pete's slogan "I mean what do you want to get out of this? any idea?"

[@NandiCollector]

EPIC!!!

[@rockrollresale2668]

laptop droptop That then the endless pause. Guy sez $50..............ahh $40. Pete's a pro.

[@sublime90]

then pete says yeahh but i gotta list it on ebay i dont know how long its gonna take to sell

[@NandiCollector]

LMAO! :D Typical Pete.

[@secalcavazos3204]

Ripping poor people off isn't always the best thing to do... I guess if the guy's dumb enough to not put it on Ebay asking at least 25% of it's worth then it's his loss.

[@dagstormblue]

Pete, I am really enjoying watching your videos. I have been listening to Scavenger Life for 2 years, and finally got started with Ebay (Been doing FBA for almost 3 years, on track to sell about 7000 items this year). Just started Ebay 2 mos ago, and have about 60 items listed, with 6 sales totalling $600. My goal is to get up to 500 items by the end of the year, which is a little tough, as I have a regular 40 hr job + 20+ hrs per week AZ, so we will see, I think I am already developing a good eye for ebay items, as I Been watching videos, reading blogs etc pretty much whenver I have free time. I think the stuff you share is super valuable. I really like that you get in the trenches - show yard saling, dumpster diving, etc. But what I really like is that you increased your ASP and I am going to try to follow that plan. Just got back from a Surplus Store and among my scores is this heavy machine, an oscillator, that weighs about 60 lbs, so this video comes in handy. I wanted to ask a few things - what % of your business is AZ and what % is Ebay (vs Store and other income), what is your aprx inventory size for Az? and for Ebay (both stores)? Oh, by the way, I also just watched the video of what you do with stuff that hasnt sold, and I am trying that also (99 cent auction with higher shipping to help cover cost)....question...do you run a 7 day auction or does it even matterz? Do you reup the auction if if doesnt move the 1st time? Well, just want to really thank you for all you share, and all the help you provide. I know personally, I have already implemented at least 3-4 ideas from your videos, that I think will really improve my business. Thanks alot.

[@LostMountainRestoration]

Great video! Thanks for the primer on shipping the electronics. Very valuable information.

[@czarrineh]

I am a car dealer by day and ebayer by night. That fire truck is worth $15,000 wholesale at auction in that condition. Of course, I am not looking at it in person, but ones that are junked out with headlights, ladders, etc. missing bring $10,000 on a bad day.

[@imgonnapackit]

"Should I buy it?" SIRENS "HELL YEH YOU SHOULD BUT IT!!

[@GCHUSTLEHAWAII]

thanks for the video pete. you are the reason i started selling big electronics. alot of people are scared or lazy to pack big electronics but i think its worth it.

[@baseballstud379]

Thanks for the update on the slides! eager to see what they bring all together

[@vetterfellow]

Well it's about time you listened to my request Pete. Very Informative, Not that it couldn't have been a little bit better. Thanks for your blood sweat and tears... Angelo

[@ItsAHazardLife]

On your work desk you showed an APC surge protector. I had one that was really similar to it on ebay and a customer informed me that there was a recall on majority of those types due to a fire hazard issue. Something to look into as they will replace it will a brand new one of a newer model.

[@cincinnatipicker]

Great advice on shipping big items 👍🏻 I need to start looking for foam!

[@holymackerel1834]

You're going to absolutely crush it on that lot of slides.

[@alfonsorossi_e398]

By far my favourite youtuber!

[@recycledgamer654]

One thing i would add is to put the unit into a plastic bag such as a trash bag and twist the opening tape down to seal from the elements such as rain then bubble wrap around that just to be safe.I do this with everything i ship especially electronics great videos keep them coming

[@MsSephrena]

Great vid - glad I caught the end with the slides - hadn't thought of selling them - Hubby has a lot saved - Thanks, Pete....

[@successandlifestyle]

Excellent video with excellent detail! I'll have to look up those box dimensions and weight for shipping in Canada. Its likely triple the cost. You America folks don't realize how blessed you are for shipping costs 😃

[@Scotty_in_Ohio]

Want to see some really cheap rates look at those coming from China.... Stuff coming from Canada has high rates to the US as well - I've seen some books that should cost about $5 to ship have shipping as high as $20 - it does seem to be a real problem :-(

[@joshuahoops9430]

Pete I love you brother! Your videos have taught me quite a bit much appreciated!

[@upstatethrifter1669]

Amazing! Love the step by step information on large items.

[@AbandonedNorthJersey]

Good tips you have for packing . A box inside a box seems to be the best way .I have never had a problem that method . Insurance is a must . Do you have a vyd on packing an antique trunk ? I find them at estate sales and on craigslist for very low prices .They do not get much money in my area ,but they seem to have buyers out west .

[@JayYarbroughMusic]

Hey Pete, another great vid. You might consider using a hot glue gun on the box flaps, top and bottom. It almost doubles the strength of the box.

[@thegoodwillhustle4710]

Yay, happy you uploaded a vlog! I couldn't sleep and this was awesome love your vlogs!

[@DumpsterMarcus]

great pack job man!!! yea dumpster packing materal i tell people all the time....and WOW great sales on the slides!!!

[@bingbong8122]

Wow the slides did good, that's insane I'm on the lookout

[@brucesmith3072]

Can't get better than Double boxes. I had a high quality frame shop & used the same system. Nothing broken. I too Dumpster dived for packing materials; HEY Recycle!

[@westsidegary8230]

I know its a little late, I have to ask do you still have the baseball signed pic?

[@chrislrob]

Warms my heart to see you use these heavy-duty, but beat all to hell, boxes! I always worry that it's unprofessional to re-use boxes, even if they are physically in good condition.

[@swamppicker8279]

Just wondering did you send the customer a Video of the Packing....

[@maryperez1235]

An excellent packing tutorial. Thanks for your efforts on our behalf.

[@stanleyallen2928]

I wanted to see you pack that banker chair Pete.

[@pinstripingbybear.]

you did awesome on the slides man.. he'll yeah

[@flippingforreal109]

Shipping heavier items has always been a problem for me especially finding out who is the cheapest. As far as postage I don't return any of it to the buyer cause I try to stay close to how much it's going to cost me and a little extra is just packing fee to me. Thanks for sharing the video and the shipping tips.

[@tootall5559]

I don't use Fed EX ever, the closest place was very rude to me when I inquired about shipping a large package. USPS does fine until it gets big and heavy, or just big. Sometimes the weight isn't a lot, but the size is the problem. Over a certain size, USPS charges a surcharge. UPS treats me right, and is often way cheaper on the big stuff even if USPS would take it.

[@starwarez8902]

Great video! what do you choose in your listing under "shipping method" to be able to choose whatever is best for you after the buyer buys your product? thanks!

[@TheMummyAndTheMonkey]

Love your videos! Very informative and inspirational. ~The Mummy And The Monkey

[@kellybowman538]

Thanks again for sharing the knowledge.

[@debbiearmioiathomas5107]

Regional box C on the stereo ? Or UPS GROUND

[@linwoodlbryantjr9758]

Good morning I have a question say if you are at a Flea market thrift store or a garage sale and you want to buy lick tronics from someone how can you tell it's dielectrics work if you do not have electricity What should you do if you still want to buy the electronics such as maybe a video game system To Resell on ebay

[@F4collector]

thanks for posting - great information

[@vanni9283]

What's your standard rule of thumb when it comes to charging for shipping?

[@caroldoherty3206]

Another great video :)

[@Kali12206]

Nice, thank you! That's what I wanted to see!

[@NREY26]

Hey pete, I'm a full-time student and work for UPS part time. When I am at work and read the shipping labels, I noticed that some of these labels don't correctly match up with the actual weight. for example, I get packages that are labeled 20lbs but they feel like they're 50lbs. So maybe you can possibly lie about the weight?

[@successandlifestyle]

NREY26 can't you flag those items? For that much desparity? Seems like they should be weighed. Assuming it's a common theme those customers /shipping should be dinged the extra $$.

[@Scotty_in_Ohio]

Even if he fudged the numbers a little bit it's likely to wind up in "irregular" jail - all the packages that are too long, heavy, weight all on one end or aren't a tidy box are considered to be "irregular and get treated very poorly - adding to the abuse is ones marked 50lbs and are way over that. I worked the primary sort and unload for a few years at UPS. I'll be amazed if the package gets there in one piece or if does it'll look like it's been through a war zone.

[@sequentialcircuits4501]

Love your channel. But I would annoyed if you sent a CJ amp that I purchased for a grand, to me like that. It should have been completely covered in plastic or a thick clear plastic bag. Picking out small pieces out of the heat sinks is annoying after unpacking. Anyways, love the content.

[@socalsevensixoh9034]

How many sports items do you have ? I'm interested in autographs

[@claywinn32]

The 2nd box on your FedEx estimate for the smaller unit would have been cheaper if you would have changed the dimensions of the box.

[@wnytrashtrucks]

I would not ship an empty box with only air. via FedEx. around here they always destroy the box or the item

[@MrSafetyForever]

i have avoided listing and shipping items of this size. Not any more! Thank you Kindly!

[@310socal]

1st let me say sorry for the rambling on and on! 2nd! Never say never PETE! I don't care how well it is packed if something like that is dropped it can get damaged. Sad to say it happened to me with a glass faced Macintosh amplifier it was about a 55 pound box about 24x30x9 inches. I used Styrofoam for all four corners of the amp , bubble wrapped it and filled all voids with packing peanuts then put it in another box with a 3 inch gap all around filled it with more packing peanuts. both I used almost two rolls of tape on both boxes. The buyer received it broken with the the coroner glass face of the amp was cracked. Now the nightmare just began USPS did not want to cover the damage since they said they say "no visible damage to the box" that I must of sent it that way!! WHAT THEY ARE THEY EFFEN CRAZY! I believe the box had so much tape hard to see the where the impact was my guess a comer of the box where the glass was broken. If you drop any 55lb item with glass chances are it would get damaged. I'm 100% sure package was not handled with care! WELL!!!! after fighting with ebay for like 6 months they ebay did refund me since USPS did not total was about $650. I did take photos of my packing on that item.

[@jmend8859]

Its absolutely ok if you come in under the shipping to keep the difference. If you go over your shipping, you can't say...oh well it cost me more than I expected, so now I have to charge you more. So, if you come in under...its yours...of course not to mention the time you take to pack and the materials. However, that point is moot because you don't get that every time you sell. If that's your logic, you have to charge more on top of your shipping cost every single time to compensate for your time and materials in shipping.

[@imxd1698]

I'm first but I don't know what to say

[@8535eddie]

UPS ground is as slow as FEDEX smart post

[@tootall5559]

Hey Pete, the word is corrugated, not perforated. Perforated kinda applies, but not really it means it has holes in it. Corrugated means it has the honeycomb like design inside the outer skin. Okay, back to the vid.

[@M_Darabi]

Hi Pete, if the baseball player signed photograph is still available for sale I will be interested in buying it from you for $75.00...let me know if it is still available.

[@CraigslistHunter]

Yes it is send me PM. Cheers !!

[@IrisMG]

Thanks Pete!

[@tootall5559]

What I want to know is how you price the buy it now stuff. Seems to me if they sell that fast, with no lower offer, you're probably too low in the first place. I know you can get comparisons, but so many idiots sell too cheap, so comparisons are not always worth going by. Depending on the condition of the item, (less if more used, more if unused and looks it) I generally start at half the new price. Sometimes I'll go two thirds of the new price if the item is extra nice, in the box, so forth. However, most of the time I sell vintage stuff where there is no new price, and just because some idiot let an item go for the 99 cents ebay always tell you to use, doesn't mean it should By the way, what's up with that, no matter the item, no matter the condition or value, they always are after me to start things at 99 cents. No way I'm doing that, tried it, lost money. I never sell an item for less than I have in it, plus enough to cover the fees. Just no sense in that. I'd rather donate it to the local thrift than let some joker get it for nothing.

[@heyyo3807]

Yeah but, the "bubble" doesn't go around the top and bottom so what's the point.

[@bharat007ification]

damn! those slides are worth a lot. you have like 1000s of them.

[@idbountyhunter]

19:40 I’ll burn them before I would take $20 bucks, I guess I don’t need $20 bucks that bad plus I would get off my ass and list them myself.

[@doublejs32]

You know the price it shows on eBay for shipping FedEx is just an estimate, right? If you go to your account and see what you actually get billed it will always be higher. I never use FedEx through eBay because of this.

[@doomtomb3]

Did you know Mr Yang has a Hummer parked in his driveway?

[@piffpete420]

You have expedited shipping on the listings which is 1-3 days but you ship it 10 day ground through UPS?? Shouldn’t be surprised if you get bad feedback, or requested refund/return. Seems very disingenuous to lure people into your listings with Expedited shipping without the intention to actually follow through on that.

[@ManuelFlores-xi7or]

I noticed UPS charging me additional shipping even after I input all the correct details. For this reason I tend to use Fed-Ex. Anyone else noticed this??

[@kylehayden9360]

Buy it Pete!

[@carontheroad]

Should have had a warning turn your volume down. LoL

[@kymbo72]

why would anyone pay that sort of money for a few slides? i don't get it

[@blackbirdpie217]

It's double corrugated not double perforated.

[@duckthis17]

Pete,It's much easier to have the item/s all packed up and weighed when you list your items.The customer can compare shipping options right in the listing.Then you don't chance miss calculating shipping costs and losing money.

[@Swing4TheRing]

Who's buying old photo slides $$$?

[@X1.7]

Swing4TheRing I buy every one I find . Why you got some??

[@79TEOG]

not spain!

[@dannyanderson632]

I hate shipping to California.

[@bigdaddycoool2485]

its pronounced spawn

[@atlgator1928]

21 minutes? i'll just drop the amp off to my buyer instead.

[@teunihernandez5633]

2

[@santomalara4260]

You are a little kid.lol

[@chris7662]

As a carpenter, I'm not particularly impressed. Sorry, Pete.

[@pepp5150]

You have to pack it anyway..!! why don't you pass the saving's on to your customer..!! just a thought

[@primetime6542]

#1 The customer agreed to the shipping charge #2 the discount helped decrease the price #3 business is business

[@phillyflash43]

It took him 45 minutes to pack it himself and save apx $33, he says UPS store would have done it for him for apx $40. I think Pete would rather spend the extra $7 to get that 45 minutes back

[@Scotty_in_Ohio]

The guy got a very good deal on a very expensive amp - $100 in shipping probably isn't the customers major concern - now when UPS gets done with it and rejects the insurance claim I'll bet Pete would wish he'd spend those "savings" on a little more insurance or chosen a freight carrier....

[@Clide0_0]

Pepp5150 with ebay/paypal fees that "extra" money isn't that much. Plus he has to pack it, drive there and drop it off to ship. So labor also goes into the shipping cost. Again when you account those two you didn't really get any $ extra but rather got what you expected.