This was an interesting time for shipping. The prior month was the first time the Post office changed to dimensional weight for zones 5-8 for packages over 1 cu ft. It turned our shipping world upside down because the new rules were confusing and very different from UPS and FedEx.
Some of our most popular items (such as bubble wrap and packing peanuts) had to be reconfigured for shipping purposes. For example, this was the first time we introduced our 3-1/2 cu ft bag of peanuts. Prior to this, we shipped our 4-1/2 cu ft bags via Priority Mail. By making our bags a little smaller, we were able to ship via First Class.
Ever since, packing peanuts have been one of our most popular and highest selling products!
Please note: these prices are as of June, 2007. They have, of course, changed since.
Bubble Briefs – June, 2007
Congratulations to Steven who is graduating from Middle School this week. Next year he will be beginning a 4 year special Principals of Engineering program in High School. Way to go Steven!
Jenny, our college junior, is home for the summer. She’s working at the mall, taking summer school classes and reconnecting with her local friends. It’s great to have her home.
Michelle just finished her first year of law school. She’s keeping busy this summer with THREE legal internships in Ohio. She’ll be coming home for a visit in a couple of weeks. The entire family is looking forward to seeing her soon.
Sara (7th grade) is finishing up another great school year and is counting down the days until summer camp. She just found out that she has been accepted into a fast-paced Language Arts class for next year.
We are so proud of everyone’s accomplishments!
And, of course, don’t forget that Father’s Day is less than 2 weeks away. Maybe you can find something special at Bubblefast’s Virtual Garage Sale
(hint, hint.)
Hopefully you are getting used to the new postal shipping rates and dimensional restrictions. As you know, any item shipping via priority mail to postal zones 5-8 that is over 1 cu ft is now charged by dimensional weight instead of actual weight. To help out, we are running a 10% discount special for 12″ x 12″ x 12″ boxes and 16″ x 10″ x 10″ boxes. If your item fits comfortably in either of these boxes you don’t have to worry about dimensional weight. (You might even want to create products specifically to fit these boxes!)
Click here to order boxes.
We have reconfigured the size of our packing peanut bags to conform to the new postal regulations. Since May 14th, bags have been flying out of here! Below is a chart of our new line-up:
| |
# of Bags
Total cu ft |
Price
Per Bag |
Extended
Price |
Shipping
$4.60/bag |
Total
Cost |
 |
1 bag
3.5 cu ft |
$5.35 |
$5.35 |
$4.60 |
$9.95 |
 |
2 bags
7 cu ft |
$4.95 |
$9.90 |
$9.20 |
$19.10 |
 |
4 bags
14 cu ft |
$4.50 |
$18.00 |
$18.40 |
$36.40 |
 |
10 bags
35 cu ft |
$4.00 |
$40.00 |
$46.00 |
$86.00 |
Click here to order packing Peanuts.
REMINDER: If you order bubble cushioning wrap or foam rolls from us and you are more than a thousand or so miles from Chicago, it may take us a little more time than it used to to get these products to you. Order early to make sure you have what you need when you need it. This applies to anybody in our postal zones 5-8. If you’re not sure what zone from us you are in, click here. Enter the first 3 digits of our zip code) in the box and find the first three digits of your zip code in the chart. The number in the next column will be your zone from us.
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