Shipping Cheap Posters

[xprssbns]

Recently came into a lot of about 1,500 movie and music reproduction posters. These are items with a low sale price. Most are either 27x40 or 24x36

Obviously, I'd love to ship every one in a brand-new Yazoo 3x30 tube. But the unit cost is kinda high for these lower end items... and aren't these tubes over 2 pounds each? 3-pound Priority Mail would be $12, which might be prohibitive for these lower end items.

What would you do to ship these posters economically? Cheaper Uline tubes inside Priority triangles? Something else?

[Noah0189]

Regardless of value of the poster, I think all buyers want a mint poster. Splurge on the proper tube and bill it into the price.

[allbloody]

ship them usps media mail in the correct tube. its slower but much less cost then priority.

[gonzo303]

ship them usps media mail in the correct tube. its slower but much less cost then priority.

Can you ship posters via media Mail? If so that's a perfect option but I didn't think they were allowed.

[PLUSH]

ship them usps media mail in the correct tube. its slower but much less cost then priority.

Can you ship posters via media Mail? If so that's a perfect option but I didn't think they were allowed.

You're not.

Media Mail® service has special eligibility requirements for permissible contents. Media Mail rates are limited to the items listed below:
Books (at least 8 pages).
Sound recordings and video recordings, such as CDs and DVDs.
Playscripts and manuscripts for books, periodicals, and music.
Printed music.
Computer-readable media containing prerecorded information and guides or scripts prepared solely for use with such media.
Sixteen millimeter or narrower width films.
Printed objective test materials and their accessories.
Printed educational reference charts.
Loose-leaf pages and their binders consisting of medical information for distribution to doctors, hospitals, medical schools, and medical students.


http://about.usps.com/notices/not121/not121.htm

[allbloody]

Shipped many that way, never had a problem.

[jojobadass]

if they're on thin paper......try a 2 1/2" tube.