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Discussion => Shipping => Topic started by: onestopshop on January 22, 2012, 09:42 pm
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hi everyone..
have been thinking about vending on here for a while now..the last stages of my research are almost complete have been planning for weeks and weeks now to make sure everything is PERFECT when I finally do vend on the Silk Road...
love these forums and the community here and can't wait to start vending internationally, I'm almost ready to bite the bullet and list my wares..However, I've been vending via mail order for 3 years now ("street" for 9-10 years) but that has only been UK to UK as customs are more relaxed here + I don't have to worry about packages getting seized (I have had 100% success rate) but I've been using smell proof baggies...
like these:
http://www.everyonedoesit.com/img/products/smelly_proof_baggies_all.jpg
which keep the smell out, I'm assuming that these won't be good enough to fool a sniffer dog though so my question is:
"Is there anything else I can use other then a vacuum sealer I can use to smell proof + ship my wares?"
I tend to "bag up" my wares in hotels and never keep product at home so I don't want to be carrying a vacuum sealer with me everywhere, if there's no other option then I will of course buy a vac sealer (ANY RECOMMENDATIONS ON A RELIABLE VAC SEALER?)
I've heard of vendors using heat sealed bags in the past but not sure on success rates sealed no air gets out which means no would bags like these work?:
http://www.dogproof.co.uk/index1.html
thanks for any help received...really want to start vending soon..
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I have no idea what those bags are but my vacuum sealer, a FoodSaver V3840, has never done me wrong. It cost me around $150, and the rolls aren't that expensive either.
Edit: I would hate to drag it around though. YMMV of course.
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you legend, just done some research and i found a compact one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
cheers mate!!!
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Congratulations! Let us know when you've listed some stuff up.
Mind listing what the compact vacuum sealer is called, though?
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yeah sure it's a FoodSaver Mini, they make compact versions of their sealers too i'm gonna bite the bullet and get one hoping it's good!