Thanks to everybody to the tips.. I have a lot of the altoid type boxes cause my boys love those, and I even know how to fold those priority box, cause when I was selling on eBay I had my then three yr old grandson teach me how to fold them LOL, Chuck
----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Fish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 7:51 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Fly swap boxes etc > >When you guys (and ladies) send flies into a fly swap, what do you > >usually pack your flies in??? and then, to get the flies send back > >to you, do you pack a box, or big padded envelope etc inside another > >one for the return????? Thanks in advance, Chuck > > > >And I have Miles To Go Before I Sleep.... > >And Miles To Go Before I Sleep................ > > Robert Frost............. > > Chuck, > > My method's more expensive, but I really find it convenient. The > P.O. has a neat little Priority Mail box for video cassettes. (You DO > need a 3rd grader to figure out how to fold it to assemble it.) > > So I get one of those, address it to myself, drop in an empty > cassette and seal it with one tab of scotch tape (so it can be > reopened without destroying the box). > > Then I go to the P.O., buy the priority stamp ($3.85) and stamp the > box. Then I drop that in one of the big Priority mail Tyvek > envelopes and send it to the swapmeister (yep, another $3.85). > > The swapmeister can then put the flies in the cassette, drop it in > the mailer, pull the strip tab that seals it and drop it in the mail > without fiddling with tape, postage or anything else. > > PLUS, if the swapmeister is one who uses tyvek strips for bodies, > legs, nymph backs, trailing shucks, whatever, he/she's got a lifetime > supply in that outer envelope. > > a. > -- > Allan Fish > Greenwood, IN > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
