1. Boxed candy. If it’s not going to be placed in a sturdy box make sure the box the candy comes in is sturdy enough.
2. Stuffing a paper towel tube. These tend to get bent or ripped. There really isn’t any way around it unless it’s wrapped entirely with some really sturdy tape.
3. Flip flops. The sticky label the PO uses won’t stay on. If you don’t want these lost in transit I’d suggest a box or bubble envelope.
4. Frisbee. Same as the flip flops. A message in permanent marker is clever. The label will most likely fall off in transit.
5. Beach balls. Same as 3 and 4. Plastic isn’t the best thing to place these labels on. And an inflated ball will be smashed by your neighbor’s 40 pound bag of dog food.
6. Not sure what to say about mailing a hug. 🙂

Bottom line. Packaging items the wrong way will cause your package to arrive broken or get sent to our missing address warehouse (I forget what it’s called) in Georgia (for labels that go missing or get destroyed). Always assume the snow globe/glass cups/fragile item is going to get a 30 pound box thrown on top of it and prepare your package accordingly. If not, don’t blame your mail carrier for the damaged parcel they deliver. It’s not their fault. 🙂

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