DOUBLE BOX YOUR SHOEBOXES WITH FREE USPS PRIORITY BOXES. TUTORIAL INSIDE. SHAPE THEM TO FIT!@!

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This is to help out whoever needs to ship shoes.. and get boxes for free. Instead of paying Uline or any other company for boxes so a shoebox can fit in..I'm going to show you how to use the FREE USPS Priority boxes and "mold" them to a shoe box so they can be double boxed. There was a threadasking which boxes to use for shipping last week or so I explained my method, but it was a little hard to understand without pictures. I'm also extremelybored right now so i figured i might as well give back to who shared this info with me a few years ago.

It's very easy to do, takes 2 minutes top to mold the box.
From this

To this


Materials needed:
http://shop.usps.com/weba...angId=-1&WT.ac=11641 I use this box for my shoes
Box cutter (anything you can handle with a blade can be used, box cutter is the easiest for me)
A ruler
Pen
Shipping tape to secure the box afterwards.

(pictures are pretty bad i admit lol, but you should still understand the steps)

1. Take your USPS box and lay it flat. Measure from 1 end 5 inches using your ruler and make a mark. Now make a straight line across the entire box longways. Flip the box over and do the same marking on the opposite side. (Essentially flipping it over and than turning it 180 degrees.) A typical shoe box is5 inches high, thats why i usually always do 5 inches. It can get to 5.5 inches but will be a little hard to close the flaps at the end. 5 inches should begood for 90% of your shoe boxes.




2. After both sides are marked, take your box cutter. Your going to be cutting along the line you marked in step 1 ONLY. This is the important part. Youronly going to cut through the whole way on the flaps of each end. In the main part of the box towards the middle you need to go across it VERY LIGHTLY. YOUDO NOT WANT TO CUT THROUGH THE BOX. Your only cutting lightly so it gives it enough leway to fold/mold the box afterwards. Do this on both lines your marked(1 on each side)





3. After your able to fold/mold your box into the shape of a shoe box your going to close 1 end. Some of the USPS boxes come with the presealed on each end..some don't. Either way close and tape one of the ends close. (small side flaps go 1st, and the larger flaps will go over)



4. Once one end is secure, you can slide your shoe box right in, and than do the same thing on that end and close the box.

5. Make sure the box is secure and taped properly. If you feel the need I tape along the part that I cut, just in case.


6. Your ready to ship.

I have been using this method for probably 3 years now. When I 1st brought them to the post office, the clearks would look at me weird like **% happened tothis box. Did you do this yourself? I never had a problem with it, you just CAN'T DO THIS TO THE FLAT RATE BOXES. FLAT RATE BOXES YOU CANNOT CUT/MOLDONLY THE REGULAR USPS PRIORITY BOXES. I never had one sent back for molding them, never had a problem once.
 
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ummm, USPS has a box that fits nike/jordan Shoes. Well at least out here in Cali. Let me see if I can find what box it is.
 
Nice but some PO employees won't let you modify their boxes like that. So what I do is coverup the markings with a paper bag or plastic bag
 
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this was posted a couple years back but its very useful.

i've shipped over 50 pairs like this without a problem.
 
^usps has a box that fits the nike sb dunk boxes but that's about it.

i've been shipping like this for a while now. i remember a similar diy back then. but good post nonetheless.

there's actually two different size boxes that works. a smaller one for the pre 06 retros and a bigger one for the post 06 retros.
 
Originally Posted by KVN

Nice but some PO employees won't let you modify their boxes like that. So what I do is coverup the markings with a paper bag or plastic bag

Yea when I 1st started doing this, some of the employees would look at it weirdly and than ask their manager if it was alright, and I never had any problems. They just said i couldn't do this with the Flat Rate boxes. But now I bought a scale for like $15 off eBay and i print the postage through the paypalpayment details page and drop it off at the drop box my post office has. No more waiting in lines ftw
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Originally Posted by romeo0o

^usps has a box that fits the nike sb dunk boxes but that's about it.

i've been shipping like this for a while now. i remember a similar diy back then. but good post nonetheless.

there's actually two different size boxes that works. a smaller one for the pre 06 retros and a bigger one for the post 06 retros.
Yea i got this method off an ISS post back in 05-06. Just giving back cause with some of the posts I'v seen alot of people havn't learndthis method. The 2 size boxes I never knew about though, I just use 1 box for all the men's shoes i have to ship out. If needed i throw in some oldeastbay magazine paper to coushin it a little bit so it doesnt move back and forth.
 
this is not OPs idea.. he copied this off of some guy on ISS.. saw this years ago.. you fail OP.. and LATE
 
Originally Posted by fishinthesky

this is not OPs idea.. he copied this off of some guy on ISS.. saw this years ago.. you fail OP.. and LATE

umm, did you read what the O.P said?
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Originally Posted by fishinthesky

this is not OPs idea.. he copied this off of some guy on ISS.. saw this years ago.. you fail OP.. and LATE
Never said it was mine, I'm just sharing this info as some1 in a thread last week was asking what boxes they use. I told him next time I shipa pair I will take pics and explain the details You might want to read on what i wrote "i might as well give back to who shared this info with me a fewyears ago. " I even said in posts later on that I got this off an ISS thread years ago.
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I'm just here helping others out.. acting like I'm trying to get something out of this. Please.. move on
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Originally Posted by solesavage

ummm, USPS has a box that fits nike/jordan Shoes. Well at least out here in Cali. Let me see if I can find what box it is.
you should be able to order them for free on the usps website then...they pretty much have them all on their website.

Originally Posted by JoseBronx

Originally Posted by mjbetch

technically, that's illegal. (i think)

someone look this up
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it's not illegal...

it would only be illegal if you flipped the box and tried to ship first class.

as long as it goes priority mail, you should be fine.
 
So you can get those boxes from the Post Office for free?? I've been doing the same thing with the flat rate boxes but scratching the label off.
 
yea^^ a couple years ago i really od'd and got the maximum amount of boxes you could get shipped in all shapes and sizes, some envelopes and hundreds ofthe priorioty mail stickers.
 
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