Originally Posted by cinjosie
Friends - I mail a lot of packages ---- you will save yourselves a lot of grief if you don't use paper envelopes like in this post -- they just aren't sturdy enough especially if they get a little damp. Get yourselves some poly (like plastic) mailers - they don't rip and nothing can get wet inside them. Happy mailing!
i agree - I buy poly mailers by the 1000, but you can get them in smaller quantities. I pay about 7 cents each for them on ebay, you can also get them on Amazon. THey are also self-sealing so you save on tape. I would be afraid to ship a book in a plain kraft envelope.
And BTW, they ALWAYS throw the mail - that is what they call sorting, "Throwing the mail".