How to Ship your Ear Impression in a safe and cheap manner

[alamakazam_]

Ear Impression required to ship overseas?

How to ship?

By Singpost , DHL , UPS, speedpost

all has their own pros and cons, the higher the cost , the fast it can be delivered


Objective : To ship Ear Impression in a safe and cheap(less than $10) manner


Writer Experience? I have been shipping packages since the early day of magic the gathering cards(export) around 1995.

below is some evidence

Tutorial Start!!

Step 1

Find a Box for your impression, just a small one will do
place the ear impression inside, you can add some foam/newspaper to hold them in place.

see below , example using an Sennheiser IE80 with Custom Earmold

Step 2

Get a Bubble Envelope, a small one will do

below is the postpac envelope from singpost, is $1.20 if I am not wrong, I usually keep a lot of them in my storeroom

Step 3

Place the small box(impressions inside) into the bubble envelope

see below

 

[alamakazam_]

Step 4

Seal envelope, write address/order number , and u can ship it!

see below

Step 5

go to the nearest Singapore Post Office

they will weigh the package and advise how much

in this example, the weight is 150gm

Step 6

Pay money

we will discuss on how to ship

we will use this method
Standard Regular Mail - Letters/Printed Papers/Small Packets (AIR)

add $2.20 for registered mail, highly recommended!

from my years of mailing , rarely there are lost mail, lost mail usually due to wrong address written or package damage.

The price to ship to US = $5.65 + $2.20 = $7.85
The price to ship to China = $3.90 + $2.20 = $6.10

savings? at least $25

4 days more? I think is worth it

see below

Final Words

be open to ideas and suggestions

 

[racoiaw]

wah. didnt know can save so much. i always use the same envelop but paid for ems.

 

[Gizamo]

Good stuff. Should have done this instead. Now I wasted $30+.

 

[TeamStereo]

Very good sharing over here!

 

[Hitsugaya87]

Great way to save!

 

[devilwahaha]

Sticky worthy!

 

[darkarn]

Sticky worthy!

Seconded

 

[lee-turbo]

Sticky worthy!

yes, great guide to save money
(money spent on the right place)

 

[d4rkm4st3r]

Wow! Thumbs up for u bro! Really simple but effective tutorial!

 

[rose13lood]

Wow! Thumbs up for u bro! Really simple but effective tutorial!

for those intending to send for a refit, this would be a good solution. wonder have the others had their 8.As done

 

[racoiaw]

No insurance right? I dun feel safe sending something that cost so much without insurance

 

[alamakazam_]

No insurance right? I dun feel safe sending something that cost so much without insurance

an ear impression is merely $80 only...

my sennheiser IE80 is just for demonstration

 

[racoiaw]

an ear impression is merely $80 only...

my sennheiser IE80 is just for demonstration

for those planning to send their iem back for refit, the more costly ems service will be more apt?

 

[alamakazam_]

for those planning to send their iem back for refit, the more costly ems service will be more apt?

IC , u were referring to refit, sorry I was referring to my topic , ear impression

There is a insured service by singpost, just need to pay, but also require proof of purchase


But from what I see, this will not be so applicable to refit, because u will be shipping your new ear impression together with your iem, so sender must take note of the size of the packet

From experience since 1995, zero lost item by registered mail

And as usual, your experience maybe different from mine

 

[kazzzam]

bump for somebody

 

[Haonan]

Good sharing there alamakazam! Bumps for u bro, sure will come in handy for me soon.

P.S: why your prev user accts keep getting banned siol, admin find you too nottie?

 

[d4rkst4r123]

Sticky worthy!

Thirded

 

[TeamStereo]

Agree that this should be sticky. =)

 

[ribenasweets]

Shen qian wang. NAISEEE.