some of u might aware that i have quite a number of musical instruments for sale. all these while, my method of dealing is COD. and expectedly, most of the buyers are from klang valley. so far, i've only listed my inventories on local-based forums (advertised on singapore's SOFT forum, but pulled-off coz just realised the classified section is catered only for personal ads ). now, i'm thinking of broadening my market (if possible to the www) by accepting posting, packaging and shipping. what i can think of for the time being is to get these items listed on ebay.com & .my and also our ever-popular lelong.com.my.

my questions are as follows:

1) how should i pack my guitars or bass guitars for local delivery using Poslaju? what's the charges like?

2) can i just put the guitar in its hardcase & send it by air / sea / land transport? how bout softcase?

3) where to get the bubble-wraps & boxes which can fit a normal & abnormal guitar sizes?

emmm, what else huh.... see how it goes first la.... can't think properly now.... ah, the most important thing is, the items must arrive safely to the hands of the buyer. insurance... which carrier... ok la ok la

3) simple ...

just drive to KLIA ....POS LAJU KASTAM ..enter there..there are tons of boxes and bubble wrappers..i think they either recycle it or throw it away..

ask them to work out a deal with you . if u take 1 or 2 boxes u might get it free

for shipping , bubble wrapper is a must

FYI, somebody's selling the bubble wrap

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=557543

jejari: thanks man.

gapnap: that's worth a drive down to KLIA. thanks bro.

any idea how to do the packaging?

haha..

simple bro !

take guitar box , or box ...take bubble wrapper and wrap around it ...use tape and cover up the bubble wrapper ( so that water canot masuk ) ..

another way is just randomly order anything from a company..

gain10 , ishibashi , ikebe gakki ...you will understand how they do it when you received it lah

all these while, we shipped the items by cargo. so no chance to see things get wrapped. anyway, i'm waiting for my BABY to arrive off ebay next month. hahaha.... will see how they pack it. till then...... thanks gapnap!

see...gapster got lots of money.
can simply randomly order any guitar just to see how the pack it

oh..what company you guys use ? how much is it averagely..i think i need one of those..cause EMS's rate just increased and its killing me !!




haha..nah ..i am not rich ..all i can say is ..i work my part time ass for my gear ...hard..earn..money..

currently 3 days a week..
..until my CGPA also dropping like a fvckhole only..i think i am gonna grad with 2nd Lower class

i can't recall la coz my boss handles everything. lemme check the shipping documents, will let u know in due course.


don't be too down earth la... anyway, by using the "golden rule" interpretation of ur statement abovementioned, how much? just kidding bro

You might also want to safeguard against severe temperature or humidity changes, it might affect the wood of your instruments.