topic Re: Posting OOSHIES in Selling

Posting OOSHIES

bubblebooks2020 — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 03:40:44 GMT

Ooshies, those horrid plastic Woolworths things. My mum had a heap of them so I was looking at what they are selling for. People are selling the individual Ooshies for $4 or $5, up to $10 each with free postage. The only way they could make a profit on that is to send them as a large letter. I measured my Ooshies and the smallest is 25mm wide, up to 35mm, too big to send as a large letter. So 1 Ooshie would be a parcel. I imagine these sellers are sending their Ooshies in an envelope with 2 stamps. I bet Australia Post hate that, as things bigger than 2cm can get caught in their sorting machines. How do people get away with this? As a rule I don't send anything thicker than 18mm as a large letter. Anyone else selling Ooshies???

Re: Posting OOSHIES

heihachi_73 — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 04:04:41 GMT

If it's a heap of them in one sale, just put them all in a bubble mailer/tough bag/satchel and send them as normal parcel post. Unfortunately Australia Post (and the others e.g. Mailman) is a ripoff when it comes to sending very small items like these (Coles Little Shop items, or those fruit things they used to have e.g. Billie Banana, that are ever-so-slightly more than 2cm thick are another annoyance). I have the same problem when it comes to posting games - while DVD cases *just* fit in a padded bag (don't use the AP 146mm ones though because they are too small and it's a pain to get them out if they are forced in one), PlayStation 1 and clear-cased DS games games have slightly thicker cases which come out at 22mm when packed.

I have seen many people cheat the system though by simply putting on 2 stamps and hoping it makes it through, usually AP only gets nasty if it's way over the large letter size, but if it's a really small item thrown in a red box rather than at the counter, 99% of the time it doesn't get checked. This can be verified by how many items you receive don't even have the stamps postmarked.

That said, if it does get returned to you complete with a small fine due to "underpaid" postage (according to AP at least) or the seller has to pay the extra to keep their item, you will have to expect to refund them and/or cop a negative and/or low DSRs.

Re: Posting OOSHIES

digital*ghost — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 04:48:12 GMT

@bubblebooks2020 wrote:
I bet Australia Post hate that, as things bigger than 2cm can get caught in their sorting machines.

What goes through the sorting machines generally depends on the packaging, because they can only handle flexible articles.

If sellers use a paper envelope, Aus Post assume the contents are flexible (like it just contains paper documents or similar), and use the machines, if you use a bubble bag, they are usually hand sorted. (I say usually because - despite their own policies of requiring articles to be flexible for the machines - I've seen one of the pre-paid domestic letter with tracking envelopes, which are kinda flexible but still made from relatively rigid card, all torn up from being put through one).

If you use a flat, rigid envelope like their CD mailers, or a generic one, it will definitely be hand-sorted.

Re: Posting OOSHIES

kopenhagen5 — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 06:09:29 GMT

Last time the Coles mini's were here I bought some to complete a couple of sets and I was hit with $7.60 on some because they exceeded large letter specs.

Lucky the sellers were obliging when I sent them pics of the envelopes with underpaid stickers.

I am guessing the same is happening now, we just don't hear about it.

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collect247 — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 06:37:06 GMT

Are you going to try and sell these oooooooshies kopes lol.

The blue jelly looking one I've seen listed for $2.5K lol

Re: Posting OOSHIES

bubblebooks2020 — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 06:58:03 GMT

The only rare one is the fluffy, only 100 of them available, selling for $5000 to $10000. The blue one isn't rare, even though people say it is.

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kopenhagen5 — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 07:59:07 GMT

No, not interested in ooshies.

I have gathered some mini's to go with the first set.

I think the craze is dying down, too many coming out now.

Wow, 5k-10k for a plastic free toy. The world HAS gone crazy.

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countessalmirena — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 08:57:07 GMT

I despair over the amount of plastic being produced for frankly ridiculous things.

But clearly there's a huge market for them - and this ABC article weighs in on the psychological aspect and collectability of it all.

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padi*0409 — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 09:27:14 GMT

@kopenhagen5 wrote:

Wow, 5k-10k for a plastic free toy. The world HAS gone crazy.

Go crazy yourself Kopes with one of these...............

https://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=3%20d%20printer&rt=nc&LH_PrefLoc=1&_trksid=p2045573.m1684

...........errr, maybe you have to have an original to copy.............belay that me hearty............

Re: Posting OOSHIES

brerrabbit585 — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 14:01:21 GMT

@kopenhagen5 wrote:
No, not interested in ooshies.
I have gathered some mini's to go with the first set.
I think the craze is dying down, too many coming out now.

Wow, 5k-10k for a plastic free toy. The world HAS gone crazy.

If there are any listed for that price, maybe the sellers have just done it to attract attention to their other listings.

Re: Posting OOSHIES

padi*0409 — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 14:24:43 GMT

@brerrabbit585 wrote:
If there are any listed for that price, maybe the sellers have just done it to attract attention to their other listings.

Yep, and a lot that are way more pricey as well brer............

https://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=woolworths+ooshies&_sacat=0&_sop=16

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brerrabbit585 — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 14:46:57 GMT

I just read a news article saying there are now copies of them. It's not surprising that someone would start making them if people go so crazy over them. I'd imagine the Chinese would churn them out pretty cheaply.

I love all the 'ultra rare' listings. They're so ultra rare that there are only thousands of them. The two people 'think' are rare are the same two I got tonight - the only ones I've ever had.

Re: Posting OOSHIES

brerrabbit585 — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 14:58:38 GMT

They wanted bank deposit for one of the $5,000 furry Simbas. It's probably a fake copy and they know the buyer would get a refund through paypal.

Interesting the number of sellers with 0 feedback! That's probably why so many are $5,000 (new seller limits).

Re: Posting OOSHIES

padi*0409 — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 23:46:39 GMT

@brerrabbit585 wrote:

I just read a news article saying there are now copies of them. It's not surprising that someone would start making them if people go so crazy over them.

"Goochi Ooshies" maybe brer ?

Re: Posting OOSHIES

collect247 — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 23:52:43 GMT

There's a market out there for anything and everything as long as a famous person endorses it.

Make an ooshie that smells of perfume get a famous person and bob's ur uncle lol.

I'm off to patent this so back off I thought of it first hahaha

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digital*ghost — Fri, 02 Aug 2019 00:19:39 GMT

@countessalmirena wrote:
I despair over the amount of plastic being produced for frankly ridiculous things.

I'm kinda mystified at the appeal of the little shop stuff, tbh. And bemused at what they've done for round two (as far as I know last time it was the product replicas and display case, this time they have a trolley, shopping basket, cash register and grocery bag you can buy as well ).

Reminds me of one of the earlier episodes of Futurama, where a big pile of trash that was lauhched into space is now hurtling back to obliterate New York, so the team is tasked with going to destroy it (a la Armageddon).

They land on the surface of the garbage ball, and this exchange happens:

Leela: Look at all this filth.

Fry: It's not filth. It's a glorious monument to the achievements of the 20th century. Look! A real Beanie Baby. Oh! A Mr. Spock collector's plate! Some Bart Simpson dolls!

Leela: Fry, this stuff was garbage when it was new. Let's blow it up already!

Fry: This junk isn't garbage! I can dig in any random pile and find something great.

Re: Posting OOSHIES

kopenhagen5 — Fri, 02 Aug 2019 00:28:56 GMT

Ooshies craze (farmers ask for water) - https://9now.nine.com.au/today/woolworths-rare-fury-simba-ooshie-destroyed-on-live-tv-by-victorian-farmers/4381cc85-5887-4e47-a543-d6f5c6c8449a

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digital*ghost — Fri, 02 Aug 2019 00:41:46 GMT

The sad thing is, to all the people who didn't get the point, the perceived value of that particular glob of plastic has now just risen because there's one less.

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brerrabbit585 — Fri, 02 Aug 2019 01:20:59 GMT

You'd think kids have no other toys if these are so popular. I have to wonder how long before they get sick of them and they get tossed out - after all the fuss they make to get them.

As a marketing ploy it obviously works. I'm wondering what I can give away with every $30 purchase...

@ digi, don't worry, there are apparently plenty of fakes to replace that one. I actually hope there are LOTS of fakes because it might put an end to the stupidity. If there are only 100 furry Simbas, how come there are soooo many full sets for sale on ebay? One seller had already sold 31 sets so they're obviously fake.

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collect247 — Fri, 02 Aug 2019 01:21:37 GMT

It definately isn't about the kids (not the little kids anyway) haha