Posting OOSHIES

[bubblebooks2020]

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???

[brulinsfarm]

Many of the items are over 20mm standard letter width & will not go through the AusPost letter guage or letter sorting equipment. I'm guessing most sellers just post them in the mailbox so don't realise or aren't told.

[imastawka]

I don't get it.

They're just pencil toppers.

At least, that's how I use Scar    

[davewil1964]

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@imastawka wrote:

I don't get it.

They're just pencil toppers.

At least, that's how I use Scar    

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Brulin is buying the Coles plastic pollution enhancers.

[brerrabbit585]

At least they pollute the planet a bit less than most toys.

[brerrabbit585]

If they didn't put enough postage on and I had to pay extra, I'd be awfully tempted to claim it never arrived and get the extra money that way.

[collect247]

I have full sets of the original minis and the only one that's about 20mm is the Milo the rest are well under.

[digital*ghost]

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@collect247 wrote:

Small letter= $1

Large letter up 125g=$2

250g=$3

So are you saying that 2 coles mini shop items weigh 125g ?

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Small letters can't be thicker than 5mm, and they have to flexible.

Aus Post also charge a $1.50 admin fee for underpaid mail, so it's always the difference in postage cost, plus $1.50 (a $2.50 cost would mean $1 in underpaid postage). 

[imastawka]

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@davewil1964 wrote:

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@imastawka wrote:

I don't get it.

They're just pencil toppers.

At least, that's how I use Scar    

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Brulin is buying the Coles plastic pollution enhancers.

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My bad.   But the thread title is about Ooshies.

[brulinsfarm]

'Brulin is buying the Coles plastic pollution enhancers.'

Do you or anybody you know use disposable razors, or throw away your toothbrushes from time to time? Or do you collect them & sell them on ebay? I rest my case.

[collect247]

Dave I for one thought that you would have done your homework on this lol.

It is recyclable plastic that they're made of lol