Brown wrapping paper for parcels - where to buy?

[robsamui]

Hi.

Been looking for while but can'r find any.

Any idea where I can get large sheets of brown wrapping paper?

Cheers

R

[silva]

Go to ikea buy something & wrap it as thick as you like in brown paper

[PoorSucker]

Go to ikea buy something & wrap it as thick as you like in brown paper

This would work if you live in Bangkok.

There's no Ikea on Koh Samui.

[Tropicalevo]

Do they sell it at the Post Office Rob?

They seem to sell everything else for sending parcels

[notmyself]

Do they sell it at the Post Office Rob?

They seem to sell everything else for sending parcels

Post office used to sell it though it was pretty flimsy.

[robsamui]

Do they sell it at the Post Office Rob?

They seem to sell everything else for sending parcels

DUH!

Never thought of dat!

Edited July 20, 2013 by robsamui

[evadgib]

How about the car paint sprayers in the soi where you live, or ferang painters in the building lark?

[xen]

Don't know about Samui but in BKK and Pattaya there always seems to be a shop very near to the Post Office that will wrap and package stuff and they have brown paper and will use a couple sheets if you want thicker. No doubt they would sell the paper to you. I went to the post office a few weeks back for a mailing tube and they sent me to a shop near by. Also some of the shop front hardware shops also sell it sometimes.

Edited July 20, 2013 by xen

[robsamui]

Some previous misunderstanding - so a reply to tropicalevo about trying the Post Office -

Never thought of dat!

How dunb can a person be who never thought to ask at the post office for wrapping paper!

DUH!

R

Edited July 21, 2013 by robsamui

[robsamui]

Don't know about Samui but in BKK and Pattaya there always seems to be a shop very near to the Post Office that will wrap and package stuff and they have brown paper and will use a couple sheets if you want thicker. No doubt they would sell the paper to you. I went to the post office a few weeks back for a mailing tube and they sent me to a shop near by. Also some of the shop front hardware shops also sell it sometimes.

Good thought - thanks.

There is a copy shop not too far away - if the PO doesn't have any I'll have a look in there.

R

[dighambara]

WHY..?? Such has never been required for mailing..?? However, try B2S, or any other stationary shop.

[robsamui]

WHY..?? Such has never been required for mailing..?? However, try B2S, or any other stationary shop.

Re-mailing?

A 30-inch long, 2inch-thick piece of walnut?

Just the ones that spring to mind.

What is B2S?

R

Edited July 21, 2013 by robsamui

[susquosh]

My wife is pretty sure they have it in the stationery shop on the Main Street in Nathon,opposite 7-11 near the fresh market,has it.If I get chance in the next couple of days I will check.

[p_brownstone]

Any Post Office has it, sheets over 1 Metre square - plus very sturdy Boxes to ship stuff.

Patrick

[robsamui]

My wife is pretty sure they have it in the stationery shop on the Main Street in Nathon,opposite 7-11 near the fresh market,has it.If I get chance in the next couple of days I will check.

[robsamui]

Any Post Office has it, sheets over 1 Metre square - plus very sturdy Boxes to ship stuff.

Patrick

[robsamui]

Any Post Office has it, sheets over 1 Metre square - plus very sturdy Boxes to ship stuff.

Patrick

GLUM . . . not so! Not in Mae Nam. Not in Chaweng.

Not in the copy shop near the Mae Nam PO either.

Off to Nathon, I reckon . . .

R

[susquosh]

Sorry not had chance to go and check yet.

[Tropicalevo]

Any Post Office has it, sheets over 1 Metre square - plus very sturdy Boxes to ship stuff.

Patrick

GLUM . . . not so! Not in Mae Nam. Not in Chaweng.

Not in the copy shop near the Mae Nam PO either.

Off to Nathon, I reckon . . .

R

If you are going to Nathon - you might try the department store. Upstairs to the right. They had quite a bit of stationery the last time that I was there (sometime in this century!)

or - head towards Zazen from Maenam. LHS

After the senior school - a school supplies shop. Before you get to Zazen

[samuijimmy]

Another store you might try is just up Soi 5 on the left side.... (before the Turn to the temple)

Skool supplies and all kinds of bits and bobs!

[PoorSucker]

Another store you might try is just up Soi 5 on the left side.... (before the Turn to the temple)

Skool supplies and all kinds of bits and bobs!

[notmyself]

Buy a couple of large A4 envelopes, open them up and tape them together to form a single large sheet. Buy a sheet of any paper and paint it brown. Wrap the parcel in newspaper before covering it in brown tape.

There are lots of alternatives. Where there is a will there is a William.

[robsamui]

Ahhhh.

Finally picked some up - thanks for all your help and suggestions.

Not quite what I was expecting - not exactly that nice brown Kraft paper with the stripey finish and one side glossy and the other side dull . . .

But a sturdy kind of ethnic wood-pulp dense poster-type paper, perfect for the job.

And the big plus is that it comes in sheets (7 baht each) that are 36" x 48".

This from the stationery/school shop near Zazen. I didn't try any of the others, as this brought me to a halt.

Thanks everyone . . .

R

[Tropicalevo]

Ahhhh.

Finally picked some up - thanks for all your help and suggestions.

Not quite what I was expecting - not exactly that nice brown Kraft paper with the stripey finish and one side glossy and the other side dull . . .

But a sturdy kind of ethnic wood-pulp dense poster-type paper, perfect for the job.

And the big plus is that it comes in sheets (7 baht each) that are 36" x 48".

This from the stationery/school shop near Zazen. I didn't try any of the others, as this brought me to a halt.

Thanks everyone . . .

R