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fill up empty space in parcel box

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I need to send a parcel overseas but a big space remains empty. I want to fill this up with something that weighs near to nothing. What could be used and where can this be bought?

Sounds obvious, but maybe its not..why not just pack whatever it is in a smaller parcel?

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Depends on the space involved - how about scrunched up old newspapers?

A large amount of "bubble wrap" might do the job as it is light weight and would take up a lot of volume. Not sure where to buy in CM.

foam peanuts. the wife ships all around the world. she has weighed every packing material imaginable to find the safest and the lightest. newspaper is one of the heaviest.

also...why not use a smaller box???

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foam peanuts. the wife ships all around the world. she has weighed every packing material imaginable to find the safest and the lightest. newspaper is one of the heaviest.

also...why not use a smaller box???

At the Post Office they don't have the right sized box for the guitar I'm planning to send.

So there's quite some empty space in there.

foam peanuts. the wife ships all around the world. she has weighed every packing material imaginable to find the safest and the lightest. newspaper is one of the heaviest.

Either foam peanuts or bubble wrap will work well and light weight. The foam peanuts may be a problem with a guitar and get inside it unless it is wrapped in plastic itself.

Scrunched up local newspapers.

Interesting reading for the recipients.

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You might want to consider using the plastic board (Fortune Board? Future Board?) that looks like corrugated cardboard, folding it into triangles slightly wider than the body of the guitar, and surrounding the guitar with these before you send it. This is the method that C.F. Martin suggests (but using cardboard) for sending their guitars back. Besides taking up the space and weighing almost nothing, the engineering principle insures that nothing can crush the guitar accidentally.

A large amount of "bubble wrap" might do the job as it is light weight and would take up a lot of volume. Not sure where to buy in CM.

the post office

Bubble Wrap Service description A sheet of plastic containing bubbles of air used for protecting posted items from damage during the conveyance. Terms and conditions - Points of sale All post offices nationwide, postal service counters and some post shops Rates of service 7 THB (650 x 650 mm.)

You might want to consider using the plastic board (Fortune Board? Future Board?) that looks like corrugated cardboard, folding it into triangles slightly wider than the body of the guitar, and surrounding the guitar with these before you send it. This is the method that C.F. Martin suggests (but using cardboard) for sending their guitars back. Besides taking up the space and weighing almost nothing, the engineering principle insures that nothing can crush the guitar accidentally.

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They also use it for real estate signs so it is easy to find

ps. Have you considered recreational drugs, they pay for themselves regardless of the weight tongue.png

Do not use anything organic like popcorn which is sometimes used internally. Countries quarantine requirements especially places like Australia will have you running round in circles and paying heaps.

Office Depot Pantip Plaza?

I believe they are no longer there. Moved to a newer Mall.

foam peanuts. the wife ships all around the world. she has weighed every packing material imaginable to find the safest and the lightest. newspaper is one of the heaviest.

also...why not use a smaller box???

At the Post Office they don't have the right sized box for the guitar I'm planning to send.

So there's quite some empty space in there.

Having shipped a number of rare guitars to Japan over the years, I hope whatever you are shipping is not something very expensive as you will need to pack it properly to ensure it arrives in one piece. Do you even have a hard-shell case that was made for the particular guitar?

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The Filling of Empty Spaces

I thought I would fill the empty spaces in my life when I found the love of my life.

I found the love of my life, after losing a few other loves of my life, but there remained unfilled emptiness.

We thought children would do the trick, so we had children, and they filled our voids with joy and anxiety and pain and disappointment and pride.

But alas and thankfully, they were never ours to keep. They belonged to themselves and their selves, soon enough, claimed them back.

So here we are, voided.

Sorry, is this not the Laments section of ThaiVisa?

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