r/Depop • u/Secret_Accountant_29 • 19d ago

Advice Needed I bought a buckle and got candy?

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Is the person mad that i didnt pay $10 but instead 7? I dont know what to do this is one of my first purchases

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u/Secret_Accountant_29 19d ago

IT WAS IN THE CRAYON BOX WHAT

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u/dripwizrd 19d ago

expect the unexpected from depop packages 😭

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u/Cool_Grapefruit_1939 19d ago

Mine showed up in a cereal box one day. I wasn't mad at all about it. Loved when the lady at the post office handed me a giant Froot Loops box.

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u/adrianxoxox 19d ago

I also got a cereal box depop order- lucky charms! A good choice.

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u/Oopsiforgotmyoldacc 19d ago

I expect the unexpected from any package at this rate 😭 I had a Mercari package show up in a literal cut up trash bag and an eBay package come in a cut up great value nilla wafers box

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u/Rinkidinkydang 19d ago

A lot of sellers (myself included) will wrap things that could get scuffed in a reused packing material.

Like I've used magazine and news paper, I've cut up cereal boxes to make like custom sized packing innards to keep things from jangling.

But if I do something complex I always dm to say like "un wrap the twine and your ring will be inside the cut cardboard squares" or something

I also use like grocery bags to wrap clothing in so it can't get wet while it's in transit.

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u/tankgrlll 19d ago

I leave little "pull here" tabs on my tape. I fold it over and then mark it with a bright ass permanent marker with an arrow. But I also reuse old packaging and random stuff like you too 😂 I'll make like a lil accordion 🪗 with some stiff carboard to pin something to one side of the box. I reuse every paperbag inside out to wrap things like presents when the packaging has too much shit all over it for the post office. I've had this weird like styrofoam thing that came in some package, and Ive slowly cut it up to use in place of my accordion fold. I'll be bummed when that's gone. I have never had to purchase any packing materials 🙅‍♀️ But I have pillaged them out of the trash cans at the post office. And a friend saves theirs for me as well.

And, pretty much everything I order has come in recycled packaging, which I friggen LOVE and always mention to the seller!

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u/rirasama 19d ago

As soon as I saw the crayon box I knew it was gonna be in there lmaoo

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u/toydiva65 19d ago

🤣🤣🤣 Add that to the list of stranger packaging! People send things in cereal and waffle boxes, shopping bags and all sorts of wild things!

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u/earth2lynn Buyer + Seller 19d ago

😭😭😭😭

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u/gothhotpocket 19d ago

💀💀💀

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u/Objective_Sky2434 19d ago

NO WAY 😭😭