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Auctionbytes-Update, Number 1 - November 05, 1999 - ISSN 1528-6703     Previous Story | Contents | Next Story


Where Can I Get: Bubble-wrap?
By Ina Steiner
AuctionBytes.com

November 05, 1999
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We all need it and can't seem to get enough of it. We knock up our friends and family, convinced they're holding back on us. The question that's on every online auction seller's mind is, Where can I get Bubble Wrap??? (And I don't want to spend a fortune, either!)

AuctionBytes.com takes a look at this burning question in the free preview issue available on our Web site (http://www.auctionbytes.com). We scoured catalogs, thinking that catalogs selling to corporations were bound to have bubble wrap cheaper than Staples. We were wrong! Of the catalogs we reviewed, Staples came out on top.

The Staples catalog (call 800-333-3330) advertised a 12-inch by 175-foot roll of bubble wrap with 3/16-inch bubbles for $17.95 (not including shipping and handling). For the full comparison, check out the story in the preview issue.

Note: Each month, AuctionBytes.com (the print newsletter) will take a look at cheap and free sources of shipping supplies. Be sure and subscribe so you won't miss out! AuctionBytes.com promises to save you money.

About the author:

Ina Steiner is Editor of AuctionBytes.com and author of "Turn eBay Data Into Dollars" (McGraw-Hill 2006). She has a background in marketing and research in the high-tech and publishing fields. If you have story ideas, comments or questions, send them to ina@auctionbytes.com.



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