We at brigittesglobalstore.com regularly buy boxes of bubble cushioned mailers for the books that we give away, CD-ROMs that we sell, and for our e-commerce ventures. We purchase the mailers from other sellers at eBay, which we thought to be quite a steal compared to buying retail from Staples or Office Depot. One of my recent purchase was a box (100 pieces) of Jiffy® Padded Mailers #2 Self Sealing (8.5″ X 12″) for $25.99, with shipping costing $11.65 for a total of $37.64.
Then today, I noticed that Overstock.com now has a section called Bulk Buys and Office Supplies. The same mailer product is being sold for $24.54 — so not much difference there from the cheapest price I was able to get from the eBay seller. But get this, shipping is only $1!!! So by purchasing at Overstock.com, we will be saving a little over than $10!
Definitely, I will be buying our office supplies needs from Overstock.com. No more eBay for us! Overstock.com’s low shipping fee (no matter how heavy the item is!) is making it the go-to place to shop if you want to get the lowest price (is that why the company posted $14.2 million loss in the third quarter???).
