Grrr I am so frustrated!!! How do you pack eggs??

The problem with newspaper is that once it compresses, it stays compressed, so things start rattling around.

I used to work for both a moving company and a glass company, now I sell online, so I pack and ship daily. I probably overdo it, but nothing broken yet, after 20+ years! *knocks wood*

IF I were to ship fertile eggs, I'd probably do it in the cartons- put eggs in carton, put some clean, unprinted newsprint in the top, kind of working it in so the eggs won't move, then close the carton. The goal is NO movement inside the carton. Then I'd wrap the carton in 2-3 layers of bubble wrap. That would go in a box, with enough space for peanuts all around. Really stuff it, so the carton cannot move around inside the box. I'd also put some sort of a packing slip in, so if the label gets torn off the PO can open it and find the info.

Peanuts are expensive to buy, so I save and re-use every single one. Some of my packing peanuts, (not the chick type!) can collect airline miles now. I have been known to dumpster dive for bags of them that stores throw out. If you can befriend a store manager, perhaps of a gift shop, and get them from them, more's the better.
I get unused newsprint fron the nearest U-Haul Moving Center- a $10.00 box goes a looooong way!

You might know this already- the PO will bring new Priority Mail boxes to your door, absolutely FREE! Go to USPS.com, register your name and adress with then, browse the store and order the boxes. They will give you the boxes and deliver them to your door for FREE! It's by far the best gig around! Don't tell them, but if I am shipping non-Priority, I turn the Priority box inside out and tape it!

Sorry for the long post, but eggs are precious and need protection.
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You can get bubble wrap at Walmart, but it's sometimes cheaper online, depends upon the shipping cost!
 
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I am desperately trying the carton method for shipping for a couple of reasons
1. unwrapping each individual egg that I recieved was NERVEwracking and took forever all through the process, even though I tried NOT to I certainly tipped the egg to and fro and spun it around.
2. cost of packing materials.. bubble wrap is NOT cheap
3. I understand that shipping eggs inside a smaller box that is padded into a larger box is the best method to prevent breakage if the outer box gets dinged... to me the carton is the inner box
4. Seems to me that shipping in the upright position would be better for the aircells.. less room to break apart and travel
5. Overseas it seems a lot people ship in egg cartons successfully.

I sent one out in a big box and one out in a priority mail shoebox size.. a very tight fit with kraft paper scrunched up. I used to send very fragile liquid filled gift baskets that were expertly packed.. everyone arrived the same way it left.. not an item out of place.

The first box arrived today... I am anxious to know if they arrived unbroken... the shoebox size arrives tomorrow. I'm scared because the shoebox is small but at the same time it's sturdy because of it's narrow dimensions....

This topic is also going on in another forum.. I will be watching both closely for tips

And I think I can wrap the egg carton with bubble wrap..that isn't too hard. I just really like the idea of the eggs shipping upright if at all possible.
 

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