I have a few shirts that I wanna send my brother and his girlfriend in germany and I was thinking about sending it in one of those plastic bag type envelopes, simply because they're lighter and therefore cheaper to ship. My question is if it's ok to ship in that typ of packaging to germany or if it would be a problem (even though I'm from there I don't know what their packaging requirements are). Plus I don't know if it would rip easier than a package. What do you think?Thanks
Plastic bags with thin plastic probably gets ripped, there are bags with bubble plastic and brown paper around: hat should do. Its a long way to Germany ......
It should be perfectly okay if you wrap the shirts in some wrapping paper and then pack it into an envelope, preferrably with bubble wrap on the inside. It's not the USPS that treats envelopes badly, but rather European customs. For shirts and stuff that cannot break, a paper-and-plastic envelope will probably do, but I received more than one CD from the US wrapped in just a paper envelope with a broken case and a green stamp customs cleared / Frankfurt am Main clearly visible. Who stamped that, Dumbo the Elephant? I know that on international mail, weight is vital, but NEVER save on the wrappings.
