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I'm pretty experienced with ebay, but I'm looking to buy bubblewrap ( Is ebay even the cheapest?

<span style="font-size: 0.8rem;">I want to find the cheapest seller in my chosen size 600mm x 100m. Now normally you'd just put in your search terms and then show results by cheapest price plus shipping. But as this is a very common item, a lot of sellers offer various sizes so this method doesn't really work as the top of the list could be a seller who sells a 10cm sheet for a penny then has high prices on all the other sizes. Does that make sense? Am I missing something?</span>


 
Posted : 09/02/2018 11:31 am
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No, you aren't missing anything, it's just really annoying.
I come across it a lot, if I need 20 somethings, it will rank someone who sells somethings for £1 each as cheaper than someone who sells 20 somethings for £15.
If you find a solution please post it on here!


 
Posted : 09/02/2018 11:10 pm
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Yep, it's really annoying.

I've found the best filter is to use the price range from +/- 20% of reasonable price, it reduces the hits to a more reasonable number.


 
Posted : 09/02/2018 11:38 pm
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Also, cheap bubble wrap is rubbish, you end up using 4 times as much as you would with decent stuff. I've stopped buying anything but Aircap because I got so pissed off with the crap.

This sort of thing is what ebay's absolutely worst for tbh.


 
Posted : 10/02/2018 12:15 am
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Bubble wrap? Get with the times Daddio. Think of the planet!


 
Posted : 10/02/2018 12:24 am
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We had fourteen metres of bubble wrap delivered to work the other day. I asked the boss what I should do with it and he told me to pop it in  the corner.

I was there five hours.


 
Posted : 10/02/2018 12:41 am
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Northwind -

Care to share your connect for the supadupa bubblewrap?

CharlieMungus -

I'm all ears. Any ideas on environment friendly packaging for protecting breakables in transit?

Scapegoat -

Very good.

STW -

Has the quote function now been permanently removed?


 
Posted : 10/02/2018 10:05 am
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Setting a minimum price that cuts out the "single" option usually works well for me.


 
Posted : 10/02/2018 10:43 am
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all ears. Any ideas on environment friendly packaging for protecting breakables in transit?

Paper or paper blankets


 
Posted : 10/02/2018 1:42 pm
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Avoid poundlands version of bubblewrap, it is shitely thin and you hardly get any on their rolls


 
Posted : 10/02/2018 3:38 pm

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