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Permalink Reply by Sonia on December 9, 2009 at 3:56pm

I also need this help?

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Permalink Reply by Twisty Gypsy* on December 9, 2009 at 4:11pm

When I ordered my hoop, it just came USPS as a circular hoop - wrapped with bubble tape and then brown paper. I've heard it should cost around $8-$10 to ship this way, but I've never shipped one myself.

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Permalink Reply by Madison Orange on December 9, 2009 at 4:27pm

I ship all my hoops with just putting lots of bubble wrap around the whole thing like twice then taking clear tape and wrapping that around like twice... unless its collapsible then just put it in a small box... send it via post office because they charge only by weight and 1 hoop doesn't weigh that much. If you take it to UPS or FedEx they will charge you for weight and size which is more
Example:
10 hoops from Cali to Massachusetts (straight across the country) was 180$ through UPS and only 59$ though Post Office

Hope that helps! =)

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Permalink Reply by SaFire* on December 11, 2009 at 12:52am

That's how I did it too.

It's pretty cheap, bubble wrap is fun AND people and the post office get to be confused when they see a hula hoop shipping. ; )

Shipping is brutal from Canada. I shipped to Maine once and it cost like 38 bucks for one collapsible hoop. That's when I closed down shop, it's silly to ship so far when there are hoopers closer that make hoops that are just as good.

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Permalink Reply by Nicky B on December 9, 2009 at 11:39pm

I ship them slightly different because I thought that was the common practice, but apparently not. The first hoop I got came to me in a box. It was a standard hoop, not listed as collapsible, but one end of the connectors is sanded slightly to allow the receiver to push it into the open end of the hoop without heating it. I have never had problems with the hoop coming 'undone' even though one end is sanded. And it helps a lot when I travel to coil it down to half size. It makes it easier to ship, no hassels with USPS. I read somewhere on this site that they changed regulations at USPS that affects our ability to ship hoops circular instead of in a box. This way no one gives me weird looks. :) It cost me $15 to ship to the other side of the country, including delivery confirmation and insurance.

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Permalink Reply by Sarah Bucklin on September 27, 2011 at 6:33am

Can you elaborate a little more on how you reconnected it and how it was sanded when you received it? I may want to try that method.

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Permalink Reply by Tweed on September 27, 2011 at 2:00pm

I've had collapsable hoops and the connector just looks like this:

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Permalink Reply by Tweed on September 27, 2011 at 2:01pm

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Permalink Reply by Sarah Bucklin on September 27, 2011 at 4:36pm

Awesome! Thanks, those are the connectors I have. I've never made hula hoops before, and all I'm waiting on in the mail is the tubing. I live in a small town that only has so much capacity for market, which is why I'll have to bring my little business to the internet. Shipping a hula hoop right now just seems so crazy at the moment.

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Permalink Reply by Laura Doty on December 10, 2009 at 6:49pm

I sent a hoop by FedEx last month. Wrapped it in eco-paper and taped it thoroughly (it looked like a gigantic bagel). I was charged an extra fee ($7.50) for it being an "irregular package." I challenged this, telling the clerk I'd read that it would cost me about $12.50. He agreed, that, by weight, that's what it would cost, but said that FedEx had recently started enforcing the irregular package rule (apparently they'd been overlooking this before). So, it cost me $20 to ship across country. I learned that if I'd constructed a box out of cardboard and tape, I'd have saved myself that added fee. Next time....It was otherwise no hassle to do this. Good luck with your efforts to send hoops out to more folks!

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Permalink Reply by Chaosphera on December 10, 2009 at 9:05pm

Collapsible hoops make shipping a lot easier. Either way, wrap the hoop 1st with grocery bags all the way around, and then secure the grocery bag by going over it with plastic wrap (wrapping tightly!). You can get the wrap that has the handle (http://www.inthewoodshop.org/methods/twine/1.jpg)so you can easily keep looping it around the hoop until the grocery bags are fully covered. Then just get some poster board and cut rectangles big enough to stick the shipping label on. Then tape that onto the hoop by folding the label over the hoop. Here's a picture thanks to too much free-time and my undying love for MSpaint!

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Permalink Reply by Allyson Uttara Praana on December 10, 2009 at 11:30pm

I've only shipped one hoop but it cost me $30 through Fed Ex! I wrapped in padded shipping paper and did the same label thing as teenerbelle. I also tried to make a box for it but it would have been way more expensive. I also took it to the USPS and they said the cheapest they could ship it for would be $80. I think the sanded down, coiled and boxed way is the best. I'm going to test it out:) I was going to start a discussion for this but I'm really glad you already did:)

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