I have been selling on aquabid for a few years now, and since I live Pennsylvania I never had much trouble shipping in hot weather because I try to ship locally and extreme heat is never too much of an issue, and if shipping to a distant hot state (i.e. California) I put off the shipment until weather cools off.
But lately there has been a bit of a heat wave... well above 100 degrees for 3 days in a row and high to mid 90's other days. I sent out two shipments with instant cold ice-packs from CVS. And at least one of the shipments made it there perfectly (the other hasn't gotten back to me). So now I am looking into getting some better ice-packs for longer shipments that are not overnight.
Does anyone use ice-packs when shipping? I have tried looking it up and multiple sources mention their use, but neglect to say what kind! What type should I use, just the same medical instant cold ones or ones meant for shipping like from Cameron Packaging?
http://www.cameronpackaging.com/Gel_Packs.html
Thank you for any help you might be able to offer!
But lately there has been a bit of a heat wave... well above 100 degrees for 3 days in a row and high to mid 90's other days. I sent out two shipments with instant cold ice-packs from CVS. And at least one of the shipments made it there perfectly (the other hasn't gotten back to me). So now I am looking into getting some better ice-packs for longer shipments that are not overnight.
Does anyone use ice-packs when shipping? I have tried looking it up and multiple sources mention their use, but neglect to say what kind! What type should I use, just the same medical instant cold ones or ones meant for shipping like from Cameron Packaging?
http://www.cameronpackaging.com/Gel_Packs.html
Thank you for any help you might be able to offer!
