I sold a car center console on a facebook closed marque enthusiasts group, and it took me a day of rummaging around skips to find a box, another eternity to find suitable squishy packaging, and then about another hour and a roll of parcel tape to finish the job off.
The geezer wanted to know how much to post it, so that involved an earlier separate trip to the PO to answer that question too.
I was goosed at the end of it all, and all that for approx £40 profit.
The sting in the tail was long winded arsing about joining PayPal, and getting whacked for commision for them after too!

Hateful experience.
The council tip is seemingly far more appealing