I was hoping to get them in reels and be able to cut them easily in smaller portions. With the 26x10 QFN48 trays they are delivered in, distribution becomes difficult. I tried hard to get empty reels to split them in smaller chunks, but could not find a distributor for low volumes. Now I'll have to ship them in small ESD bags - like I did with the samples.
You should have an vacuum packer, and these bags:
http://www.la-va.com/esd-beutel.htmso you could cut the trays, and vacuum pack them so they stay in place.
Yeah, considered that once. But the vaccum packers are not exactly cheap (like $1000), you can't get them at your store around the corner, and lastly I dropped the idea since it looked like an overkill for packing ~50 bags. In retrospect, it might turn out to have been a good investment...