[78-L] Just sharing

[Taylor Bowie]

Oh,  it's the Old Refrain..."it couldn't possibly be my fault since I 'know' 
how to pack 78s so you must have opened the package too roughly"

I'll bet you WANTED them to be broken just to hassle the poor,  innocent and 
blameless French seller.

I may have shared this with the group before,  but a few years ago I had a 
really odd go-round with a seller on EBay name of "glassrecords" who took 
issue with my complaint about his packing of a Clarence Williams Okeh which 
arrived with a nice rim-to-center crack,  having been packed in a very 
casual manner.

Said exchange ended up with him lambasting me because I had not requested 
the "deluxe" shipping option (first I'd heard of it) and that I was nothing 
more than a "nickel-and-dime record pimp."

I never did figure out what he meant,  but I had to give points for colorful 
language...took some of the sting off of not recovering my fifty bucks.

Taylor B


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Weiner" <djwein at earthlink.net>
To: "'78-L Mail List'" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 8:38 PM
Subject: [78-L] Just sharing


> Hey all,
>
>
>
> I always enjoy reading 78 record mailing horror stories, so thought I'd
> share two:
>
>
>
> I received a big package of records today from Mark Berresford in the UK.
> When I saw the package, I was shocked. One whole side was nearly mashed
> flat.  Apparently the box had gotten thoroughly soaked (can't imagine 
> how -
> it hasn't been raining here) and then half-flattened, with the flat side a
> complete mushy mess of cardboard and Styrofoam.  I opened the box with 
> great
> trepidation - all the records were wet on one side, but no labels were
> touched and none were broken.  I had to discard all the soaked sleeves and
> let the records dry, but they are none the worse for their ordeal.
>
>
>
> On the other hand, last week I got a box from France with three 12-inch
> Victrolac RCA Program Transcriptions and one 10-inch shellac one.  In an 
> LP
> mailer. With no sleeves on any of the records and the 10-incher sliding
> around loose.  All of the 12-inchers had a dime-sized bite taken out of 
> the
> rim.  The 10-inch disc was fine, amazingly.  The dealer had assured me 
> that
> he knew all about packing 78s, blah, blah, blah.  And now he's accusing me
> of mishandling the package since there is NO WAY his packing could have 
> been
> at fault.
>
>
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Dave
>
>
>
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