[78-L] All dealers please read this! wuz Re: packing instructions

[David Lennick]

Why is this all making me hungry?

It's easier to seal the records inside a bag or paper or plastic..a bag full of 
styrofoam doesn't allow the stuff to settle in empty areas OR can still pop open.

Two (at least) thicknesses of good cardboard on either side of the sandwich, 
with scrunched up newspaper and a heavyweight box..perfect.

A record tossed into a free Priority Mail box which is then filled with 
peanuts, or even worse..a couple of airbags (aaaak!)..no repeat business from 
me other than claiming for breakage.

dl

Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
> No, no!! You put the _peanuts_ into those grocery store plastic bags and 
> pack them around the records in the box. That way the record "sandwich" 
> is held in place and doesn't migrate inside the box.
> Mal
> 
> *******
> 
> David Lennick wrote:
>> buster wrote:
>>   
>>>  He got  
>>> the sandwich part right, but then he dumped it into a box of *partially  
>>> pulverized styrofoam peanuts, with no bag to isolate it.*
>>>
>>> So I got to spend another half hour vacuuming. Nice job, Pauly.
>>>
>>>     
>> IF YOU HAVE TO USE THOSE PEANUTS......please be aware that they disintegrate in 
>> transit and become static charged and stick to the freaking records, get inside 
>> the packages, and end up all over the place. And that we hate your guts. I'm 
>> not kidding.
>>
>> Carefully packing the records inside good cardboard doesn't prevent this. 
>> Enclosing the records in that oversized Saran Wrap the movers use, or wrapping 
>> the whole thing tightly in newspaper or a plastic bag from the grocery store, does.
>>
>> dl
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