[78-L] Record shipping question

[Geoffrey Wheeler]

On shipping records: My advice would be don’t trust to luck. Send them 
in at least two boxes, perhaps three if you really want to be cautious. 
I once received two record boxes of about 20 records each from a 
well-known auction seller and every record in both boxes had an 
identical  broken slice. This included a number of E+ and N- records 
that took me YEARS to find again. On the other hand, I once received a 
box of records from another well-known record seller that was so poorly 
packed as to be unbelievable. Much to my astonishment, not a single 
record was cracked or broken. I’m sure anyone who receives records by 
mail has similar stories to tell. Bottom line: Best to be safe than 
sorry!