[78-L] Styrofoam "peanuts"

[Paul Christenzen]

There's nothing wrong with crumpled newspaper if you're only shipping 
one box - which is all YOU'RE getting.

But if you're shipping 15-20 boxes it's a lot quicker/cleaner to use 
peanuts.

And as long as they're out there, why not use them - why throw them in a 
landfill?

Next mission:  clean all that dirt/sand off the ocean beaches....

Doug Pomeroy wrote:
> For years I have been bagging the "peanuts" and donating them
> to a local shipping store, where they are welcomed.
>
> But, I so hate the usual "peanuts" that I am now refusing to accept
> any package which includes them.  Is there any more insidious,
> diabolical invention in the history of mankind?  I never heard
> there was a bio-degradable version.  But what in the world is
> wrong with crumpled newspaper?
>
> It's such a telling development: we create trash in order to
> dispose of trash; think of all the plastic bags we Americans
> buy to put our garbage in.  (I finally gave up home delivery of
> the NY Times because they delivered it every day, rain or shine,
> in a non-recyclable, blue plastic bag.  When I requested they
> deliver the paper without any bag, the delivery guy would
> take off the bag and throw it on the sidewalk in front of
> my house!)
>
> Doug Pomeroy
>
>
>    
>> Message: 13
>> Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:07:17 -0600
>> From: Michael Valentiner<michael.valentiner at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] The Zen of 78 acquisition
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>> I like the corn starch peanuts ULine sells.  Bio-degradable, dissolve
>> in water, and they don't pick up a static charge and go flying
>> everywhere on there own when I open the box/bag.
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 11:52 AM, David Lennick
>> <dlennick at sympatico.ca>  wrote:
>>      
>>> Charming! Sorry he took umbrage at your sally. I hate when my sally
>>> gets
>>> umbraged. As for me, after years of cursing dealers who use
>>> styrofoam peanuts,
>>> I've had to go over to that side because they're cheap and weigh
>>> nothing, and
>>> if the records are sealed (or in another smaller box) they're safe
>>> from
>>> intrusion. A bag about the size of two pillows costs $5 at my
>>> nearby U-Haul.
>>>
>>> dl (just about to recycle a box you sent Roger M. and which Don C.
>>> had sent to you)
>>>
>>> (Jeez..SpelCheq took umbrage at my spelling of "styrofoam" because
>>> I didn't
>>> capitalize it. Ma fungu!)
>>>
>>> On 12/15/2011 12:33 PM, Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
>>>        
>>>> I just went through one of the strangest experiences I've had in my
>>>> years of surfing and buying from eBay.
>>>> I bid on and won a record on the Zen label out of New York. Could
>>>> have
>>>> cared less about the material, but I got a kick out of the label
>>>> head.
>>>> $13.00 total.
>>>> I sent my regular instructions for packing:
>>>>
>>>> It's a long way to Hawaii so here's how to pack: use 4 10" sq.
>>>> pieces of
>>>> box cardboard - put record(s) between - tape edges - put 7 or 8 pcs
>>>> crushed newspaper in a 12x12x4 or larger box - put record sandwich
>>>> in -
>>>> put 7 or 8 more pcs crushed newspaper in to fill - shake - if
>>>> contents
>>>> shift there's not enough paper - if box bulges there's too much -
>>>> readjust and seal - Thanks -- TMR
>>>>
>>>> I then got an outraged note back telling me how he was going to
>>>> pack it
>>>> and if I didn't like it that was just too bad, so there.
>>>> I replied that his method was really very nice but mine had a
>>>> breakage
>>>> rate of around 2% over 30 years and would he please, etc., etc.
>>>> He sent me back this:
>>>>
>>>> Do you expect me to go out for an hour and look for a 4-inch box
>>>> to buy,
>>>> then buy a few newspapers--I don't read newspapers so I don't have
>>>> any
>>>> (I read news on the web)--and cut my 12" fillers 2" to meet YOUR
>>>> needs--FOR A $13 RECORD???????????? NO WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For a $50
>>>> record, yes. NOT for a cheap $13 record. I'll send the
>>>> cancellation form
>>>> out right away.
>>>>
>>>> I them told him he should just put it in a manila envelope and
>>>> send that.
>>>>
>>>> He took umbrage at my sally and then refunded my payment and
>>>> canceled my
>>>> order, even though I refused it (which I didn't know one could do
>>>> with
>>>> eBay). At this point I wanted the record as a point of honor, if
>>>> for no
>>>> other reason. Because of that I can no longer send him feedback
>>>> praising
>>>> him for his packing method and his even-tempered way of dealing
>>>> with a
>>>> new customer.
>>>>
>>>> I guess I gotta be Zen about it! That's okay with me.
>>>> I'd still like to have a "Zen" record, though.
>>>> Mal
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