[78-L] Styrofoam "peanuts"

[Cary Ginell]

I use the peanuts because they are lighter and do a better job. I end up recycling a lot of the stuff from packages sent to me. I also like those small recyclable inflated plastic pillows for spacers. They work well to top off a package so the box doesn't cave in.
 
Cary Ginell
 

> Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:22:52 -0800
> From: picz65 at gmail.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Styrofoam "peanuts"
> 
> 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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