[78-L] Styrofoam "peanuts"

Thu Dec 15 21:42:32 PST 2011

I keep all the peanuts I receive for re-use. I appreciate the money that 
this saves me.

joe salerno

On 12/15/2011 4:22 PM, Paul Christenzen wrote:
> 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
>>> To: 78-L Mail List<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
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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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Joe Salerno