[78-L] Ugggh, again...

[Marcel/Cecilia]

Sound advice. I'm new to this game and sent my first package of 78 rpm's 
to a friend in North Carolina. Three of six were broken. Got some good 
advice from Michael Robertson, bought some 12X12X4 boxes, bubble wrap 
and made some 10" square cardboard wraps. Works just fine.

Marcel

On 2013-09-09 7:21 PM, Mark Bardenwerper wrote:
> Another bad packing job from Ebay seller. This one really frosted me
> because I sent him instructions. It was not broken, it was badly warped,
> bent really. Here is what I wrote:
>
> "Hello,
> I am sorry to find that this record, though probably in fine condition
> before you shipped it, is now unplayable. There is more than one reason
> for putting cardboard on both sides of a record when you ship it. First,
> the common sense one. They are fragile and they break very easily. This
> one did not break, what happened is the box was in the back of a semi
> that was in the hot sun for long periods of time. The record actually
> partially melted. It is now bent. I might be able to fix it, but what a
> shame to do this to a recording when all you had to do was tape in
> between two pieces of cardboard as I asked.
>
> If you want to sell records, you will have to learn to pack them safely.
> Do it right and they will go over Niagara Falls unharmed. Do it wrong
> and you might as well take it out back a hit it with a hammer and save
> yourself the trouble.
>
> Not happy, not for me but for the lost voices on that record. You just
> mishandled a piece of history."
>
> Beware mandlmartin
>
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