[78-L] Ugggh, again...

[David Lennick]

I once had an lp arrive melted. Sent from England, in a very thin cardboard 
package. Seller offered a refund, but the project I needed it for was delayed.

dl

On 9/9/2013 8:01 PM, Marcel/Cecilia wrote:
> 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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