[78-L] Shipping records to Europe, or . . .

[David Lennick]

Once upon a time I could get auction winnings from Europe or the UK shipped to 
a record company in England which had regular shipments to a Canadian 
distributor..I volunteered to pay my portion but was assured that I was 
"family". That was the only time I could ever get decent trans-Atlantic 
shipping. Even 4 records properly packed runs into money...I sent 9 to 
Australia last week and the buyer had to pony up about $110.

dl

On 10/9/2014 11:24 PM, Roger Wade wrote:
>
> Hi Dennis,
>
> In my experience shipping 78s overseas, I pretty much maxed out at 30 10-inch 78s in a 12x12x12 box from ULine.com with at least 6 corrugated 10-inch mailer pads from BagsUnlimited.com and lots of bubble wrap, packing peanuts and other padding per shipment.  I have not shipped that many 78s overseas in one shipment since surface mail was eliminated several years ago.  Now anything over 4 pounds has to ship via Priority Mail International which is very expensive.
>
> In a nutshell I would not take on a project like the one you described and I doubt that any buyer would find it reasonable to pay for shipping that many 78s at Priority International rates.
>
> Last year I shipped over 800 packages of records to 38 different countries plus the USA so I have plenty of experience to base my opinion on.
>
> Best of luck to you my friend.
>
> Roger Wade
> Really Old Records
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>
> On Oct 9, 2014, at 3:38 PM, Dennis Flannigan wrote:
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>>
>> I have a few thousand (actually, more) 78s, primarily county music genres,
>> and
>> way too many other kinds that interest others, but not always Americans. Has
>> anyone shipped a thousand 78s, or a similarly large number overseas? What
>> has been the result, cost? Can they be safely shipped without wrapping them
>> in smaller bundles with cardboard between, or if not, how?
>>
>> Finally, was the work of doing it worth the time it took? Not financially,
>> but in terms
>> of packaging, insurance, and messing with it all? And is it simply, too
>> damn expensive?
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Dennis
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