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

[David Lennick]

There's *two* Dave Burnhams? Egad!

There are also shipping brokers some of us have used, like Orion Subloc in 
Lewiston NY.

dl

On 10/10/2014 8:48 AM, Mark Bardenwerper wrote:
>
> On 10/9/2014 10:24 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
>>
>>
>> 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?
>>>
>>>
>
> Though I have not had direct experience, I have worked with Euro auto
> parts importers who make requests to the general public to offer space
> in their containers, the stipulation being that there must be a
> recipient at the other end to get them out of the way when the time
> comes. You might call *this* Dave Burnham, who is in Delanson NY
> http://daveburnhamcitroen.com/
>
> I am not certain how frequently they send the opposite way, but I am
> sure it happens.
> Tell him Mark sent ya.
>