In a message dated 1/26/2003 7:02:24 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > > Nick > > > > I never use an envelope, period. Even padded, they offer zero protection > for > > a book unless you also insert a piece of cardboard 2 inches longer and > wider > > than the book, with the wrapped book taped to the board. > > How *do* you package books, then? I'm curious. I've received books in a > variety of packaging materials buying used at amazon.com, myself. (Never > sold anything.) > > Julia Box. Most of which I cut down to a three inch height, using a starfish wheet type of box sizer.. The important thing is to have the box at least two inches longer than the book. The test is to take a packaged book and spin throw it six feet into the air. You have to let the corner of the box crush without having the book corner dinged. I get a lot of packing foam from Walmart at the right hours of the morning to fill in the ends. The book itself should be plastic bagged or saran wrapped, then wrapped again with sheet foam. One of the books I sent was perfectly dry after the postal sexually unknown delivery person left it on the porch in a six inch downpour. On of the worst stories on rec.collecting.books is about the ebay shipper who places an unwrapped book inside of a bubble mailer. As the book slides back and forth in transpost, the picture on the dustjacket spine gets rubbed to unreadability. While I still have a stack of them, I'm also using two pieces of octagonal rectangular cardboard. They were designed to be inside of a box floating holders for jewelry. When I get the money, I'll buy an industrial stapler and go with three fold sheets of cardboard. William Taylor --------------------- Bonus mailing info: The US Post Office made a very big error a few years ago as they raised their rates in the middle of issuing the Loony Tune stamps. For the first time ever, Daffy Duck wound up as having more cents than Bugs Bunny. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
