Helmut - Man oh man, I agree. I hate shipping and receiving rolled posters as I generally don't collect them as they ARE a hassle to ship - and - MORE PRONE to damage. The exception is when I do ship, I always use recycled Yazoo tubes and plastic, e.g., the Hershenson method also used by Heritage. (Remember when shipping by auction houses other than from these two used to cost more than $100? I wonder if they still do.)
BTW, I still remember purposely buying that CAMEL Lawrence of Arabia WC on foam core from you many years ago. What a beauty and it turned out great after Carol Tincup used a method to remove it and restore and flatten without backing nor painting. That was a great buy! Thanks again! (Same image as the pre-awards one-sheet.) David ________________________________ From: Helmut Hamm <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 5, 2019 2:40 AM To: David Kusumoto <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOPO] WTB - (VERY BAD LUCK!) - Once Upon A Time in Hollywood - DS OS with R Rating. (NM to M) David, for me, rolled posters are a recurring nightmare. If I would get a dollar for every rolled poster I bought that was damaged in transit, I could go on an extended vacation. Among the WORST are those amateur sellers who insist to ship a folded poster in a tube only because it has been laying flat for a while. Once a poster has been folded, the damage is done and there is NO additional harm from folding it again. As a seller, shipping rolled posters safely takes a lot of time and more expensive packing materials. Compared to folded posters, the shipping costs are ridiculous. Depending on location, shipping a rolled poster costs be between four and eight times the money of sending out the same poster folded. Plus, I had DHL Germany/ USPS totally crash to rolled poster packages this year. Both were extremely well packed, double-boxed, and they looked like they had been thrown under a truck. I'm still waiting for the insurance to cough up and at this point, I very much doubt it will ever happen. If only I could get away with it, I would have no problem to fold every single rolled poster I have in stock. I know I can't do that, but still… Alas, time to start packing another rolled poster order that just came in… :-( Cheers, Helmut Am 05.12.2019 um 04:03 schrieb David Kusumoto <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>: Help! VERY BAD LUCK buying many DS copies with the "true" final USA R-rating printed in the lower left corner. Only one so far (since July) - has passed condition tests for gift quality. All were listed "new" by sellers and looked great in photos - but arrived with horizontal rippling - or - creasing / bends at the top or bottom edges. Others were replete with dimples down the center from top to bottom - or - "scuff-type" wear along the vertical edges - way beyond the "few minor dings" that are OK and common w/even "pristine" posters. Any thoughts? I think the rippling is caused by tight hand-rolling - to fit into 2 inch (or smaller!) diameter sleeves and tubes - (see reference photos below - the posters always look good at first but more probing reveals what I'm talking about). I never get this from pro dealers using three-inch diameter tubes - but it's coming up a lot with amateur sellers. Someone please set me straight. I think these new-release posters are machine rolled into tubes for theaters - but after re-sellers take them out to take photos - they don't know how to re-roll large format paper - by hand - and in a straight line - causing them to make too many hand-adjustments to get them to fit back into these narrow tubes. When I bring it up, they say, "it was mint when shipped." They're not aware of what happens when they use narrow sleeves or tubes. Other posters have shown up w/small, but hard crease edge wear along the vertical sides (vs. normal dings). Of course I get that perfection is impossible - I just don't want to be embarrassed gifting LESS than "near mint" / near pristine posters for RECENT titles. If you have ideas or can help - please message me with price and condition. Thank you! (See photos below.) 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