In a message dated 2/4/2006 7:46:20 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
He must've overestimated the USPS handling when he shipped a 20" Pathe I won in an eBay auction of his. It arrived in a package without "FRAGILE" written all over it, and the disc was of course snapped neatly in half. That puts me to thinking of all the rare label records I have purchased on EBay. The Postal Gorillas are unreal. Sure there are some records shipped in poor containers but some dealers really do their best to protect the fragile contents. Boxes folded in half, boxes ripped apart or boxes with tire tracks on them are not uncommon out here. Jorgensen's Law: "If you buy a lot of ten records just to get that one you've been seeking for so many years. That particular one will be the only one in the lot that gets broken!" Sincerely, Rick A. Jorgensen 18021-150th Avenue East Orting, WA 98360 American Gramophone & Wireless Co. _http://members.aol.com/agw1886/index.html_ (http://members.aol.com/agw1886/index.html) Golden Era Automobile Association _http://members.aol.com/agw1888/geaahome.htm_ (http://members.aol.com/agw1888/geaahome.htm) Country/Western Music Association _http://members.aol.com/AGW1886/cwmaindex.html_ (http://members.aol.com/AGW1886/cwmaindex.html)
