It seems to me, the market could stand a company that will ship antiques and provide proper packaging. Part of it would be gentle handling and not expect it should drop off of a conveyor belt 6 feet to the floor or stand a 100 pound package dropping on it. I sold a $600 clock on Ebay last year and built a wooden crate to put it in. The crate then went into a cardboard box. The clock arrived safely and the buyer was very happy. On the plus side, each phono that gets destroyed by UPS means more repair parts available and our remaining phonos must be worth more. :) Dave From [email protected] Thu Feb 15 16:31:17 2007 From: [email protected] (estott) Date: Thu Feb 15 16:32:21 2007 Subject: [Phono-L] Shipping Herzog & NCR P.S. References: <[email protected]> <[email protected]> Message-ID: <000601c75161$c5bf61c0$47e6f...@esjqacchoqgqch>
A bit off the photograph topic, but if you want trouble, try shipping an old sword (like a masonic or knights of pythias) IF you can find a box. I had one shipped to me, the only box the professional shipper had was one of those triangular ones. If it had been a bit longer things would have been OK as it was well padded and not all that fragile, BUT to make the sword shorter the shipper took the blade out of the scabbard. By the time it got to me the pointed end was sticking out of the box. I've tried shipping them, had to use an oversized lamp box and cut it down and essentially rebuild it. Fortunately the buyer bought several light items from me that I could pack with it- otherwise the cost of the packing would have been quite high. I had one Odd Fellows sword shipped to me in a reinforced tube- it was excellent protection, but so heavy the shipping cost was to prohibitive for anything but a very valuable item. Eric Stott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Baron" <[email protected]> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 6:47 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Shipping Herzog & NCR P.S. > On Feb 15, 2007, at 4:34 PM, Rich wrote: >> ...Shipping any antique is an accident looking for a place to happen. > > Yes, I've come to believe that it has. I do occasionally buy on eBay and > have had mixed luck with shipping as have all of us, with some > exceptionally poor and arriving damaged, and a select few so incredibly > well-packed that I make a point to thank the seller effusively, give > radiant feedback, etc. Those truly well and thoughtfully packed items > really make my day. > > Andy > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >
