Stuff the inside of the record too. Light pack it with paper. Mike OC On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Bill Boruff <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have had success shipping cylinders in PVC pipe. I first put paper towels > or some other support paper in the core of the record before putting the > record in its box. I then wrap the cylinder boxes in bubble wrap and then > put them in 5" diameter PVC pipe (thin wall to minimize weight) which is cut > to 6" length. Then I package the PVC pieces (one or more cylinders) in a > box with suitable peanuts for shipping. To date I have not had one get > broken. > > > On Aug 14, 2009, at 10:48 AM, Thomas Edison wrote: > > >> I have not found a shure fire way yet, of shipping cylinders, I now try to >> by the eggs that come in a square with the 2 carton sides, and wrap my >> cylinder boxes in that and tape them up real good, then bubble wrap around >> that. The inside has bubble wrap between the 3 rows of blanks. There is >> nothing as disheartning as sending out a dozen cylinders which all an all is >> 12 hours of work, and a month of setting. I usually double the insuance on >> them so the customer can get there money back if they do arrive broken. I >> much rather hand deliver them than ship them. I sell them in storage boxes >> that have 12 tube pegs in them. I am a father raising children so I do not >> make as many anymore, and do not accept any orders, what I sell I make when >> I can. I estimated that in the New York adventure, I had almost >> $300,000.00 worth of material stolen from me. Never been quite able to >> recover from that, I work for DHS making $9.25/h does not leave much to do >> phonographs. >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Get back to school stuff for them and cashback for you. >> http://www.bing.com/cashback >> ?form=MSHYCB&publ=WLHMTAG&crea=TEXT_MSHYCB_BackToSchool_Cashback_BTSCashback_1x1 >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >> > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
