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Hi, got a few boxes of records that i will never get to hear again, due to the digital revolution! Anyone have bad experiences posting it? I would hate to think of them getting damaged as there is some classic stuff in there!
hardboard is your friend.
As in thin wood? will cost a fortune though!
You can get special card board sleeves, perhaps ask someone like ninja tune where they buy them or [url= http://reviews.ebay.co.uk/HOW-TO-WRAP-A-VINYL-RECORD-FOR-POSTING_W0QQugidZ10000000002994912 ]look here[/url]
Nah Hardboard is cheap as chips........ prob cheaper than actual chips 🙂
Vinyl records are quite tough when comes to impact sort of damage - they're rather soft really so as long as you protect them from scratching you should be OK
I'd be happy with just paper between them
I suppose it may be a case of safety in numbers. A few packed together has got to be stronger than single (pun intended!) 12" is more of a worry than 7" though, (so the wife says anyway!)
[saddo] not really wood is it - fibre based.[/saddo]
but i've received single 12"s through the post with a single 12" square of hardboard to protect it - seems to work well. puts the price of the postage up but if you need to protect single plates...
You can buy special "mailers" from the likes of ebay. Basically a cardboard envelope and a corrugated cardboard inner to protect the cover being bent , will hold maybe 3 albums tops.
The vinyl itself is pretty robust , but a bent cover annoys the shit outta me.
da funk
As Purplefunkymonkey says cardboard 'mailers' are the way to go.
I bought a pack of 25 for about £18 from Ebay. They each hold up to 3 albums.
I've sold a few records now with no complaints.
Yup, use the mailers available off ebay with the cardboard stiffeners.
I've sent loads (200+) domestic & overseas, never had a problem with damage including the one which never reached it's Austrian destination but made it back here weeks later and still in good shape.
I use cardboard.
Works great!
Sandwich them between two thin sheets of alloy.
Might be a bit expensive though. 🙂
Thanks everyone, Ebay mailers it is then!
Yep, go with the cardboard mailers - the cruciform corrugated cardboard ones are best. I can't imagine hardboard conferring much more protection, you'd need to cut it to size, and it's rough and hard enough to damage an outer sleeve. I've sent and received over a hundred records in card mailers and not had a borked one yet. Also some sellers like to send vinyl next to the outer sleeve rather than inside it - mailing inside can split the sleeve at the edges, and these things matter to the hardcore collectors!
http://www.tramikisupplies.co.uk/index.asp is your friend. i have sent thousands of 7" and 12" records using their mailers. never had a problem