Shipping LP's??

gwh
gwh Posts: 1,451
edited April 2007 in Electronics
I've got a few LP's I've picked up at garage sales and was wanting to put a few in the FM section.

How do you guys package a single LP for shipping?


I bought an album off Ebay one time and it was shipped between two pieces of cardboard taped on the ends. Is this acceptable?

12.5 x 12.5 X the thickness of a couple of quarters......I'm not seeing any boxes in my stash that fit the bill.:confused:


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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited April 2007
    I shipped the ones I sold on the FM by putting them between pieces of foam core board that I bought at Walmart. I used packing tape to seal the LP's in between the foam core board, then wrapped in brown packing paper, called it good. I think they all got there undamaged!
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited April 2007
    Some tips

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48091&highlight=shipp%2A
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  • gwh
    gwh Posts: 1,451
    edited April 2007
    Foam core board? I'll have to venture out to WM and check the stuff out.
    Is it cheap?




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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,516
    edited April 2007
    dkg999 wrote: »
    I think they all got there undamaged!

    The ones I received from you did. They were limited editions and I really appreciated the extra care in packing.

    I've received a couple of single albums sandwiched between two pieces of cardboard and they made it OK.
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  • gwh
    gwh Posts: 1,451
    edited April 2007
    Thanks for the link and info polksters.





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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited April 2007
    I usually fold them in half, tape it together and use two stamps.
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  • candyliquor35m
    candyliquor35m Posts: 2,267
    edited April 2007
    I looked at one of the lp mailing boxes I had laying around and it had a company name on it-Bags Unlimited Inc-10 boxes for $17.70. Haven't checked to see if they're cheaper anywhere else.

    http://www.bagsunlimited.com/cart/browse.asp?subcat=15
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  • cmy330go
    cmy330go Posts: 2,341
    edited April 2007
    U-Line seems to sell it pretty cheap.
    http://www.uline.com/Browse_Listing_870.asp?desc=Foam+Core+Board

    They also have good deals on a lot of other shipping supplies.
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