Best way to ship vinyl?

Foriginal Sin
Foriginal Sin Chandler, AZ Posts: 1,897
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Where to get the boxes? Thanks
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  • MedozK
    MedozK Tennessee Posts: 9,232
    edited March 2017
    Standard LP Mailers
    https://www.amazon.com/White-Record-Cardboard-Multi-Depth-Mailers/dp/B001J595VK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1490628389&sr=8-1&keywords=LP+Mailers

    Really nice ones from BagsUnlimited
    https://www.bagsunlimited.com/category/286/lp-mailers

    Sleeve City also has a nice variety
    https://www.sleevecityusa.com/record-mailers-s/1831.htm
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  • buck502000
    buck502000 Birthplace of GIBSON guitar Posts: 8,951
    I keep from shipments I receive and reuse.....
  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,496
    buck502000 said:

    I keep from shipments I receive and reuse.....

    Same here. Have quite a few. Also, call your local shop. They may have some if you can't wait for them to be delivered.
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  • blackngold
    blackngold Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 308
    if you're looking to buy in bulk:

    https://www.uline.com/Product/AdvSearchResult?KeywordTyped=Record Mailers&keywords=Record Mailers&SubGroups=1301&view=ALL&TrackSearch=N
  • Lost In Ohio
    Lost In Ohio Posts: 7,367
    You can also make your own with double-thick cardboard and shipping tape.

    Also look into USPS Media Mail...it can be quite a bit less expensive.
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  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 99,933
    Could also try this out cheaply.

    https://youtu.be/EK-LSadZw9A

    ...

    Just kidding. Don't do this!!!
  • jamhead64
    jamhead64 Posts: 52
    http://www.bagsunlimited.com/category/286/lp-mailers

  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    edited March 2017
    Hand deliver. Make some drinks, make a friend, and enjoy the tunes

    (Make sure he pays for your gas/flight tho)
  • RP112579
    RP112579 Tinley Park, IL Posts: 3,389
    Definitely a pizza box.









    Don't use a pizza box.
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  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    RP112579 said:

    Definitely a pizza box.









    Don't use a pizza box.

    New, used, or ontop of a pizza?
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 51,492
    edited March 2017
    buck502000 said:

    I keep from shipments I receive and reuse.....

    Me too. I've kept too many actually. I need to tear down the stupid vinyl mailer/bubble wrap tower that I've built in my storage room, lol. I don't know why in the fuck I've kept so many of them. I mail maybe 2 LPs a year. :lol::dizzy:
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  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    The best way to ship vinyl is to ship them to me.
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  • jerparker20
    jerparker20 St. Paul, MN Posts: 2,528
    buck502000 said:

    I keep from shipments I receive and reuse.....

    Same here.

    I, like others, have accumulated too many of these damn things.
  • lexicondevil
    lexicondevil Posts: 2,437
    Remember to at least put one extra piece of cardboard on each side of the record inside the mailer. Also, if it is opened, ship the record inside the inner sleeve outside of the jacket to avoid splits. Bubblewrap is useless in my opinion. I did once get a record from Yugoslavia and it was only wrapped in a sheet of newspaper. Can't believe it wasn't jacked up.
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  • Foriginal Sin
    Foriginal Sin Chandler, AZ Posts: 1,897
    Thank You.
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  • lolobugg
    lolobugg BLUE RDGE MTNS Posts: 8,195
    lexicondevil said:

    Remember to at least put one extra piece of cardboard on each side of the record inside the mailer. Also, if it is opened, ship the record inside the inner sleeve outside of the jacket to avoid splits. Bubblewrap is useless in my opinion. I did once get a record from Yugoslavia and it was only wrapped in a sheet of newspaper. Can't believe it wasn't jacked up.

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