Packing method? Please offer a tip or two!...

[xboxist]

I am about to submit 7 books to CGC. This will be my first time doing so. These books are of very high value to the community and to myself, thus I am very apprehensive on how I should properly pack them. Are there any specific tips that anyone could relay to me? Thanks much in advance, for I know that this isn't the most exciting topic out here.

[murph0]

I'd send them in two boxes. Put them inbetween oversized pieces of cardboard, wrap the "sandwich" in a newspaper, fill with styrafoam peanuts and buffer both ends with a strip of bubble wrap.

 

Brian

[xboxist]

When you say, "Put them in between..." do you mean a couple of comics, or one comic per sandwich?

[murph0]

either or, if you have some of the thinner cardboard..you can do one per and then tape them all together (so you'd need 4 pieces of cardboard, the inner two could also serve to protect the middle comic). I guess preferably put 3 or 4 between just two pieces of cardboard.

 

Brian

[ArAich]

CGC's suggested shipping procedure...

[chrisco37]

Save yourself the trouble and just sell your books to Chuck! I hear he's offering some great prices on key books!

 

Chris

[xboxist]

Thanks again guys - I'm off to go find some suitable cardboard. And who's Chuck? Is that the guy from Mile High?

[Prophet78]

Chris,

 

You are such a cynical bastige!!!!!

 

Yes, Chuck is the leader over at Mile High! He was joking because Chuck is buying keys at less than 1/3 book value (or something like that)!

 

If you don't mind me asking. What books are you slabbing?

 

-Jeremy-

[xboxist]

Yes I mind, you pile of [!@#%^&^]! I cannot believe you'd have the nerve to ask such a deep and personal question.

 

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Heh, that was fun. Sarcasm at it's finest. Umm... I have a nice run of AMS #45-50 (the #47 could fetch a 9.8, depending on some grader's mood that day). The rest should get no lower than 9.4 or 9.2. They were my father's. He never read them, and put them into a small box when he moved out of his parent's house and left them there. I just discovered them. =)

 

The other book is one of mine. It's just a 'lil modern book. Birds of Prey #8. I will be completely shocked if it doesn't fetch a 9.8. I'm going for top census here. heh

[murph0]

Will you be sending them via Express? I'd love to know what grades you get back..on the ASM's that is, you can keep the BoP book

 

Brian

[xboxist]

Heh... alright. I'll keep my precious BoP book.

 

I haven't decided on my grading service yet - that stuff can get costly!!

[murph0]

Well if you truly think those ASM's are at least 9.2 or better, the lowest you could send them is through Standard because of the max $$$ stipulation per book at each diff grading tier.

 

Brian

[xboxist]

Brian -

 

Yes, you are right. There appears to be only one available tier for my situation.

 

Another question has come up: I can't find good cardboard! It all seems too flimsy. Do you get your cardboard from somewhere/something specific? Shouldn't I want something extremely rigid, like waffleboard or something? I mean, if the board is flimsy, that could lead to slight bends during shipping... and BAM!! Instant small crease on the spine of one of my books.

 

Am I being paranoid? I'm thinking about sandwhiching between thin, hardcover books! Heh...

[murph0]

I guess if you can't find any..you can take a bunch of those Priority Mailers and then cut out each of the big sides to oversize fit on the book. It's sort of a waste of the mailers, but last resort is a last resort..I think you can find cardboard at a variety of places. Possibly FedEx or UPS as well?

 

Brian

[hogations]

"Another question has come up: I can't find good cardboard! It all seems too flimsy. "

 

A good source of cardboard can by your local supermarket. Over the past few years, I've noticed that certain boxes use stronger cardboard (boxes used for detergent, bottled water, etc.). I gather up cardboard on a regular basis and cut it to size to either 9" x 12" or 10" x 13". I buy these sizes of envelopes in bulk and sandwich comic books between these two sizes of cardboard. It offers good protection and is much cheaper than buying boxes.