My gripe for the day: Sellers who package TOO securely. 3 3

[musicmeta]

I try to package raw books securely enough but hopefully the buyer can open the package up without a lot of headaches but the buyer knows it's been well packaged for the bumpy transit.

[1950's war comics]

No such thing as packing TOO securely that a good knife and scissors can't take care of.....

[Bomber-Bob]

IMO, the biggest factor for shipping safely is to use a large enough box. You need plenty of room on the inside for lots of bubble wrap, newspaper, peanuts, etc. to completely surround the contents. The second factor is to prevent the internal movement of the contents. Instead of a taped cardboard sandwich arrangement,  I like to put the contents into a bubble wrap envelope with cardboard, sandwiched but not taped. You can fold over the flap of the envelope to fit snug against the the top of the contents.  Comiclink ships like this and doesn't even use cardboard inside the envelope. It seems to be very safe and easy to remove content. 

[Jeffro.]

On 2/15/2018 at 11:03 AM, Weird Paper said:

politicians that are too honest. 

You've actually seen these mythical creatures? 

[Larryw7]

On 2/15/2018 at 7:26 PM, Ottobord said:

I had an ebay first after 15 years, a buyer recently requested that I NOT leave positive (of course) feedback for him.   Strange times.

Probably because he didn't want someone who he owes money to see that he's buying stuff.

[jhutton2]

Well, I almost always overpackage.  I don’t think it’s too much, but maybe some buyers feel differently??

Lots of tape around the outer box keeps it from ripping and provide a decent level of protection against rain, liquid spills and being dropped in puddles.  My $0.02

Jason

Edited February 18, 2018 by jhutton2

[TheFifthHorseman]

Tape is cheap too ya'll. I don't know what everyone is griping about saying it's 'too expensive'.

Y'all gettin ripped off

[Bomber-Bob]

38 minutes ago, jhutton2 said:

Well, I almost always overpackage.  I don’t think it’s too much, but maybe some buyers feel differently??

Lits of tape around the outer box keeps it from ripping and provide a decent level of protection against rain, liquid spills and being dropped in puddles.  My $0.02

Jason

I agree, use as much tape as you want on the outer box. However, I think the topic here is too much tape on the inside contents, especially on the book itself.

[namisgr]

8 hours ago, 1950's war comics said:

No such thing as packing TOO securely that a good knife and scissors can't take care of.....

Are you sure about that?

[1950's war comics]

2 hours ago, namisgr said:

Are you sure about that?

Thats called a distributor return copy  

[Philflound]

I'm lazy and don't want to read 4 1/2 pages, but if I got something with too much tape, which I think I have in the past, but it's a rare occurance, I trust my razor. Someone mentioned creating spine dings. I think I may have done that trying to pull off a bagged comic once or twice, so I'd rather sacrifice the bag/board the comic is in and not risk damaging my book. Just carefully cut the comic book out of its tomb of tape along the edges. Don't worry that the comic bag has tons of strips of tape, and just remove it and put it in a new bag. I'm assuming we're talking about raw books and not graded ones.

[namisgr]

35 minutes ago, 1950's war comics said:

Thats called a distributor return copy  

Yep, and it was a good knife that made it.

[OrangeCrush]

12 hours ago, 1950's war comics said:

No such thing as packing TOO securely that a good knife and scissors can't take care of.....

Agreed 100%. After receiving COUNTLESS shipments over the years with damaged comics because the shipper literally was clueless when it came to shipping comics, and especially prints, in the mail....well, I have absolutely NO problem with bombproof packaging that requires that I cut, pull, & slice and dice my way to the goods. As long as they arrive in the condition I expect, I am 100% content. 

Edited February 18, 2018 by OrangeCrush