Posting vinyl

BusyGirl

Any suggestions how to post vinyl 12" albums safely? I posted a 7" single last week using a clean pizza box but the larger pizza boxes aren't big enough.
Thanks

the_devil_made_me_do_it

You need a 12" flat cardboard envelope. Make sure you package well, especially the corners of the sleeve. And don't forget to write FRAGILE on the front of the envelope.

Mr_Squiddy

If possible, get hold of the thick 12" mailers, the ones which are about an inch thick. Use plenty of stiffening (e.g 1 or 2 cardboard sheets 12" square.) If your package is bendable in any way the Epsilons at Royal Mail will bend it.

steveeeee

I bought a huge box of those 12" mailers each with 2 corrugated card stiffeners ages ago on eBay, with the plan that I could list the rest of them back on eBay when I've sold all the records I was planning to sell (still haven't got there yet). But it's looking like I might try to sell a few more so may not have that many left.

Anyway, have a look at eBayer climaczuk. Note that some of their listings have free P&P, some don't. You might get better value by buying bigger packs of mailers.

postingalwaysposting

steveeeee wrote:

I bought a huge box of those 12" mailers each with 2 corrugated card stiffeners ages ago on eBay, with the plan that I could list the rest of them back on eBay when I've sold all the records I was planning to sell (still haven't got there yet). But it's looking like I might try to sell a few more so may not have that many left.

Anyway, have a look at eBayer climaczuk. Note that some of their listings have free P&P, some don't. You might get better value by buying bigger packs of mailers.

thanks BusyGirl for posting this topic... i was just about to ask the same thing and thanks to steve for that great seller... thats the best price i have found 12" mailers anywhere

Sooler

Get some free cardboard boxes from a supermarket, some have them near the checkouts.

Open out the boxes flat and cut two 13" squares of cardboard and Sellotape them together

Contains_Mild_Peril

Sooler wrote:

Get some free cardboard boxes from a supermarket, some have them near the checkouts.

Open out the boxes flat and cut two 13" squares of cardboard and Sellotape them together

That's the sort of approach I would use for the odd one or two albums. If I was selling many, I'd buy the mailers for the sake of convenience.
Id it wasn't already marked on purpose-made mailers, I'd put "FRAGILE - PLEASE DO NOT BEND" on both sides.

steveeeee

postingalwaysposting wrote:

and thanks to steve for that great seller... thats the best price i have found 12" mailers anywhere

You're most welcome! I was very pleased to find them, as most other places I'd seen (online stores, mostly) had been a lot more expensive. The actual mailers are very tough and the stiffeners seem to do the job. Only problem is they're just the right size for a single 12" record. A double album will almost certainly not fit unless you take one of the stiffeners out.