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LP shipping

I'm not going to name any names, yet, but I just gotta get this off my chest.....

I ordered the HIFI News test LP along with the DB protractor from a well known source. These people just placed the LP in a box with some foam peanuts and their shipping label trash along with the protractor. No media mail packaging, nothing. Shipped it via USPS to Texas. It's over 100 frickin' degrees here. USPS put the box in a mail box in our apt complex, and it sat in there until I got home from work. Needless to say, the LP ain't mirror flat as it should be..... WTF?????
04rdking

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azmoon
126 posts
 
04,
Are they going to sent it with the same packing? Maybe they should revise it?
azmoon
126 posts
 
Stringreen,

I strongly suggest you bring your LPs inside ASAP!! We are getting to the time of year when we will actually get some humidity. I have been in Az for 21 years and records will warp in this weather - especially in the August/September time period. Just a suggestion.
azmoon
126 posts
 
"Sending an LP in the SUMMER in the Southwest is silly unless it is sent 1 day air"

I agree it seems silly, however I've had good luck with it. I can't go 6 months without getting a new LP! In fact just got JT's Mudslide Slim from Acoustic Sounds and there are no warpage issues. They know how to pack correctly. In this case, I ordered it 14 months ago and it was released this week - they then ship without notice. Which is another problem. I like to know when an item is coming so I can be on the lookout. I would say I have had at least 200 LPs shipped to me in the summer heat and had only 1 LP that was warped upon receipt.
azmoon
126 posts
 
Perhaps you should ask for some Pepperoni as packing material??
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