Shipping a slab. My technique.17509
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BrianGreensnips private msg quote post Address this user | |
| Here is my technique for shipping out a slab. We have been seeing a lot of really poor methods from books that forum members have received lately with slabs and raw books. I am sure someone here will critique my method. It's all good. Just wanted to share how I do it. | ||
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 Step 1. First I use a section of a pool noodle from the dollar store. I cut it wide enough to fit into a 1097 USPS box. |
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 Step 2. I wrap bubble wrap around the middle of the book until the bubble wrap is flush with the pool noodle. |
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 Step 3. I slide it into a 1097 USPS box and cut off the flap on one end. |
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 Step 4. I bubble wrap the 1097 box and then slide it into a 1095 box. Fits perfect. |
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BrianGreensnips private msg quote post Address this user | |
 Step 5. Close the box, slap the shipping slip on it, mail it out. Excelsior! Your done. |
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Davethebrave private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I like this approach a lot except one minor concern in your description (but not your photos). Step one should be to put the slab in a bag. Otherwise a poorly placed box in heavy rain could result in water damage. You have it covered in your photos but to me that is Step 1 ;-) |
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 I have a problem with fattening women up.
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Bronte private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I use slab shippers foam in a usps 1095 box in a 16x14x4 box. So essentially I double box every slab that leaves my house. I don't sell raws, but last time I had to because it was too fat for a gemini mailer. I used a couple of pieces of cardboard sandwich the book, wrapped in bubble wrap in a 16x14x4 box. Edit I bought plumbers insulation foam to ship oversized magazine slabs in 1095 box in a 16x14x4 box. The foam was like 4 bux for 3 qty 6 ft lengths of foam. |
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 Where's his Bat-package?
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Byrdibyrd private msg quote post Address this user | |
| @BrianGreensnips @Davethebrave @Bronte These are awesome ways to ship slabbed books. Add Gemini mailers inside a box for raw books and it's done. As safe a way to ship books as it gets. |
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I have a problem with fattening women up.
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Bronte private msg quote post Address this user | |
| @Byrdibyrd Exactly. You figure it costs maybe 5-10 bucks more but in the end its cheaper than paying for shipping or reholder and less headache with customer. I'm all about making my life easier... |
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Where's his Bat-package?
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Byrdibyrd private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by Bronte Since I re-use packing/packaging materials when I'm able, and as long as they're in good shape, I can cut down on costs even more. I get swathes of bubble wrap from CBCS alone, I can't recall the last time I bought a Gemini mailer. I just use the ones I've gotten mailed to me, and since I sell so few raw books, I can keep myself supplied just with re-using. Helps with sales when I don't have to pass on S&H to buyers. Someday I'll run out because I have thousands of raw books and only a couple dozen mailers, but when that happens I'll be buying mailers because I do NOT like the idea of sending raw books to buyers with a chance of them getting a disappointment and me getting the ugly hassle of returns & refunds. |
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 Hmm... Moderated again!
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Quote:Originally Posted by BrianGreensnips Ah... so you're that guy.  This is probably the best possible approach for those USPS boxes, but I'd prefer an additional layer of cardboard on each side making a bubblewrap sandwich and reinforcing that thin outer wall. The pool noodles is brilliant though, I have to admit to being impressed the first time we got one like that. |
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BrianGreensnips private msg quote post Address this user | |
| @figment I agree. I think I will add cardboard to the front and back. I guess it can't hurt. | ||
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Byrdibyrd private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by BrianGreensnips @figment is right. I add a layer of cardboard front & back when I ship slabs, and it did save me a return once a few years ago when I buyer got a VERY perforated priority box but the added sheet of cardboard took the damage. I just cut up boxes that are no longer in good enough shape to use as boxes anymore. A little elbow grease on my part and it's free packing material. |
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 To answer your question, no, this is not where the comics go to die.
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| Looks good and I like the pool noodle idea. I start mine out with the slab in a bag and put it in a Gemini mailer. Then box it with bubble wrap and then put that box in a Priority box. | ||
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| try putting the slab in USPS Box 1092 and pack it well with peanuts or bubble wrap to that the slab doesn't move around. Before placing the slab I reinforce the 1092 box with cut out strips of cardboard for added rigidity. After closing the 1092 box I place the slab in a USPS box 1095 that has once again been reinforced with additional cardboard. | ||
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 It's like the Roach Motel for comic collectors.
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chester15 private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by SpiderTim The 1092 currently made does not fit into the 1095 anymore. For the past 8 months or so. They changed the dimensions. |
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dpiercy private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I was a big proponent of a bubble wrap cocoon inside a 1092 then put into a 1095. Shame they changed dimensions. | ||
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SpiderTim private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by chester15 Just 2 weeks ago I ordered some and the 1092 fit into the 1095. Maybe I got an old stock? |
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 I have not set up at a con since 2029.
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PolarisNuclearSS2020 private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by SpiderTim Yes, these boxes should have extra cardboard at both ends. It's also important to have some extra bubbkewrap at tge top bubbkewrap n bottom to be the first absorbent of pressure....not the foam, which as the first n only layer of defense, as thick as it is, seems like it could cause SCS. I use 2 priority bubblewrap mailers to bag each slab, cardboard insert at bottom,bubblewrap folded over blah blah blah. Tbh, I can't believe these sorts of threads are started over and over again. |
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It's like the Roach Motel for comic collectors.
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chester15 private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by ComicHoarder Where can I get some of this wrap for my bubbke??? |
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