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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
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.
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04rdking OP
178 posts
 
I doubt it was mirror flat to begin with, but...... who the heck packs LP's for shipping that way? Well, we know of one source that does.......

The VPI is somewhat tempting, still not sure about the unipivot..... so is a Sota non-vacuum. I say non-vacuum because the pump would have to be in the room........ totally non-WAF...... :)
armstrod
620 posts
 
04rdking,

Regardless of the heat, if they didn't put it in a proper LP shipping box then their packaging was insufficient to protect the goods. Any company that ships LPs on a regular basis would know that. I would definitely ask for a replacement.

David
hevac1
812 posts
 
Ask for a replacement but be nice, you get better results with sugar. Trust me.
I always have my stuff shipped to where I work for this very reason.
If I had items shipped to my house it would sit in the sun all day.
dgarretson
2,616 posts
 
I would argue to the seller that to ensure the test record remains flat, a vacuum hold down system or VPI peripheral weight be included gratis with every LP shipped to Texas or Arizona.
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