23 Feb
2002
23 Feb
'02
1:30 p.m.
--- Sellam Ismail <foo(a)siconic.com> wrote:
My HOWTO was written from the perspective of one who
uses exclusively
recycled packaging products (except for the tape of
course).
This is bad practice, except probably for you and few
others doing high volume shipping.
Using my suggestions is not only far cheaper,
it's
environmentally
friendly :)
Well, its cheaper if you already have the "proper"
shipping material, however, using the wrong sized
boxes increases the weight, increases the shipping
cost, increases the probability of damage.
I doubt if most people here have access to the
materials you do, in my experience most people don't
have ANY large bubble wrap whatsoever, let alone the
quantities that are needed to properly protect a
package, and probably they have just a half dozen or
so odd shape boxes laying around. These people where
the ones I was targeting.
All I am suggesting is that if you are writing a HOWTO
on shipping, it would help if you write in from (or at
least consider it from) the perspective of a more
"typical" collector.
As a side note, your far better to forget the
insurance and use that money to purchase the proper
shipping materials.
steve
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