jameshays Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Anyone know where to get the Amazon style cardboard record mailers? I can find plenty of regular square mailers out there but can't find the ones Amazon uses for single LP's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boops_popmarket Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 11 minutes ago, jameshays said: Anyone know where to get the Amazon style cardboard record mailers? I can find plenty of regular square mailers out there but can't find the ones Amazon uses for single LP's. http://amzn.to/2aSSWng Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 I liked the idea of these since they started using them. Seems like there would be less crushed corners. Everything I've ever received in these has been in great shape. Anyone have any issues with them vs regular mailers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boops_popmarket Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 (edited) If you use these and add 1-2 cardboard squares, you'll be golden. Someone would have to bend the package in half or stab it with a knife to do damage. The main downside is they only fit 1-3 records and they are $1+ each. Edited August 16, 2016 by rds OrangeJoe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinch Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Best record mailer type out there. Whenever I get a package from a label/shop that is still uses these "old" ones I cannot help but see them as ignorant amateurs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jameshays Posted August 16, 2016 Author Share Posted August 16, 2016 Found them! https://www.amazon.com/Pratt-PRA0821-Vinyl-Record-Mailer/dp/B00N41JJZE/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1471388596&sr=8-2-fkmr1&keywords=pratt+LP+mailer valve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Hundred Fifty-Two Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 The record store by me sells the Amazon kind so I buy those but typically I just reuse the mailers I receive. MyckelJay 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinch Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 11 minutes ago, jameshays said: Found them! https://www.amazon.com/Pratt-PRA0821-Vinyl-Record-Mailer/dp/B00N41JJZE/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1471388596&sr=8-2-fkmr1&keywords=pratt+LP+mailer you mean like this? 1 hour ago, rds said: http://amzn.to/2aSSWng Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boops_popmarket Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 14 minutes ago, jameshays said: Found them! https://www.amazon.com/Pratt-PRA0821-Vinyl-Record-Mailer/dp/B00N41JJZE/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1471388596&sr=8-2-fkmr1&keywords=pratt+LP+mailer 1 hour ago, rds said: http://amzn.to/2aSSWng Yeah! I should have mentioned that I posted the link. Sorry for copy/pasting and not specifying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 I have been buying these for a while now but the price recently doubled. I try to keep my shipping prices as low as possible but, if I buy those, them I'm definitely going to have to increase them and risk losing sales. Does anyone know of some other place to buy these types of mailers at a reasonable price? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aopps42 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 I don't usually get crushed corners, but pretty much any seem splits I get are from these types of mailers. VMP and Bullmoose's are like a hybrid, way better imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyckelJay Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 I always just reuse my mailers. Even with these pull-tab ones. I just tape it across both ways. I prefer these ones over the normal square mailers for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morfiend Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 On 8/16/2016 at 3:15 PM, slinch said: Best record mailer type out there. Whenever I get a package from a label/shop that is still uses these "old" ones I cannot help but see them as ignorant amateurs. That's actually a pretty ignorant statement. I still use those "old ones" and provide extra corner protection and get a return maybe once every 6-8 months, usually due to seam-splits or a warped record, not corner dings. It's not all about the mailer, it's about how you pack in general. I've actually received damaged records in those "stress free mailers" from time to time so they're not perfect. In order to keep my postage costs down I can't carry the ones amazon uses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinch Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 (edited) I'd go on a limb and say that if you have to add something extra to modify the mailer, it's not a very good mailer. But yeah, based on what you just said, I guess it was unfair to say people only use them because they're ignorant, obviously some also use them because they're stingy. Edited December 17, 2017 by slinch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morfiend Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 Haha, I wouldn’t call it stingy, I call it working within a budget to keep expenses down any way I can. As long as the records get to my customers in the condition promised and in a timely manner, it shouldn’t matter what type of mailer I use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throughbeingcruel Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 (edited) I always get bent records with seam splits in these mailers but whatever. I gotta be wrong. Edited December 19, 2017 by throughbeingcruel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daegor Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 1 hour ago, throughbeingcruel said: I always get bent records with seam splits in these mailers but whatever. I gotta be wrong. Considering these are the only mailers that I never have seam splits or bent corners... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billya Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 The only time that I have ever had a record get damaged in one of these it was because of a work of USPS damaging the outside of the item. Hardly the mailer's fault. I've mailed out hundreds of these with no complaints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoneyFrosted Posted December 25, 2017 Share Posted December 25, 2017 Those “stress-free” mailers are fine, but I don’t consider them the pinnacle of shipping records. The only issue I have is sometimes it seems as if the record is pinched down a bit, and I’m careful to remove it - never resulted in damage, though. That said, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with plain square ‘amateur’ u-line boxes, as long as the packager knows what he’s doing. I have sent out something like 150 records using new and re-used boxes just like that, with typical liners and bubble wrap, and not a single negative feedback. I got chewed out one time for using ‘random’ cardboard in my shipment, but I am just thrifty and re-use everything. Old unusable boxes get chopped into square liners and that sort of thing. I refuse to spend 35 bucks or whatever for a pile of ‘official quality’ square shaped cardboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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