ximperfectx Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Ordered this AFI remix vinyl off GEMM about 3 weeks ago from a seller in Germany. Picked it up today, only to find that he sent it in brown paper, and the sleeve was bent to shit and torn. I emailed him and told him to start using LP mailers, and to ask if he'd give me a refund. People's stupidity continues to amaze me. Why is it that people continue to ship records without mailers/bubble wrap/common sense? Shipping costs me an arm and a leg already, I can't afford insurance and tracking on everything I order. You'll have to excuse my crap photos (I wasn't in the mood for trying). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markalark17 Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Damn that's bogus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillho Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Buzz, your vinyl....WOOF! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhulud Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Ouch! It blows my mind to see shit like this. It's happened to be as well. I just don't understand how some so-called record/vinyl sellers are not knowledgeable in how to properly ship records. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ximperfectx Posted February 29, 2008 Author Share Posted February 29, 2008 Ouch! It blows my mind to see shit like this. It's happened to be as well. I just don't understand how some so-called record/vinyl sellers are not knowledgeable in how to properly ship records. I was originally under the suspicion that he might have been a cd store that just happened to get hold of a record, but it appears that he has a number of records, so I think he's just an idiot who doesn't know how to ship them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jawbreaker Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 That's teribble man. I wish Gemm wasn't such a gamble. +1 for whinging! You don't often hear people here using that word. I think my dad is the only one I've heard use it and I'm damn sure he picked it up in Australia back in the '80s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caffiend Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 I had no idea that record even existed... Is it a recent release or something from around the time the single originally came out? Is it a foreign or domestic press? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ximperfectx Posted February 29, 2008 Author Share Posted February 29, 2008 It's a german pressing, for promotional purposes only I believe, so I don't know about pressing info. I've only ever seen 3 online before including mine. I first saw it late 2006 i think, so not long after the single came out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desensitizedbyu Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 That's what happens when you listen to AFI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faith Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 its happened to me from labels/distros as well.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xunspokenliesx Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Thats what you get for ordering a new AFI record...haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest scriptedrain Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Ouch. Sorry to hear / see. Why does it say "picture" in the middle of the last 2 pics though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystic84 Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Ouch. Sorry to hear / see. Why does it say "picture" in the middle of the last 2 pics though? so nobody else except him will use those pics. you know, using the bubble wrap isn't always that easy anyway. it's quite thick and mailers are not big enoygh tocontain a record wrapped up in the bubble wrap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest scriptedrain Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 you know, using the bubble wrap isn't always that easy anyway. it's quite thick and mailers are not big enoygh tocontain a record wrapped up in the bubble wrap. Get a bigger mailer. Bubble wrap fits easily in all the ones I've received. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystic84 Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 you know, using the bubble wrap isn't always that easy anyway. it's quite thick and mailers are not big enoygh tocontain a record wrapped up in the bubble wrap. Get a bigger mailer. Bubble wrap fits easily in all the ones I've received. that's what i'll do. where you get your mailers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faith Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 I never use bubblewrap on records I send out and they're fine i use cardboard padding. if there is bubblewrap involved its because i sent in a padded mailer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hickey Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 I only use bubble wrap if I have it lying around from a record I received and usually it's just a 12-inch square that I but on one side with carboard on the other. I use cardboard and that works just fine. As long as you use an LP mailer, or, worst case scenario, a bubble mailer with the LP encased in cardboard, you're fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystic84 Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 yeah but i think sometimes cardboard doesn't protect enuff the corners. bubble wrap should dprotect them better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celebdeath Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 i specifically requested to an ebay seller who i bought Binaural from (and you guys know how much those Pearl Jam records go for) to wrap the corners in bubble wrap to protect them during shipping. He did post the record in a proper mailer, but no bubble wrapped corners and alas, 3 of the corners arrived bent. The album was described as Mint at sale. Never got a response from the fecker when i emailed him, reminding him of what i requested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystic84 Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 bummer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hickey Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 I actually get a little annoyed when ebay buyers make specific shipping requests. I've shipped hundreds of records without incident. If corners get dinged, the odds that bubble wrap will protect it are slim. Corners get dinged from the force put on the mailer itself, which also pushed in the bubble wrap. If a piece of carboard the same size as the jacket, or a tiny bit bigger, is used, the force on the corners of the mailer will hit the cardboard and save the jacket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ximperfectx Posted March 6, 2008 Author Share Posted March 6, 2008 A week later this guy finally gets back to me, and this is his reply: "Hallo, sorry to hear that, what do you expect? Litera" What a fuckwit, honestly. I hate people so much sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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