oxx2832

I just completed an auction,

I want to ship the DVDs, none of them have cases, I don't wish to buy cases for each of them. How should I ship them/present them to the mail person? Just bring the DVDs in a bag and tell them to handle it? Thanks.

Arthur Dent

I just read your other posts on the forum.

If you're serious, then this is one of the most pathetic questions ever asked.

oxx2832

I am serious. I do realize the DVDs will fit in a box that the mail room provides. The problem is that DVDs without a case are considered loose. But I have no obligation to provide a case for any of the DVDs because my auction specifically states the DVDs come with no case. I have no cases for the DVDs. I am just asking what do I do.

Arthur Dent

You do, however, need to get the discs to the buyer in the condition described in your auction. Perhaps a 3-ring binder with sheets that hold discs will work.

Disc-Flipper

maybe put them in those paper sleeves with the round cellophane window

oxx2832

I have 100+ DVDs, where can I find a DVD binder for that, and approximately how much does one cost? Is there a cheaper method in keeping the DVDs safe? Is there anyway the mail room can put the DVDs in a package and then put that package in another package and that will suffice?

SteveA

How about putting each one in an envelope? Or a folded over piece of paper taped shut. The possibilities are endless.

riotinmyskull

please do this.

OldBoy

i feel real bad for whoever bought your auction. and i just hope you were dead honest and made it known what they were getting. and to not research and have this set to go with all this prior is the questionable nature to which i speak of.

kstublen

You can get 100 paper cases/sleeves for like 10 bucks, maybe less. Don't be so cheap.

My Other Self

Looks like he has a lot of unanswered life questions.

http://answers.yahoo.com/my/qa/index...how=En4hyETaaa

Mr. Salty

There are these places called "stores." They sell things. I would try an office supply store.

No.
By "mail room" do you mean "post office"?

It's your responsibility to package and mail your shit. Buy some inexpensive paper sleeves. Put one disc per sleeve. Two stacks of 50 should fit in one of the post office's new flat-rate boxes. Pad any empty space with wadded up newspaper or paper towel.

How did you end up with more than 100 DVDs without cases? Shoplifting? Are you the reason all my DVDs come with latches and three pieces of tape sealing the cases shut?


I fear the whoever bought these discs is screwed.

marty888

Please provide your auction i.d. so we know who to avoid. I mean, really: didn't you pause for a nano-second to think this through before you listed them?

Arthur Dent

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

oxx2832

I bought something similar to this in Target - amazon.com/Travel-Case-DVD-Koskin-256/dp/B000R5B5B6/ref=sr_1_41?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1252895352&sr=1-41

I put approximately 200 DVDs in there (there were more than I thought because of the TV shows that have more than 1 DVD). After I put the DVDs in there, the case feels like it weighs 10 lbs. Can something with so much weight be mailed? What is the maximum? Thanks.

MrSmearkase

USPS FAQs

Solid Snake

Jesus Christ...why would you ask that many "stupid" questions?

SPIDERone

The paper-sleeve method does work - they're cheap (~50 for $1.99), light (lower weight = lower shipping cost) and don't add much bulk (smaller package = lower shipping cost). However, they have been known to leave light scratches on discs (putting them in or taking them out), especially if they're in a loose package just floating around (this could be a problem if they arrive in a worse condition than described).

The same can be true about a spindle or even the 3-ring-binder type books/sheets.

The easiest way without causing too much trouble would probably be the white paper sleeves - put one disc per case (don't try to be cheap and double-stack them!), and tape them shut tight (so the disc doesn't float in them). Secure them inside the box somehow (preferably with foam or packing peanuts) and make sure they're in a box (I've had discs cracked in the padded envelopes before)

My Other Self

Oh yeah. How descriptive. I'm waiting for the "YAET: Buyer Claims I Misled Them" thread in the Other Forum after the guy gets his package of scratched to hell DVDs.

There's no way that transaction is going to go well - the guy is charging $25 in shipping when this won't cost more than $10 tops. You could throw a binder in a flat-rate priority box and be set.

My Other Self

Kent2000

"Which hurts more, Michael Jackson's hair on fire or Jesus's crown of thorns?"

"What if Michael Jackson's hair was on fire for 4 seconds instead of 5? Would he have lived a year or two longer?"

"Where is a good website to get e-mail addresses of lawyers/attorneys?"

I hope the answer garnered from that last question was useful, because you may need to refer back to it once you get this DVD shipping dilemma settled.

Arthur Dent

I think the thread would be titled "Buyer Claims I'm Incompetent. Am I?". None of us would be able to reply because of the personal attack rule.

hindolio

imho, those questions are genius. and i am serious.

QuirkyMovieGirl

How old are you? Just curious...

LeeVing

packaging these for shipping should have been figured out long before you even put them up for auction.