ripock
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Once an instrument is sold and you need to ship it, where do you folks find the materials to do so: i.e., a box that is appropriately shaped and sized, all that bubble wrap, etc.
There was a thread here a couple of years ago about bubble wrap. It had left marks on the finish in hot weather if I remember correctly.Always plenty of spare cardboard here, which I slightly score with a razor to form into the box size I need, then wrap and tape the uke in bubble wrap, using bunched up newspaper to cushion all around in side the box, then tape the box up well. With all these free packing materials around, no need to buy anything other than packing tape. Of course, if I have a spare pre made box, bubble wrap and packing peanuts from a purchase, I'll use that first.
There was a thread here a couple of years ago about bubble wrap. It had left marks on the finish in hot weather if I remember correctly.
The solution was to wrap the ukulele in newsprint before bubblewrapping. Just a thought.
Well, there's my way: order so many instruments and save all the boxes and packing materials that you are never without
1. Many music stores are happy to give you the boxes their instruments arrived in. They usually end up in the recycle bin anyway.
This! LOL!
I have a uke collection, and a box collection!
maybe I'm just a hoarder
There was a thread here a couple of years ago about bubble wrap. It had left marks on the finish in hot weather if I remember correctly.
The solution was to wrap the ukulele in newsprint before bubblewrapping. Just a thought.
...The only thing I'd add to what others have written is that you should have all your ducks in a row before the sale, not after! After the buyer pays, he or she is quite impatient to get the item, and doesn't want to wait for you to find packaging materials....:uhoh: