Australian standards of packing vinyl records

[honkster7]

In short , there isn't any , i am Australian and have purchased over 450 records from around the world in nearly 18 months , Australian  record sellers use the cheapest packing possible , corrugated flimsy cardboard , no cardboard inner stiffeners , records always still inside the cover , no fragile stickers/written notification . Sadly this is all to common when dealing with Aussie sellers .

Today i received - Midnight Oils 10 - 1 , snapped in half , the vinyl is thin so somewhat flexible ( much harder to break than an old Chess label slab of wax , especially if braced well with stiffeners , in a stiff cardboard packing )

This is a pre-emptive warning to all Overseas and local Aussie buyers , don't bother it will only lead to major disappointment .

Keep away from Aussie dealers , they seem to be willfully negligent or just don't give a **bleep** . I have had problems with damage

with at least 15 of the last 20 records purchased .

BEWARE .

Regards ,

Honkster7

[davewil1964]

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@stedav_8119 wrote:

Really? Most? Did you do a survey?  And yet here I am replying to you a further two years later. 

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And not adding anything at all to the discussion, just slagging off at people.

What is YOUR interpretation of what is standard, then? I assume YOU have done a survey, otherwise your claim is no more, and probably a lot less, accurate than Lyndal's.

I assume you have a purpose in bumping an old thread, like adding to the sum of information available on the boards, so let's have the fruits of your experience.

[dvd.horder]

this might be a old thread ..but it needs a reply..some sellers take care in packing and some do not ..even new records from reccord shops ..au wide and even o seas

[lyndal1838]

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@stedav_8119 wrote:

Really? Most? Did you do a survey?  And yet here I am replying to you a further two years later. 

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So why did you drag an old thread.....you have not added any new information.