mjp
Founding member
Who ships a single 12 x 17 sheet of letterpressed cardstock from England to California in a flat cardboard (sorry, corrugated) mailer like this? I wouldn't expect this to make it across town, let alone more than 5,000 miles.
You know what's funny though? I bought an album cover from a guy in England (I had the original pressing of an LP but not the original cover) and he said, "Don't worry about packing, it's in a frame," which I took to mean he'd pack it well. When I picked it up at the post office it was just the (cheap plastic) frame wrapped in brown paper with addresses and postage on it. And I mean thin brown paper, not even as thick as a grocery bag. And the package was completely fine. Not a tear or bumped corner. It looked like no member of any postal service ever touched it.
It was amazing. Like being taken back to a time when people gave a shit about their jobs. I admit that I may have cried a little. Just a single tear...
You know what's funny though? I bought an album cover from a guy in England (I had the original pressing of an LP but not the original cover) and he said, "Don't worry about packing, it's in a frame," which I took to mean he'd pack it well. When I picked it up at the post office it was just the (cheap plastic) frame wrapped in brown paper with addresses and postage on it. And I mean thin brown paper, not even as thick as a grocery bag. And the package was completely fine. Not a tear or bumped corner. It looked like no member of any postal service ever touched it.
It was amazing. Like being taken back to a time when people gave a shit about their jobs. I admit that I may have cried a little. Just a single tear...