Thread: shipping razors

Green problems with plumbing type pipe??

Get you some bamboo shoots. Might even work in the house for getting water from hither to thither.

I guess no one watched Lynn's DVD. Instead of going to PVC extremes, Sch 40 or 80, CPVC or what, How about a cheap, less than a buck, available in Target, Wal Mart, K-Mart and and the Dollar Stores, A cheap old Tooth Brush Holder. You know the round two piece job. It would be worth it knowing it's not going to break. Always use a nice size box, like 12x12.
Wrap it in Bubble wrap, then place it in the box in packing pnuts, popcorn is good, or lots of newspaper. I work for the Post Office. Stuff gets thrown around, literally, especially Priority Packages, They get thrown more than regular parcel post.

Originally Posted by zib

I guess no one watched Lynn's DVD.

Lynn? Lynn who?

Its just a joke Lynn, please dont send the mods to my house!Not again! Please noooooooo!

I've lost count of the straights I've sent through the post and I have only ever had one scale broken - this was before I boxed all razors and the package looked like a buffalo had trampled it!

I normally wrap the razor in greaseproof paper just to guard against any excess oil round the pivot then, depending how big the razor is it gets wrapped it paper towel until it's a snug fit in the box. This does two things - stops any potentially damaging movement and also eliminates any rattles and noise - people get curious when boxes rattle! Then I bubble wrap it and then it goes in a sealed air bag. Yes it costs a little bit in time and money but since I have been doing it this way I have never had a problem and they have gone all over the World.

I agree with a statement above - if someone has paid me for the item I have a duty of care to ensure it gets to them in one piece.

The PVC idea sounds like a REALLY good way to ship razors. I've been shipping a lot of gun parts lately and I will vacum seal them to heavey cardboard or thin plywood before putting them in a flat rate envelope. I always make sure to put a card with the shipping address and return address inside the bag incase the box/envelope gets destroyed. not only does it protect the item from damage, it protects from moisture as well.

just my $.02

The tooth brush tubes can crush/bend as well. PVC is pretty much indestructible. At least the thick walled stuff (schedule 40?).

For the busted scale? I'm going with the temperature extremes. It's been really cold out lately. Going from near zero into a heated warehouse and back out into the cold a few times could have parted an existing stress fracture. What was the scale material? This would be more likely with celluloid/plastic than wood?

I don't knooooow! PCV pipe with cap ends. That might look a little strange in an x-ray machine, HuH?


Richard

Originally Posted by riooso

I don't knooooow! PCV pipe with cap ends. That might look a little strange in an x-ray machine, HuH?


Richard

Haven't had a problem with pens. As long as the tube has something recognizable like a pen or str8, I believe they just pass it on. Now if you line the tube with lead, load it with modelers' clay, or dust it with talc, I'll bet you're heading for trouble.

Dave

Originally Posted by Tonsor

Haven't had a problem with pens. As long as the tube has something recognizable like a pen or str8, I believe they just pass it on. Now if you line the tube with lead, load it with modelers' clay, or dust it with talc, I'll bet you're heading for trouble.

Right. PVC should be almost completely transparent when xrayed. and then I think the only reason it might get xrayed is because a sniffer picked up a wiff of the WD40 you wiped the blade with .