Vinyl Record Meia Mail

How to pack vinyl records for shipping.

Vinyl record meia mail. Sound recordings and video recordings such as cds and dvds. Our mighty music mailers have a peel seal tape closure and a pull strip opener for easy close easy open convenience. Playscripts and manuscripts for books periodicals and music. For the 2lbs you get this guys way of packaging plus.

Usps media mail is the cheapest way to ship books and vinyl records. Then i place cardboard on each side of the bubble wrapped record and tape it tightly. However it comes with some pretty strict guidelines. This adds to the weight but protection is worth it.

This extends the corners out 3 to 4 inches 2 inches on the sides. If your package only contains books videos or records then media mail is the cheapest shipping service hands down. In april of 2016 the usps actually lowered some prices shock the flat media mail rate for under 1 pound is now 2 61 down from. If the record has a printed inner sleeve place the record in a clean inner and put the empty original inner inside the outer.

Media mail is a specially discounted usps service that is hands down the cheapest way to ship books vinyl records dvd s and other types of media pricing is only based on weight and not the usps zone your package is traveling to. You can not ship magazines trading cards or video games with media mail. What is usps media mail. A 18 16 cardboard sleeve.

Media mail rates are limited to the items listed below. With 12 12 cardboard platens you end up with triple boxing. Books at least 8 pages. This provides an economical way to ship books cd s dvds and lp s.

You do have to be very careful when packaging as media mail is not handled as carefully as first class. They also have three different design elements built into them that guarantee safe delivery for your records. Usps media mail is the most cost effective way to send items such as books vinyl records videos and other educational materials with us postal service media mail takes a bit longer to delivery than the other usps mail classes between 2 8 business days but it is a fantastic money saving perk for sending these types of items. The united states postal service usps has a media mail rate.

If you have more than one record keep reading to find out how to ship vinyl records in bulk. Here is a quick five step guide on how to pack a vinyl record for shipping. Lp record mailers we manufacture three different styles. New 9 20 20 we are now offering our mighty music mailer without the tape.

I use boxes specifically made for records which i wrap in bubble wrap first.