The school I drive goes on a field trip each year to our local post office. This year the person giving the tour told us how the postal worker "threw" the packages into each bin for their particular route. I so wanted to speak up about their handling of packages, but that was neither the time or place. George ----- Original Message ----- From: David Dazer To: Phono-L at oldcrank.org Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 7:19 PM Subject: [Phono-L] ***SPAM*** shipping antiques=business opportunity It seems to me, the market could stand a company that will ship antiques and provide proper packaging. Part of it would be gentle handling and not expect it should drop off of a conveyor belt 6 feet to the floor or stand a 100 pound package dropping on it. I sold a $600 clock on Ebay last year and built a wooden crate to put it in. The crate then went into a cardboard box. The clock arrived safely and the buyer was very happy. On the plus side, each phono that gets destroyed by UPS means more repair parts available and our remaining phonos must be worth more. :) Dave _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.441 / Virus Database: 268.17.39/687 - Release Date: 2/14/2007 4:17 PM