Careful when removing stickers from slips

[88Saleen5.0]

I had received a number of slips of late from someone else.. mostly Blu-ray. It was a cool bunch with a number that had stickers from retailers on them. Was able to replace some others I had with wear on them. I used to think of myself as very good with removing them but I totally just failed on a A24 blu slip. My belief is that if they didn't use enough gloss on the slip, it surface is prone to wear from just using goo-gone or in my case, de-greaser cleaner. Shame since it was an A24 title that probably would get a couple bucks if sold since the slips available on Ebay for that title seem very limited. I did remove the large Fry's price sticker tho. Just the de-greaser did damage to the surface. I have to admit that Fry's price stickers are the most difficult to remove. Those stickers have a ton of sticky goo on them. Fry's stickers are also the ugliest retail stickers due to their size. So the debate is whether to keep the sticker or risky small amount of damage by removing. Some stickers from de-funct sellers would be cool to keep on the slip but the Fry's sticker was too large for my taste.

I did get a number of blu-ray slips. If you guys are looking for titles, let me know. None of them are boutique labels tho other than a few A24 titles. I don't think those A24 titles will go 4K anytime soon tho. Probably looking to charge $5 per $7 per title depending on title but a bulk deal would work also. Obviously half of the price alone is just in the shipping. Not used to shipping slips so if there is advice to lower the weight and keeping the shipping costs low would be good.

[slimdude]

Originally Posted by 88Saleen5.0

I had received a number of slips of late from someone else.. mostly Blu-ray. It was a cool bunch with a number that had stickers from retailers on them. Was able to replace some others I had with wear on them. I used to think of myself as very good with removing them but I totally just failed on a A24 blu slip. My belief is that if they didn't use enough gloss on the slip, it surface is prone to wear from just using goo-gone or in my case, de-greaser cleaner. Shame since it was an A24 title that probably would get a couple bucks if sold since the slips available on Ebay for that title seem very limited. I did remove the large Fry's price sticker tho. Just the de-greaser did damage to the surface. I have to admit that Fry's price stickers are the most difficult to remove. Those stickers have a ton of sticky goo on them. Fry's stickers are also the ugliest retail stickers due to their size. So the debate is whether to keep the sticker or risky small amount of damage by removing. Some stickers from de-funct sellers would be cool to keep on the slip but the Fry's sticker was too large for my taste.

I did get a number of blu-ray slips. If you guys are looking for titles, let me know. None of them are boutique labels tho other than a few A24 titles. I don't think those A24 titles will go 4K anytime soon tho. Probably looking to charge $5 per $7 per title depending on title but a bulk deal would work also. Obviously half of the price alone is just in the shipping. Not used to shipping slips so if there is advice to lower the weight and keeping the shipping costs low would be good.

The cheapest postal courier to ship movies, games, books or any kind of media would be USPS Media Mail, which cost $3.49 up to 70 lbs. Media Mail used to be $3.19 but the USPS just increased all of their shipping rates last month.

[88Saleen5.0]

Originally Posted by slimdude

The cheapest postal courier to ship movies, games, books or any kind of media would be USPS Media Mail, which cost $3.49 up to 70 lbs. Media Mail used to be $3.19 but the USPS just increased all of their shipping rates last month.

I read there was an older thread that said slips didn't qualify for media mail and that they were always subject to inspection. I've ordered movies before that never arrived. I wondered if they were sent media mail and the USPS opened them and just took the items. I generally never had issues mailing or receiving first class tho. Of course, I would love to mail slips via media mail if possible. I wonder if they would qualify if you also put in a random book in the package along with the slips for mailing media mail. Media mail does vary per weight however. The rates are just lower.

Previously in the past, when I did mail a slip via first class.. I used 4 pieces of cardboard. I would sandwich the slip between the first two pieces of cardboard. Then, I would add a layer of bubble wrap on both sides, followed by the final 2 pieces of cardboard for the outside. This adds bulk to the package but protects the slip well. Of course, that was when I sold a couple of 4K slips that were in demand (Guardians of the Galaxy 4K & Goodfellas 4K) which commanded a larger price. Now, I have a bunch of blu ray slips that I think the margins would be small unless I did a bulk sell. Never sold slips for under $7 before.

[buckeye68]

Originally Posted by 88Saleen5.0

Previously in the past, when I did mail a slip via first class.. I used 4 pieces of cardboard. I would sandwich the slip between the first two pieces of cardboard. Then, I would add a layer of bubble wrap on both sides, followed by the final 2 pieces of cardboard for the outside. This adds bulk to the package but protects the slip well. Of course, that was when I sold a couple of 4K slips that were in demand (Guardians of the Galaxy 4K & Goodfellas 4K) which commanded a larger price. Now, I have a bunch of blu ray slips that I think the margins would be small unless I did a bulk sell. Never sold slips for under $7 before.

When I've shipped single slipcovers, I have had good results by placing it on a retired amaray case (b/c broken clasps and spindles); wrapped in a layer of bubble wrap; then tightly wrapped and sealed with the free Small Flat Rate Priority Boxes you pick up at the post office -- they're super useful with strong glue strips and flexible folding options. Slide this into a bubble mailer and it's quite secure and rigid. Also, since it's blue ray sized, the USPS won't question whether it is media mail. Although I've mailed many slips with Media Mail and never experienced any problems.

Last I checked, Media Mail is $3.49 up to 1 pound; $4.16 up to 2 pounds and $4.83 up to 3 pounds.

As an aside, when I shipped an order of 20+ slips, I flattened them into 2 piles of 10+; wrapped them with those Small Flat Rate Boxes and dropped them in what I believe was a recently received used Kino box with some foam peanuts. Everything fit perfectly and it still weighed less than 2 pounds so $4.16 which isn't too bad

[unberechenbar]

The most annoying stickers to remove in my experience are those that have the barcode taped over the gap in the back of the slipcover. They leave a lot of residue that make the slipcover really sticky.

[deltasun]

Originally Posted by slimdude

The cheapest postal courier to ship movies, games, books or any kind of media would be USPS Media Mail, which cost $3.49 up to 70 lbs. Media Mail used to be $3.19 but the USPS just increased all of their shipping rates last month.

Slips don't qualify for media mail.

[88Saleen5.0]

Originally Posted by deltasun

Slips don't qualify for media mail.

I guess the best way to qualify slips for media mail is to simply use the slip on a blu-ray case with a blu-ray, DVD, or CD disc inside per what was said earlier. But then again, many of us don't have many blank blu-ray cases laying around to just use as part of the mailing.

[laz305]

Goo-Gone spray let sit for 3min and stickers wipe right off