[Demoniarch]

This is basically a gripe thread, although I will omit the source of the purchase... but maybe less gripe as maybe inquiry as well or a vote even?

On to the issue :

How hard would it be to place the album ordered into a proper LP plastic slip case, when especially the retail outlet was considerate enough to open the shrink wrap, and take the vinyl out of the LP sleeve... but take all that time to put the whole lot back into the shrink wrap, like how much time did that take?
Would it not be easier to add 25 cents to an order or whatever a single plastic slip case costs and slide the LP into that instead of the original shrink wrap again?

When an album comes in the decent plastic slip cases, that is less hassle and headache, especially when it is a pain in the ass to locally find them and buy.

I'm curious, are these a huge overhead to a distro to utilize on every LP sold?

[ryan_the_snake]

It's nice to get them in an order but I don't lose any sleep if they aren't included. I'm sure it can get expensive and more to the point tedious for distro owners to bag every LP they sell.

[darkdescentrecords]

I generally add a polybag to LPs that come without unless I am out. I keep them on hand but often times I'll get whole trade/wholesale orders without them and run out rather quickly. Like you said, it does amount to about .25 cents extra.

I guess the better question would be, how hard is it to spend the little bit of extra money and have your releases come with polybags?
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[Demoniarch]

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Doesn't bother me as ages ago I bought about 150 plastic LP sleeves and 50 7" sleeves, so if it doesn't come with one it's not a big deal for me to just chuck one on.
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[Demoniarch]

150 bags ages ago and you have not run out?

I had 150 bags about a month ago it seems, now I have none

[scentofdeath]

Yes to poly bags.
With how expensive vinyl is getting, the least one could do is keep it in poly bags.

And yes, shrinkwrap sucks, because it always splits seams on jackets and sometimes it warps records too.

Something good I noticed: Peaceville vinyl, even though it's shrink wrapped, they put the record+inner sleeve sideways inside. It really works, I never got a split jacket or inner from Peaceville, ever
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[Saevus]

I keep everything in poly sleeves. I have a couple of friends who don't, and their LPs seem to get pretty torn up just from being on the shelf.
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[Heirophant.326.AV]

One of the shops I regularly go to uses those shitty ones with the sticky shit on them - hate those fucking things after damaging a record once. So I always throw them out and swap them for a polypag. The other shop I go to sells the bags in lots of 20/50/100 for a pretty reasonable price, so I just make sure I always have some in a drawer.
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[jameswolfe]

Just popped in to say I cant fucking stand shrinkwrap. Props to the labels who do not use them.
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[Brooklyn Bastard 666]

A must.
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