Assuming one CD-R as the media of choice...
- What size envelope?
- Bubble-lined or regular?
- Paper sleeve or plastic case for the CD?
- Which USPS domestic mail service to use? (priority? first-class?)
- How much postage? Or how much do your choices weigh altogether?
- Any other advice that you would like to share.
Thanks!
Advice wanted for mail-in submissions
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Re: Advice wanted for mail-in submissions
-Um... big enough to fit a CD, but not too much bigger.Jasper-Isis wrote:Assuming one CD-R as the media of choice...
- What size envelope?
- Bubble-lined or regular?
- Paper sleeve or plastic case for the CD?
- Which USPS domestic mail service to use? (priority? first-class?)
- How much postage? Or how much do your choices weigh altogether?
- Any other advice that you would like to share.
Thanks!
-Bubble-lined
-Plastic case
-Priority (unless your submission's last-minute) w/ tracking (so you can be paranoid from the privacy of your computer)
-$3.85 for priority and another 40 cents for tracking
-No real advice. How hard can it be?
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jasper-isis
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So priority is $3.85 no matter what the weight?
Now I'm tempted to just drive the ~30 minutes to the contest mailbox.
Guess I'll be going to the post office soon. Thanks for the pointers.
Now I'm tempted to just drive the ~30 minutes to the contest mailbox.
I heard that if you don't mail the package from a post office, you have to write "priority" or something beneath the postage stamp area. Not sure if that's true though. It's little things like that that throw me off.-No real advice. How hard can it be?
Guess I'll be going to the post office soon. Thanks for the pointers.
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narcted
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I use cardboard CD mailers. There's no padding. I use a paper sleeve and I mail the disc regular first class postage. $0.83 postage. USPS is pretty reliable IMO. I haven't had a disc yet lost in the mail and none have been damaged. You're really wasting your money sending a CD by Priority Mail.
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TaranT
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Staples has bubblepack envelopes just for CDs in a 12-pack - "CD size Jiffylite cushioned mailers" - 7.25" square. These will work with slimline jewel boxes where the cardboard mailers usually don't - and especially when you need to put a paper entry form in with the CD.
Personally, I use paper sleeves and the bubblepack mailers, but I add pieces of corrugated cardboard on each side of the disc before putting it in the package. Regular first-class postage (not Priority), but if time is short, either 2 or 3 day shipping with FedEx or UPS. I don't trust USPS when the time is down to a couple of days.
Personally, I use paper sleeves and the bubblepack mailers, but I add pieces of corrugated cardboard on each side of the disc before putting it in the package. Regular first-class postage (not Priority), but if time is short, either 2 or 3 day shipping with FedEx or UPS. I don't trust USPS when the time is down to a couple of days.