However, they charged me an extra 17 cents anyway, as the clerk considered it to be rigid a 21 cent adder but let me off with an extra 17 cents, as that is what it said on the return slip. Small favors!! I have also had a clerk weigh one as over 1 ounce recently. Must have been the return address label.
I had weighed it as 1. I hand write the return address label now it is that close. You have made a DVD of the your vacation with the kids, and you want to inflict it on If you are not careful, the cost of mailing will far exceed the cost of making the disks.
If you are doing just a few, this is not an issue, but if you are doing very many, it can add up. After trying several mailing options I came across a method that requires only 1 stamp, with a total packaging and mailing cost of just over 50 cents. So far I have had no problems. The method consists of a 6" x 9" clasp envelope, a paper or plastic disk sleeve, the CD or DVD itself, and a stamp. Weight: exactly 1 ounce.
The key to keeping the cost down is using items which are a standard size and manufactured in very high volume. The 6x9 clasp envelope meets this requirement. Note: Do not seal the envelope with the clasp. Use the gummed adhesive on the envelope and cover the clasp.
I use the white printable CDs if I want a nice label. That is the only type I buy anymore, as they are now inexpensive. Paper labels are not advisable for long term reliability, and add to the cost and weight. CDs and DVDs with a white printable surface are readily available, and at good prices if you check around.
One printer does all. Epson makes several models, and HP also has at least one model. I determined the weight by weighing 20 disks at a time. I used three different disk brands and had a range from 0. The highest was the white printable disks. DVD brand is a matter of personal choice. Name brands can be had very cheaply. You will find printable disks cheaper on sale at other places, but once in a while Costco has a 2 for 1 coupon, making it a great deal, if you want disks. You do pay sales tax on the pre-coupon price, however, as it is a "manufacturer's coupon".
The cost for Ink for printing the labels is very difficult to estimate, but can be significant if you do full coverage in color. Similar to a 4x6 print if you cover the entire disk. I often put a photo on the left or bottom and some text on the rest, leaving most of the disk white. This saves ink.
The Case The choice of case will depend on the final product. The table below lists several options. Costs include both a good sale or online price the left number , and a standard price that you might expect at a store the right number. If your goal is to get the disk sent cheaply, nothing beats the plastic or paper sleeve. It is cheap and provides basic scratch protection to the disk. It does not provide mechanical support, but that is generally not required.
I use these when sending photo disks or home videos to the relatives, or any time I need to send a disk that does not require a case, or have a "product" feel. The home videos that I send are stored in a multi-disk zippered case by the relatives, so no DVD case is necessary. That makes the sleeve reusable. The weight of 0. I use the plastic ones. The paper sleeves sometimes weigh a bit more, which could go over the 1 ounce, although I have some that are 0.
Sleeve Jewel cases. Jewel cases do provide a little bit better presentation to the person receiving the disk. However, they are much more fragile than the disk itself. You are much more likely to have the recipient receive a broken jewel case than a damaged disk. For this reason it is recommended that a bubble mailer be used with a jewel case.
Full size jewel cases do allow for paper inserts, including ones that can be read from the edge spine. Installing this is a somewhat time consuming operation, however, as it involves taking jewel case apart. Jewel cases come in both the standard size the mainstay of music CDs and slim.
The slim ones are generally a little less fragile but have no capability for artwork. I rarely use CD jewel cases for mailing. The main reason for mailing a jewel case is if you are sending a product, such as a music CD, that came in a jewel case.
DVD cases provide a very good presentation, if you are going for a "product" feel. Made from a much more flexible plastic than jewel cases, they are also very durable and will survive mailing very well.
They generally come with a clear plastic slip cover to insert a slightly trimmed 8. I use these for the DVDs that I make of my kids sports teams. I put a team photo and a list of the players on the cover, and label the spine edge so that it can be read when stored on a shelf with other DVDs. It makes a very nice, and inexpensive, memento for the kids. Most of the time I don't need to mail them, as I give them out at the end of season party. I generally use the slim cases, as they still provide an adequate spine label.
Both fit in the one slim case, with artwork. This particular case puts one disk on each side, eliminating the spot often used for a booklet or advertisements on commercial movies. Other cases have an additional hinged plastic piece for additional disk s , but that type adds weight.
The full size DVD case has a pretty standard thickness of about 0. Note that the weight will vary between brands and styles. I am using a 55 6" x 9" Clasp Envelope, which is made from 28 lb brown kraft paper.
I do not use the clasp when sealing, however, as that is more likely to get caught in post office equipment. The envelopes are available without the clasp for a slightly higher price. They are called "Catalog envelopes" and are harder to find, although office supply stores carry them. I had originally gone to an office supply store in search of cheap bubble mailers that I had originally started using for VHS video tapes, and continued to use for DVDs.
I originally added a piece of poster board folded around the CD sleeve for mechanical support, but quit doing that when I ran out of scrap poster board, and realized that I could save 23 cents at the time of postage by leaving it out.
I have since noted that NetFlix does not use any kind of mechanical support either, which helped to validate the approach. The clasp envelope is probably not the best thing for a plastic jewel case due to their fragile nature, but I rarely mail them.
It is also probably not good for a video tape. The clasp envelope works very well for much more flexible DVD cases, however. Clasp envelope vs. Catalog envelope. The difference is that the Catalog envelope does not include the metal clasp, which is not necessary for this purpose. The Catalog envelope is probably preferred because the lack of a clasp lowers the weight very slightly I have not weighed it , and it is theoretically possible that the clasp could be a source of damage to the disk.
The Catalog envelopes are used in far lower quantities than Clasp envelopes, which means that they are harder to find, and more expensive 3 to 4 cents more each. If you buy the pack of Clasp envelopes, you may also have other uses for them. Many stores sell the clasp envelopes very cheaply in 20 or 25 packs also. Note: Officially a Clasp qualifies a letter as nonmachinable according to post office standards.
This is because a clasp can get hung up on sorting equipment. Presumably there is no issue if you do not use the clasp, as it is then covered by the gummed flap. This is not specifically stated in the postal standards, however. The catalog envelope avoids this issue completely, but they are more expensive and harder to fine. The nonmachineable surcharge is 20 cents for Letters.
These provide a lot of protection, but not a great deal of flex protection. The bubble mailer is probably best for mailing a CD Jewel case, as the bubble pack provides enough additional protection to the somewhat fragile jewel case.
They are also good for video tapes. The 0 size is perfect for a CD jewel case or VHS tape although a tight fit, and it may not work in all brands of envelopes. They work well for a DVD case also, but the clasp envelope is much cheaper for that purpose.
The extra protection provided by the bubble pack is probably unnecessary for the already flexible DVD case. Putting it all together. It does not include a printed paper insert for the DVD case or jewel case. If you are shipping a movie in its DVD case or a music album in its jewel case, expect some extra weight from the printed material. Jewel cases are not recommended to be mailed with a clasp envelope due to the fragile nature of the jewel case.
So buy a package or box of 6 x 9 Clasp or catalog envelopes, and box of sleeves, and some slim DVD cases the dual disk cases if you can get them and you will be ready for almost anything.
If you really need to mail jewel cases, get some bubble mailers also. They are also handy for a variety of applications. Do not use the clasp to close the envelope, however. Since the disk is most of the ounce, adding another disk will add another ounce in most cases, until the quantity gets to 4 or 5 depending on the exact weights. Weights can vary across vendor and style, so you should always weight your package, or take it to the post office. I have used an inexpensive digital scale and an extremely cheap mechanical letter scale that has turned out to be amazingly accurate.
I have also taken my one ounce combo to the post office and weighed it on their much more impressive looking scale, with the same result: exactly one ounce. Finally, when I had a postal clerk weigh it on their scale behind the counter, it came out so exactly to the ounce that she had the neighboring clerk weigh it also, with the same result.
The clasp envelopes that I am using are made from 28lb kraft paper which is the typical weight. Everything that I ship is replaceable. I have never had one damaged, however. Even using the clasp envelope and sleeve, it is probably more likely that the CD or DVD will be bad for some other reason such as incompatibilities of particular disks than from shipping damage.
I do not subscribe to NetFlix, but I have seen and handled one of their mailers. They weight in at about 0. I'm sure they have taken great care to design their package for minimum damage, but they do not seem to include a stiffener at all. If anything their envelope would likely supply less mechanical protection than the clasp envelope. For instance a promotional tape. Open both the good and bad tape.
Discard the actual tape of the VHS cass. Transplant the tape from the defective cass. And presto, one restored VHS cass. Remove this also. The tape should be accessible now. You should see the actual tape. Lift the tape up and off any rollers or pins in the tape compartment. LonJames1 at hotmail dot com. Be careful, though, as the tape will most likely be wrapped around one of the spindle guides that sit beside the rollers. I lost a few tapes forgetting to look for that!
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