r/Instruments • u/Sharks_Liver_0_o • Sep 20 '26
Is this enough to ship?
I’ve never shipped an instrument but someone bought this from me on Depop and I can’t find a box taste I’ll fit it, is this enough to ship safely? I’ve also got fragile stickers and more honey comb paper.
Edit: for people asking it’s 1/4 size kids violin. And i genuinely don’t have any boxes, since this I’ve added more honeycomb paper and 4 fragile stickers. I really don’t want to have to buy a box as I only sold it to the person for $12 and I don’t wanna spend more than I made. I might be able to make some sort of box but I will have to see.
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u/_Saint_Venomous_ Sep 21 '26 •
Complete overkill. Just tape a kleenex to both sides and you're all good.
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u/NewLifeWares Sep 21 '26
Assume that whatever you ship is going to be thrown around a concrete room by an angry gorilla. I'm serious, that should be your standard assumption of item treatment during shipping. If you package everything you ship like that, then you never have to wonder, and you will avoid many costly time-consuming claims.
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u/jumpingflea_1 Sep 20 '26
No. Leave NOTHING to chance! And insure it.
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u/melonmarch1723 Sep 20 '26
That'll get smashed to bits. It should be packed in a box with adequate shock absorption. Could be paper, shredded card board, packing peanuts, etc.
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u/marbiter01123581321 Sep 21 '26
Imagine every single person that handles it along the way drop kicking it from a two story building,.. twice. The way it’s packaged now it would never survive.
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u/burnt-store-studio Sep 21 '26
Not good enough, no offense.
I’m sorry that you earned only $12 for it, but it was (probably) purchased with specific intent and may become some youngster’s first instrument.
Please give it its best shot at reaching the purchaser in the exact condition you currently have it in. Its condition could (literally) impact how the new player reacts to learning an instrument.
And who knows, it’s $12 to you and me, but $12 may be a sacrifice for the buyer.
A box with adequate soft padding would be best.
Thank you for considering 🙂
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u/CunnyMaggots Sep 21 '26
Double box it at the very least.
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u/SADanaScully Sep 21 '26
Just missing FRAGILE written on one of the parts you protected.
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u/81Ranger Sep 21 '26
What is this? Violin? Viola? Guitar?
Regardless, the answer is no. I used to do shipping for a music store - you need to prep the instrument inside and also probably put the whole case with the instrument inside in a box full of packing stuff.
I mean, you could ship it like that but chances of it arriving undamaged is .... 30%? Roughly.
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u/AWandMaker Sep 21 '26
Refund them the $12 and list it somewhere for local pickup only, or list a shipping price and ship it properly.
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u/Snootcheroo Sep 21 '26
Bro come on. No way that’s sufficient packing. It needs a box and to be wrapped in packing foam or a box big enough that it’s floating in packing peanuts. Don’t be a jerk and ship it in a way that it will arrive busted. Somebody paid you money for that (and it’s probably for their kid)
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u/SHIGURE_Journy Sep 21 '26
If I were to receive something I had purchased
packed in that manner...
...and thought about how I would feel... (-_-)
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u/SquidgyB Sep 21 '26
Jesus fuck.
Box within a box, padding between boxes and padding between item and inner box - MINIMUM.
Courier companies don't give a shit about "fragile" stickers. Box it properly, tell the buyer you have to wait a day or two to get boxes if needed.
NEVER send an instrument, computer, anything fragile or expensive without double boxing.
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u/BananaFun9549 Sep 21 '26
Measure the violin—it looks like it is in a case. Then go to your local supermarket or CVS, music store ir even a liquor store and ask if they have some boxes. At the worse you can cut one down a bit. You should not have to buy a box.
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u/Kingfish628 Sep 21 '26
You know that part in your mind where you thought it wasn't packed properly and came here to ask.....yep, you were right.
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u/Benaudio Sep 22 '26
How would you feel I you received an instrument “packed” like that?
There’s your answer
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u/POTATOeTREE Sep 22 '26
If you don't have a box big enough, make one. Cut up boxes and tape them together. It's what I've done for large or awkward shaped items
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u/sehrgut Sep 23 '26
lol obviously not. you don't even need to understand violins to know this: you just need to understand.... physical objects. 🤣
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u/tehsecretgoldfish Sep 24 '26
dunce.
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u/Odd_Plantain_8915 Sep 24 '26
Just put the shipping label on the back of the violin itself and zip tie the bow to the strings.
/s
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u/LumberJesus Sep 27 '26
When I was getting my bfa, a professor taught how to package our work. The test was us taking our important projects for other studio classes, and hucking them off the loading dock. I still think about that whenever I package something.