Shipping Sega CD & Saturn Games! Warning!

Post by **ott0bot** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 11:45 am

Hi everyone, just a little FYI.

If you are selling Sega CD or Saturn games without the foam insert you must add some kind of packaging inside the case. Otherwise the discs will pop out and slide around the inside of the case and add some unnessary scratches.

I suppose this would apply to PS1 long boxes, 3D0, Cd-I games as well, but they all seem to have stronger grip on the cd and I haven't had them fall out during shipping.

If you are buying one of these games please remind the seller to do so for you. It will save you both some hassle.

Also...never, ever for any reason apply packing tape to a plastic case or cartridge, especailly in the summer. Heat plus adhesive equals a sticky mess and ruined case or label.

Thanks for you cooperation.
ott0bot

Post by **otaku** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 12:58 pm

yeah they come with foam but by now most of that is lost. Some of mine still have the foam though. Crumpled newspaper among other things works fine.

Post by **Pullmyfinger** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:01 pm

I ship the empty case and the cd in a slim case

Post by **holaback** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 2:59 pm

Another word of advice.....pack your shit yourself...don't let your dad do it. LOL

Post by **General Chaos** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 5:08 pm

holaback wrote:Another word of advice.....pack your shit yourself...don't let your dad do it. LOL

I've never had an experience with this, but for whatever reason that made me laugh.

Post by **GagaMan** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 5:22 pm

Those American Sega CD/Saturn cases really are the worst. Far prefer our less breakable PAL ones.

Post by **ott0bot** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 5:39 pm

General Chaos wrote:
holaback wrote:Another word of advice.....pack your shit yourself...don't let your dad do it. LOL
I've never had an experience with this, but for whatever reason that made me laugh.

I had that experience!

Post by **claudio** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 8:44 pm

i always personally recommend Expandafoam in a can, its sure not to rattle your discs.

Post by **ott0bot** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 8:56 pm

I thought I posted this in buy/sell/trade? guess i made a mistake or it got moved?

Also I try to pack with as much recycled material as possible. I use bio-degradable packing peanuts when possible too.

Post by **skate323k137** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 3:19 pm

I've had that happen to a saturn game before, thank god it was just bust-a-move

someone said pack it yourself, don't let dad do it; that reminds me of the time i won my dual playstation 2 arcade stick on ebay. the guy who sold it to me was a good seller, but he was out of town when the auction ended and told his wife to ship it. She stuck an address label on the flimsy stock box and put in the hands of USPS to destroy. no bubble wrap, nothing. when I got it, it was beat to hell, and among other things, one of the joystick ball tops was bouning around in the box (luckily it was still in there), and the joysticks themselves had punched right through the carton.