Hello fellow Ebay'er and welcome to my "How to pack & ship records without a box" guide. As a long time record seller I've used this method of packing for all my international and/or media rate mailings and it has saved me money on boxes plus I've never had a record get there broken. And you can easily fit in up to three records.

It's very simple, all you need is two pieces of heavy cardboard, one for the top and the other for the bottom.. For LP's they have to be either 15 inches by 15 inches if you staple [as you'll need space to staple in], or 13 by 13 if you tape. For 45's make them 12 by 12 [staple] or eight/nine inches [tape].

Now a short lesson on cardboard. It's made out of two sheets of thick paper glued over a ridged corrugated center. To make this package strong you need to place one sheet of cardboard with the corrugation going "up and down" and the other "left to right"

and stape or tape them together. I use an ARROW P-22 hand stapler....

but you can use tape.

First wrap the record(s) in newspaper and tape it all the way around, both "up and down" and "left to right." Then tape the whole thing in the center of one of the sheets of cardboard.

Now place the other sheet, with the corrugation going the other way and tape or staple all four sides. And that's it.

Need to fit more then three records in one package? Well, you can still use this method if you add four "spacers" to the edge of the bottom piece of cardboard. Either cut four one inch wide, thirteen inch long strips, with the corrugation going the long way, and tape or staple them to the bottom piece like a picture frame. The records go inside the indention. Or if you're good you can cut the bottom piece 16x14, with the corrugation going the long way, and then cut one side of the top layer of paper one inch in on both sides and fold over the strips. It's a little hard to explain without photos. Need help? Email me.

And don't forget to check out my other guides -- "How to pack 45 RPM records in a Priority mail box" and "How to pack LP records in two Priority mail boxes" and the most important one "Why ABBA, as a group, is the anti-you-know-what and should be destroyed" ... OK, that last one was a joke.