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Packing LCD screen

SPARTAN VI

SPARTAN VI

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Thinking about selling my Dell 2005FPW soon, but don't want to get into it if I'm not prepared to pack it.

I don't have the original box, so I'd have to use whatever packaging materials I can get at Staples/OfficeDepot. I likely would have wrapped it up in a few layers of bubble wrap, then cushioned it with peanuts. :)
 
You'll need some sort of a soft cover for the actual panel. The Dell monitors all come with a very soft, silky feeling plastic that goes over the panel, and without it, it could very well get marred during shipment.

Otherwise bubble wrap and peanuts sound good...
 
I know this might be dumb advice from me, but I would seriously try to strictly sell it locally first. Here, Anandtech, Craigs, wherever as long as the buyer can come and pick it up. I only ship items that large and delicate when I have to.
 
Cut a piece of cardboard to cover the screen

Tape it on in 4 places so it won't fall off during shipping

Bubble wrap the snot out of it

bottom layer of peanuts 2nd layer shredded newspaper place LCD in box
3rd layer of shredded newspaper

top it of peanuts

print label and ship
 
tmaxxking1 said:
Cut a piece of cardboard to cover the screen

Tape it on in 4 places so it won't fall off during shipping

Bubble wrap the snot out of it

bottom layer of peanuts 2nd layer shredded newspaper place LCD in box
3rd layer of shredded newspaper

top it of peanuts

print label and ship
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nailed it
 
tmaxxking1 said:
Cut a piece of cardboard to cover the screen

Tape it on in 4 places so it won't fall off during shipping

Bubble wrap the snot out of it

bottom layer of peanuts 2nd layer shredded newspaper place LCD in box
3rd layer of shredded newspaper

top it of peanuts

print label and ship
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Woo, rock on good sir. :D

And sisq0kidd, not bad advice at all. Will try to sell it locally first, save myself some coin without having to buy a bunch of packing materials, FedEx, PayPal fees, and gas after driving around doing all this. :)
 
Original box with original packing is the best. Why do you peeps throw your stuff out? KEEP your boxes and packing materials...comes in handy when selling, looks more professional.:)
 
I'm with tmaxxking1 on everything except shredded newspaper. IMO that's never an acceptable packaging material.
 
ShuttleLuv said:
Original box with original packing is the best. Why do you peeps throw your stuff out? KEEP your boxes and packing materials...comes in handy when selling, looks more professional.:)
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Of course, I always keep my stuff now, but I threw out the boxes on all of my first generation hardware. First generation hardware in that it's stuff I bought when I got my first job and never imagined trading on [H]. So, I've had this monitor for about 4 years.
 
shredded paper is nice and dense and the peanuts give breathing room for dents

using just peanuts while shipping an lcd leaves the shipping company to much head room for dents

But then again too much shredded paper will add more shipping costs
 
EDIT: Holy shit, didn't think this would be so long, it seemed simple enough.

I actually just sold a crappy panel I had on fleabay, and I packed it by making a sort of cardbaord frame thing to protect the panel:

Get a box with each of two sides the size of the back of the LCD.

Remove all tape and crap holding the box together, then cut down one vertical edge of the box. This should leave a nice long cardboard thing, with two segments the size of the base of the monitor.

The monitor's back will rest on one segment on of the cardboard, so I picked the segment that it will rest on which will also have 3 additional segments connected to it (the flap to the left, right, and top of the segment used should not be removed), and cut off the rest.

NOTE: I used 3 flaps because I could not remove the monitor's base, but if I could have removed the base I would have done 4 flaps for each edge of the monitor.

I ended up with a piece of cardboard consisting of one large segment the size of the monitor, with flaps to the right, left, and top. I saved the rest of the cardboard for alter.

Covered monitor in protective bag, and placed the monitor on the cardboard

Put newspaper underneath the monitor so that it rests on the cardboard rather evenly.

Raised all 3 flaps, and cut each one so that they extended maybe about 3-4 inches over the height of the monitor on it's back.

Folded the excess of each flap over the edges of the monitor. I did this by scoring the back of the cardboard and folding.

Taped the flaps down (using the underside of the box as anchor for tape). 3x 3-inch or so flaps should be securely holding the left, right, and top edge of the monitor bezel down, not making contact with the actual panel. I ended up with a cardboard frame thing.

I then took excess cardboard from the box that was cut and made strips of it measuring about the width and length of each edge of the cardboard frame thing and stacked it on its 3 edges. I taped each layer or two down securely, I went for about a 1-1.5 inch total height of the cardboard stacks above the face of the monitor. This should ensure nothing touches the panel.

Went back to the scraps left from the box I cut, took the other segment of cardboard the size of the monitor and put it on top of the now elevated cardboard frame thing to act as a cover.

Because the frame I made only consisted of three edges, I added the last edge of stacked cardboard to the bottom edge of the large piece of cardboard that will cover the panel. This way there will be a total of 4 cardboard stacks holding the cardboard cover about 1-1.5 inches above the panel.

I then taped the cover on, and used what cardboard what left to reinforce the cover and keep it from folding, though the 4-sided frame that was made should be enough.

Tape the hell out of the whole thing.

The tape, frame, and paper stuffed underneath the monitor should keep everything very secure, and there should be nothing touching the actual panel- there should be a 1-1.5" space between the panel and the cardboard cover. The base or stand of the monitor should be sticking out the bottom if it is attached. It should also look ghetto as hell.

Took everything and put it in another box with peanuts. Lots of peanuts to cushion everything.
 
PieIsAwesome's suggestion is freaking great!

If I were going to sell a monitor I'd try to sell it locally, before putting it up here or on fleabay. Ask around to your friends or put it on craigslist. The good thing about craigslist over ebay is that you can show the buyer the working monitor and you're not going to have to deal with some douchebag on ebay trying to return it after they break it, claiming that it came broken... it doesn't happen a lot, but it is a big hassle when it does.
 
Yes, my vote is for a local sale first. Then ship it if you're not getting the response you want. But remember, packing material bought from Office Depot or the like is VERY EXPENSIVE! I've been lucky in the past and always have good boxes and peanuts around from stuff I've bought. But if you have to buy it all new, it's not cheap!
 
Why is shredded newspaper bad shipping material? I've used it before in combination of peanuts and bubble wrap and it works great.
 
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