Sorry to hear about the damage to your copy.

As a slight obsessive when it comes to condition issues (which I often claim is beyond my control), I sympathise and hope you receive a replacement book soon.



My own experience with book wrap mailers has almost always been positive — at least when the correct size of mailer was used.

When the latter were too large, the books were unfortunately prone to moving around inside their parcels, increasing the likelihood of arriving with dented corners.


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I suppose this just requires finding a suitable balance, where the level of risk is deemed acceptable to Retail Therapy Office.

With each packaging option considered, it's a case of weighing up:

(a)  the likelihood of damage occuring to the books during transit; and

(b)  the cost, time and effort of using that packaging option.



For the dispatch of hundreds or possibly thousands of orders, I would still opt for book wrap mailers.

But if far fewer orders had needed to be dealt with (e.g. just two or three dozen), I'd probably combine the book wrap mailers with some bubble wrap.



For normal people, I would agree that your position is reasonable.

Among collector types, you might be in the minority.

Many collectors could be described as abnormal, subnormal, or (if you'll indulge the delusion) above normal.



As with sevrin *, the cost of an item for me is irrelevant. This could be a £3 magazine, and I'd still be irked if one of its pages had a folded corner.

But then, I'm also the kind of person who gets annoyed by uneven bubble wrap. You can sometimes find me in my kitchen with a straight edge and blade, taking crooked sheets of bubble wrap that arrived in mail parcels, and re‑cutting those sheets to make them straight again.

I'll keep quiet about my routine when it comes to recycling, because otherwise you'd think I was nuts.

 I remember an Instagram post fragile did of something Gonefellow he had left in the Walled off for people to find just after it opened. It might have been a t-shirt. There's an interesting story that will probably never be told.

Why no pictures of inside? Would be nice to get an idea of whats going on, its sold out now so not like you'll be stopping people buying, lets see pics

Why no pictures of inside? Would be nice to get an idea of whats going on, its sold out now so not like you'll be stopping people buying, lets see pics

Same for Belgium no update for delivery

IMHO the best part of this release has been the lack of shared content, makes a change not to know everything about it before you have it in hand. Be nice if it stays that way.