Comic Storage Boxes - oww!!!
Moving soon and have a shed load of comic storage boxes full of (spoilers) comics.
Lifting and moving them one by one is fine, but >1 and those hand holes are going to be killer on me fingers (if you've tried lifting >1 then you should know what I mean).
Any solutions out there like stickable padding or something else that you've tried that has worked wonders would be most appreciated.
Lifting and moving them one by one is fine, but >1 and those hand holes are going to be killer on me fingers (if you've tried lifting >1 then you should know what I mean).
Any solutions out there like stickable padding or something else that you've tried that has worked wonders would be most appreciated.
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Gardening gloves aren't a bad idea, though. Anything else could risk damaging the comics
And as for damaging the comics - I've created space for fingers either end of the box by sandwiching the comics between a couple of layed down dvds - so they should be able to get their fingers inside without damaging the contents.
Going to have 20+ smallies/smallie plus sizes.
And since this move has been arranged cos the landlord is replacing the kitchen and bathroom and heating, this move will be repeated back again about 2 weeks later - fun times ahead.
(I've got the small format Wizard mags at either end of my comic boxes to help protect the end comics
btw: old cassette tapes (in their boxes, of course) work great for the finger-space creations too.
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Silver-acre/Comic-Supplies-/_i.html?_fsub=15&_sid=982471&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322
Whilst you're there, how about Amazing Spider-man #1: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SPIDERMAN-AMAZING-1-CGC-VF-8-0-OFF-WHITE-WHITE-PAGES-MARVEL-MARCH-1963-/131015742921?pt=UK_Books_Comics_Magazines_US_Comics_ET&hash=item1e812595c9
or £5 for the longer sized ones
- I went for the shorties cos I like 'em move-aroundable and from experience a full bigger is like a brick and when I pick it up I'm always fearful it's gonna split in the middle.
Can say more about the delivery method if you want.
[edit] re: spidey - adding £7 for p+p is seriously taking the piss. If I'd just sold a comic for £14 grand I'd damn well offer to personally delivery it and hirer a limo to take me there. And he's using "other courier" too, I guess cos it's cheaper than Royal Mail Recorded Delivery - wtf.
Also - Silver-acre on Ebay don't charge P&P so work out cheaper than the evil that is Forbidden Planet
... hang on a mo, iirc I did check them out, so methinks it was all down to the courier they use. I know Forbidden Planet used DPD who will leave it in a safe place if you're not in - which is what I needed. Maybe I asked and found that your "wondrous superdooper eBay cheapy person" uses a courier that doesn't do this. Or, more likely, their courier WOULDA done that for me, but I just forgot about them and cost myself an extra £X.... bugger.
[edit] just checked me emails and... I did ask and was told it would depend on the driver on the day, and some would but some wouldn't. So since I had no 'other' address to give them I had to cross them off my "buy-from" list.
Thanks.
Thanks - £45.40 for 10 delivered which isn`t too bad. If the in-store price is the same I might pop in myself.
Can you believe the price these are now:
http://www.bookpalace.com/acatalog/CollectorLine--Comic-Storage-Boxes--Comic-size--SUP_CSBX_COMIC.html#SID=24
Bought some years and years ago and don`t remember them being anything like as exorbitant as those!
I was thinking of going the in-store route but "circumstances" meant I opted for the more expensive delivery option - with part of those "circumstances" being 10x boxes would be 'king heavy and I'd need to buy a heavy-duty trolley cos I'd lost me old one.
btw: I used my buy to also get in some boards and bags - most satisfying b+b a section of me collection
and as for those £75/5 ones, maybe they're covered in a layer of gold leaf, or for those people who don't know of google and eBay, so methinks they deserve to get screwed.
Only £27 from Silver Acre (or £35 if they actually add postage, still cheaper)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-x-PROFESSIONAL-SILVER-AGE-COMIC-STORAGE-BOXES-/141086454042?pt=UK_Books_Comics_Magazines_Comic_Magazines_ET&hash=item20d968711a
(18 inches long so still short boxes)
FP, Travelling Man and my LCS all charge £3 to £3.50 in-store, though.
They don`t weigh that much so I reckon £30 picked up sounds perfick to me. I`ll get some bags and boards to go with as well to bag my strays.
Bagging and boarding saved my thousands of comics when a leak soaked the floor and trashed a lot of those expensive Collectorline boxes I linked to above. If I hadn`t bagged the contents some years previously I would`ve had to throw away many thousands going back to the late 1960s. Lost a few vintage 2000ADs but compared to the total decimation it could`ve been I was lucky.
Know what you mean. Could`ve sworn I had the complete original run of Watchmen but number one isn`t bloody there! I have the DC Absolute Edition and would always go back to that to read it but I hate knowing I don`t have all the original issues.
Ta, the fiver I save from FP will cover a pack of bags. Can`t believe ANYTHING is cheaper at Forbidden Planet!
(not sure if it is clear though.
The width of a cassette providing ample (maybe too ample) space for mover-guys to get their fingers in. Although I now only get ~1/2 of a box worths of comics in there (small size boxes). Might replace these cassette with ~3 dvds = 1/2 width = still room for fingers (ish) = gets me more comic storing space.