received a near mint gladys knight version of 'stop and get a hold of myself' the other day,been looking for it for a while only the second one ive seen and it had a big crack through it ...gutted...especially when i played it and you could hardly hear the break...but had to send it back as it will only get worse..

to be fair its the only one ive had broken by the posties and was only a 30 quid tune anyone had any biggies break ??

received a near mint gladys knight version of 'stop and get a hold of myself' the other day,been looking for it for a while only the second one ive seen and it had a big crack through it ...gutted...especially when i played it and you could hardly hear the break...but had to send it back as it will only get worse..

to be fair its the only one ive had broken by the posties and was only a 30 quid tune anyone had any biggies break ??

Try and find the pic I sent up of Andy Rix's Shrine record, broken into several pieces when it was the only known copy to exist! Sent in a jiffy bag without any cardboard to protect it.

https://www.soul-source.co.uk/Mother-...ers#entry647718 full thread here,yours was on here as well wasn`t it pete?

...anyone had any biggies break ??

Only the "absolutely mint copy of the Glories 'I Worship You Baby' in original Date bag that arrived in three pieces" - but I've openly wept about that on here several times before!

My ex lodger stood on 2 records last year, one of them was an ex+ Okeh issue of the 7 souls

other was a £30 cheapie

note the words ex lodger

Ian.

Tamiko Jones - Im Spellbound promo - sent from Scotland to Canada in 7" mailer but with no stiffeners. Sellers response "should have insured it" - cnut.

Try and find the pic I sent up of Andy Rix's Shrine record, broken into several pieces when it was the only known copy to exist! Sent in a jiffy bag without any cardboard to protect it.

OUCH! THAT HURT. when i was a kid in circa 1977, i used to take my then favourite record, international gto's "i love my baby" to the youth clubs for d.j. to play. one day at home my mum walked into my room and trod on it! i couldnt replace it then, i was heartbroken!

has anyone had a "warped" heat damaged record they've tried to iron straight?! i'm smilling now just thinking about it!

my postman folded a copy of the clovers -try my loving, he said it wouldnt go in the letter box!

my postman folded a copy of the clovers -try my loving, he said it wouldnt go in the letter box!

You forgetting about another one Lenny?

What about the time you got out your motor, put the copy of Pat Lewis "Look at what.." that had been bought the night before onto the driver seat, said bye to us then jumped back in the motor right on top of it Sorry to cast up painfull memories

1990 I bought a collection and done a lot of sell/trade/buying with it.

Done a deal with Pat Brady and got Delites "Lover" for cash and trades valuing at £500.

I still lived with my folks at the time, my old man worked shifts and always signed for any post when the rest of us were at work. So I told him I had a big record coming and to be sure to be careful, keep the package away from radiators and the dog, etc.

That arrived, no problems and into my "good" box it went.

Now this "good" box was a new one my brother, a joiner, had made for me. It was a single row for 7" with a bit of space under the lid which can have a few laid horizontally. The new "good" box was complete but had not had the handle screwed onto the lid.

As mentioned earlier my old man worked shifts which meant he was often pottering about the house for things to do during the day.

A couple of days after my Delites had arrived I was working near home and popped back for my dinner.

The old man was sitting in the house looking fucking grey! "Whats up with you, look like you've seen a ghost?" I ask him.

"Err, I've made a massive balls up, I'm so sorry I don't know what to say,your gonna go bloody mental about this. I thought I'd put the handle on that box your brother made but a screw went right through the wood and cracked the record that was lying flat on the top of the pile."

I just started pissing myself laughing as I realised what he was thinking.

Turns out my old man had done his "little job on the record box" and assumed that the one lying on top of the pile was my newest arrival! This was first thing in the morning and he'd been sweating for hours about it . It was actually the Four Exceptions "You got the power" which was a shame to lose, but not a problem in the scale of things.

nice one... ...phew..

had 3.

edwin starr / i have faith in you

(from pete widdison,sent out another the next day).

betty harris / i dont want to hear it

(@ the time took me ages to find a copy,got refund)

exportations / i want you

(m8 got me it,but a sharp object went through the BUBBLE WRAP MAILER.small crack but jumped.was cheap @ the time.m8 still wating refund)

not bad in 25 years buying & selling.

big thanks to whoever included jerry fuller-turn to me. what a classic!

I bought a mint Billy Kennedy off Pat Brady a few years ago, I'd seen it at Cleethorpes and rang him a few days afterwards about it.

When it turned up the package had a great big boot mark on it and was flattened in one area. When I opened it up, the record had been crushed at one edge in a semi-circle about the size of a 10p piece, so that there were a load of little cracks going into the record.

It still plays thankfully (both sides) but the post office would only give me 175 back of the 200 I paid because I wanted to keep the record.

I'd still rather have a mint one though

would you believe it !...in twenty years of getting tunes through the post without a prob ive now had my second break in a month !!!.....this time it was the sunlovers/never make the grade a near mint original...the corner of the packaging was creased and as i pulled the record out of the sleeve i had a little crescent shaped bit in my hands....NOOOOOO !!!.....books at about 100/150 luckily i only payed 35 which i should get back but gutted again....

starting to get paronoid thinkin i have an enemy in the bristol sorting office.....or maybe its just a crazy cd nut who hates vinyl

thing is the day before i had 2 common cheapies (back st/edwin and new girl/accents) arrive fine...bloody typical

and despite gettin tunes from all over the globe both breakages were from the uk...maybe uk sellers should start useing the boxes like overseas sellers instead of the card envelopes ??

sickening when you look at a tune thats been kept in such good nick for over forty years to be broken by some useless c*** not doin his job right....was obvious what was inside and just in case they were really thick it also had a 'fragile please be careful 'sticker on it....

would you believe it !...in twenty years of getting tunes through the post without a prob ive now had my second break in a month !!!.....this time it was the sunlovers/never make the grade a near mint original...the corner of the packaging was creased and as i pulled the record out of the sleeve i had a little crescent shaped bit in my hands....NOOOOOO !!!.....books at about 100/150 luckily i only payed 35 which i should get back but gutted again....

starting to get paronoid thinkin i have an enemy in the bristol sorting office.....or maybe its just a crazy cd nut who hates vinyl

thing is the day before i had 2 common cheapies (back st/edwin and new girl/accents) arrive fine...bloody typical

and despite gettin tunes from all over the globe both breakages were from the uk...maybe uk sellers should start useing the boxes like overseas sellers instead of the card envelopes ??

sickening when you look at a tune thats been kept in such good nick for over forty years to be broken by some useless c*** not doin his job right....was obvious what was inside and just in case they were really thick it also had a 'fragile please be careful 'sticker on it....

The Gladys knight was in an American one- In your letter you didnt think it was the bristol postie- Now you are having second thoughts.

Sent off the claim form last week - Ill let you know what they say

Regards Steve

P.S Was that the Sunlovers - with the orange label at the buy it now price? If it was thought about getting it as a copy for trade but forgot about it!

The Gladys knight was in an American one- In your letter you didnt think it was the bristol postie- Now you are having second thoughts.

Sent off the claim form last week - Ill let you know what they say

Regards Steve

P.S Was that the Sunlovers - with the orange label at the buy it now price? If it was thought about getting it as a copy for trade but forgot about it!

hi steve...dont think it was the postie who comes to me but one of the idiots in the sorting office who throw things around and stack heavy objects on top of fragile ones !!....was gladys in a box ? cant remember but believe you which makes me have even less faith in the post office employees...!!

yes it was the buy it now copy....as it turned out shame you forgot...at least a good record would still be about