How to pack a bass neck........?

[Beedster]

Bought a rather nice early 70's Fender neck from new BC member Maut (Niels) in Berlin last week. Despite being a little anxious about throwing a lot of cash (relatively speaking) at an item from an overseas new member, and then realising it was going to be in the hands of Parcelforce over the band holiday, my fears were allayed when said courier delivered a box the size of an aircraft hanger this morning.....

In fact, I asked the driver to check it was the right box

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And even once I'd pulled away all the internal packaging.....

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Now those of you in the know will know that Parceforce have something of a reputation, but I'd put my entire bass collection on this, even Parcelforce wouldn't have been able to damage the neck.

Niels, many thanks mate, and welcome to Basschat.

Chris

[Geek99]

Bet they could - my prosebass looked like it had been machine gunned by the time it left their tender care

[maut]

Hi Chris,

thanks for the nice feedback and the smooth deal!

Someone sent me a complete bass in that box, with body and neck separated. So i thought i could get rid of that thing by sending it to you.

I didn´t know that when shipping from Germany with DHL it ends up being delivered by Parcelforce in the UK. But I´m glad you have it!

Best wishes,

Niels

[BassTractor]

Great avatar, Niels.
Oh, and welcome!

[project_c]

For a cheapish solution, someone once mentioned using rolls of toilet paper to pad out corners and edges, rather than spending money on endless bubble wrap. I think that's a great idea, less plastic waste and you can put it to use right away after your next coffee. Or whenever nature calls.

[alyctes]

I used a piece of plastic plumbing pipe once, not having any spare packaging cardboard at the time. No comments from the buyer, so I presume it was OK.