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Re: Don't send them in envelopes (Re: Bring Your Minifig To Work Day)
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Newsgroups:
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lugnet.general
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Date:
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Mon, 21 Dec 1998 17:25:44 GMT
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C576653@CCLABSnomorespam.MISSOURI.EDU
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Tom Stangl wrote:
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> AFAIK, padded envelopes are hand processed, so they should be fine.
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> Todd Lehman wrote:
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> > James Seibert <james@vci.net> writes:
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> > > A heartfelt plea,
> > >
> > > ---Warning---, I am a technician that has worked on Postal machinery. The
> > > Postal service uses machines to sort their mail and would crush and mangle the
> > > minifigs. Normal flat letters are okay, but a minifig would catch in the belts
> > > and rollers resulting in the minifig broken into ABS dust pieces. I get called
> > > to repair machines when people send refrigerator magnets, pens, pencils,
> > > jewelry, etc. in the mail and the articles in question are crushed beyond
> > > recognition between heartless steel rollers.
I've sent elements - but not minifigs - in a normal envelope with no
crushing blows. Under what circumstances is this an issue with which to
be concerned?
--
Sincerely,
Christopher L. Weeks
central Missouri, USA
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