Why you should always double box your flip clock

[Mackey]

I'm a big advocate for saving the flip clocks. And when we ship we should double box. But recently I didn't take my own advice when helping someone with their clock. And so .... the clock came back to me to be re-fixed. A kind of boomerang flip clock.

A relatively short video if you're interested.


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[flipoclock]

Good suggestion and a bummer that this happened! You live and you learn!

I don't double box, I use boxes with double walls and I use a box which is a lot larger than the clock and full it with mostly bubble wrap and I have not had one breakage in the past, I think, 5 or 6 years.

[Mackey]

Good suggestion and a bummer that this happened! You live and you learn!

I don't double box, I use boxes with double walls and I use a box which is a lot larger than the clock and full it with mostly bubble wrap and I have not had one breakage in the past, I think, 5 or 6 years.

That's a fine way to do it of course. I made the mistake of shipping back the clock basically in the same box it was sent to me in. Won't do that again for sure.

[Jumblejeff]

I always use a box with enough room to add lots of bubble wrap. Just one box though. Their is still the risk of the shipper mis-handling the box. Especially a hard drop. I have only had one damaged in shipping . The box arrived with hole in it as though it was stabbed with something. The box had a mint Panasonic rc-6040. The front lenses was broken. Glad I insured that one.

[Guest]

What a strange "break" for that little arm to become dislodged. It seems there was some sort of lateral play in the alarm wheel. Usually, I see that kind of problem if I am taking it apart and it slips out of place.

Well, glad you got it fixed!

[RetroFlip]

Recently had a clock I got on ebay, the seller pulled all the knobs so it would fit into the smallest box possible, so you can imagine the amount of cushion it had...sometimes when I get one vintage in box, there's a worry in the back of my head of the seller shipping it just in the old cardboard. Double boxing or double walled boxes would be great to see from a restorer.

[flipoclock]

sometimes when I get one vintage in box, there's a worry in the back of my head of the seller shipping it just in the old cardboard.

Yeah, been there, done that, tape and labels on box and all that.

[Performa]

Been there, done that! Thankfully it wasn't demolished in shipping!