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Envelope Design Doesn't Appear Too Sturdy
	Topic by: transom Posted: October 3, 2003 - 9:50 AM PDT Last Reply: October 11, 2003 - 8:48 AM PDT

author	topic: Envelope Design Doesn't Appear Too Sturdy
transom	post #1  on October 3, 2003 - 9:50 AM PDT   Especially on the return trip back to Greencine. I realize it's perforated like that so it'll make for quicker opening when the DVD arrives back to you, but all that envelope needs is to get caught, or shaken around a bit when it's got a slight tear, and it's goodbye Goodbye, Mr. Chips. Just wondering if you guys have had that problem on your end.
Dynastar	post #2  on October 3, 2003 - 9:03 PM PDT   Funny you mention this- I was about to start a thread about envelope problems. The last two DVDs I have received the return envelope has been puling apart at the top right-hand corner, where the stamp is. The latest one, which had a foam cushion, was especially bad. Did the latest batch of envelopes have glue problems or something?
JHeneghan	post #3  on October 6, 2003 - 2:31 PM PDT   I've had to tape the edges on several of the envelopes I've sent back just to insure the disc would stay inside.
ggsuperhero	post #4  on October 7, 2003 - 6:10 PM PDT   Thank you for the heads up, we'll bring this up to the envelope people. In the meantime, if you feel like the envelope will fall apart before it reaches us, please reinforce it with tape. Very sorry for the inconvenience. Thanks, Giselle GreenCine Operations
hamano	post #5  on October 7, 2003 - 7:33 PM PDT   > On October 3, 2003 - 9:03 PM PDT Dynastar wrote: > --------------------------------- >the return envelope has been puling apart at the top right-hand corner, where the stamp is. > --------------------------------- Me, too, exactly, but I didn't have the foam cover on mine. It was just the tyvek sleeve. I've had just one like that, and I taped it. It looked like the glue in that corner was defective. Not sticky at all.
IronS	post #6  on October 8, 2003 - 1:37 PM PDT   I've experienced this problem as well. Also, I'm worried about residual stickiness from the little round stickers. Can it enable the mailer to be stuck to some other mail and be sent to goodness knows where? (I've had first hand experience of this in other mail.) > On October 7, 2003 - 7:33 PM PDT hamano wrote: > --------------------------------- > > On October 3, 2003 - 9:03 PM PDT Dynastar wrote: > > --------------------------------- > >the return envelope has been puling apart at the top right-hand corner, where the stamp is. > > --------------------------------- > > Me, too, exactly, but I didn't have the foam cover on mine. It was just the tyvek sleeve. I've had just one like that, and I taped it. It looked like the glue in that corner was defective. Not sticky at all. > ---------------------------------
larbeck	post #7  on October 8, 2003 - 2:26 PM PDT   > On October 7, 2003 - 6:10 PM PDT ggsuperhero wrote: > --------------------------------- > Thank you for the heads up, we'll bring this up to the envelope people. In the meantime, if you feel like the envelope will fall apart before it reaches us, please reinforce it with tape. Very sorry for the inconvenience. > > Thanks, > Giselle > GreenCine Operations > --------------------------------- Thank you Giselle! I had to do this last week to an envelope myself, for the first time. Not counting when I just changed my mind and decided to watch one again before sending it back.
wdrazo	post #8  on October 8, 2003 - 3:30 PM PDT   > On October 7, 2003 - 6:10 PM PDT ggsuperhero wrote: > --------------------------------- > Thank you for the heads up, we'll bring this up to the envelope people. In the meantime, if you feel like the envelope will fall apart before it reaches us, please reinforce it with tape. Very sorry for the inconvenience. > > Thanks, > Giselle > GreenCine Operations > > --------------------------------- I've noticed flimsiness in the envelopes also. Glad GGthat you are looking into it.
snafu	post #9  on October 8, 2003 - 4:14 PM PDT   I've done the same on more than one occasion. > On October 6, 2003 - 2:31 PM PDT JHeneghan wrote: > --------------------------------- > I've had to tape the edges on several of the envelopes I've sent back just to insure the disc would stay inside. > ---------------------------------
REIERMANN	post #10  on October 10, 2003 - 9:47 AM PDT   Wow. I thought I was the only one to worry about these things. I also am concerned at times that the round sticker/seals may get stuck to other mail when I mail my disk back. Usually, I try to fold any remaining sticker over so that no sticky pieces are liable to get caught in the mail. And, I have been taping the end of the mailer together since the envelopes have been coming apart.
IronS	post #11  on October 10, 2003 - 11:00 AM PDT   I've been ripping the stickers off before I send the mailer back just in case. Sometimes I'd tape over them. In the beginning, I would tape all the sides, but I don't do so anymore, just the ones that need it badly.
maigochan	post #12  on October 10, 2003 - 4:04 PM PDT   Thanks for your concern, but I'm not sure that you really need to stress too much about the residual tab stickiness. I don't think we've ever had a mailer come in with a random piece of mail stuck to it, so I doubt it's much of a problem. If there's a really big flap of sticker hanging off, just folding it over should be fine. (Ideally, the perforation on the sticker should be perfectly aligned with the edge of the envelope .. but ever since the monkeys walked out, things just haven't been the same around here ..) > On October 8, 2003 - 1:37 PM PDT IronS wrote: > --------------------------------- > I've experienced this problem as well. Also, I'm worried about residual stickiness from the little round stickers. Can it enable the mailer to be stuck to some other mail and be sent to goodness knows where? (I've had first hand experience of this in other mail.)
wdrazo	post #13  on October 10, 2003 - 6:24 PM PDT   I knew there was non-monkey business afoot! Bring back the monkeys, PC or not!
hamano	post #14  on October 10, 2003 - 8:26 PM PDT   > On October 10, 2003 - 6:24 PM PDT wdrazo wrote: > --------------------------------- > I knew there was non-monkey business afoot! Bring back the monkeys, PC or not! > --------------------------------- Yeah, the monkeys are in my new greencine jingle. You gotta bring them back.
larbeck	post #15  on October 11, 2003 - 8:48 AM PDT   > On October 10, 2003 - 6:24 PM PDT wdrazo wrote: > --------------------------------- > I knew there was non-monkey business afoot! Bring back the monkeys, PC or not! > --------------------------------- I heard that Netflix hired a bunch of Siamyang monkeys for $2 an hour. They are all in a maquiladora in Nuevo Laredo. They smuggle the mail back and forth from a post office on the U.S. side, and it is built on top of an ancient Aztec ruin. And if you are a lawyer for Netflix, I moved to Sealand.