xenon said:

Had me fooled for bit there!

Anxiety said:

Particularly when it's being sold for $12.





.....for some!

squirrelgrease said:

I saw this. Please dont ask me where or how but I saw the prototype. It was 3 fold all the same blue hue color and when you open it it had pictures of Prince and Bria. Bria on the left side I think. I saw it for half a second and thats its. Super cheap packaging.

I just had an insane thought.

Surely access to these online booklets wouldn't require membership to Lotusflow3r now would it?

...You never know?

Doesn't USPS have a flat rate envlope? ($12.95)

See http://www.usps.com/price...prices.htm

Priority Mail Flat-Rate Envelope or Priority Mail Small Flat-Rate Box
Same price, up to 4 pounds (US pounds, I guess).

Shipping can go down to $10.95 depending on destination, lower that page.

udo said:

Yes,but I am trying to figure also for those that want more than one. I would'nt be able to fit,say 5 of these sets in an envelope,and if they are going to be traveling a far amount of distance,I would hate for them to arrive all bent,and banged up. Thank for the help though. I am going to go to both USPS,and UPS to get price quotes.

CD's (in jewel case?) with bubbly plastic or other cushioning should be fine.
At least some cardboard on botth sides?

TyphoonTip said:

This could imply that the 33 pound release is different from the $12 release.
If it is...

udo said:

I very much doubt it.

TyphoonTip said:

Me too, but theoretically...

Digipak: it's the way to go. The jewel cases usually crack and such. Not to mention all of his recent CD's have been released as such.
Musicology, 3121, and P.Earth all Digipak. A large jewel case or the older jewel cases don't make sense, and will be limited due to size.
The digipak can be compact and smaller, not to mention more put on the shelves.

Digipaks are custom made and hard to replace.
They don't last long. They age with every on/off the shelf action.
So they are not the way.

udo said:

Okay so I went,and put 5 Digipack CD's in a Express Mail cardboard envelope,and the quote I got for Poland (since that is one of the shipping places I needed) it is the $12.95 for Flat Rate (6 days delivery),and if you want it faster it's $$$

udo said:

True.

Giovanni777 said:

It is unfortunate that Digipacks aren't as durable as jewel cases, but they are much less harmful to the environment, so I can live with it.

udo said:

yeah, but these days most folks buy the CD, rip 'em to their iPods, then put the CD back on the shelf until they need to rip/burn it again. so it could be argued that sturdy packaging isn't quite as much of a need as it used to be.

Anxiety said:

Hmmm.
I must be old skool then;
I actually play my CDs.
You know, I use a CD-player etc.

By the way, is this in the forum?

CD packaging of something people will most likely not by online (i.e. the physical discs), isn't really anything to do with lotusflow3r.com, is it?

udo said:

The 20th century is over. Use Apple lossless format to import them, play them back with an iPod/iPhone dock or an Apple TV and there is really no need for a CD player. No more scratches, no more misplaced CDs, no more having to manually change a CD to listen to something different.

alandail said:

until your ipod has a crash .....the paperless office...oh...yeah...

LondonStyle said:

My idea. And a stack of CD's doesn't consume energy like a NAS/SAN/PC would do if you'd store all the music on there.
And the ipod still doesn't play FLAC, APE or SHN, does it?