ScumBum
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Got any tips on shipping a Marquee so it arrives in one piece .
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Wrap the entire marquee in plastic wrap then fold a large piece of cardboard around it and tape it well. Place it in a box...
Does that make sense?
I cut off the pieces at the ends so that its rectangular and tape it up.
Cut a piece of 1/4" wood about an inch a bigger than the marquee on all sides, then use stretch wrap to attach marquee to wood then wrap that in bubble. Now go out an buy a box that is at least one inch larger than the piece of wood on all sides, fill with your choice of packing material and tape it up, making sure there is a layer of packing material underneath the marquee, on top, and on all sides. This is the way I ship glass marquees, otherwise you are taking a shot in the dark as to whether it will hold up.
FWIW, I have yet to have a triangular box like the ones listed above arrive intact at my house.
I think I'm 0-3 over the last few years and the USPS seems to take special delight in crushing them.
Were the ones that broke in the USPS box plexi ?
They actually weren't marquees; it was rolled sideart and other things. But they all arrived with the box torn up. Hard to believe the USPS would produce a box like that and then methodically crush them in transit.![]()