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Does anyone put a piece of cardboard in the return envelope to keep the photo straight ?

I have posted a rew requests with cardboard from cereal boxes

but am wondering if i come across a bit of a plonker for doing this do you guys buy cardboard seperate or just use what ever you can find

I don't use cardboard all that much, as I send 4x6's and they tend to not get bent that much in my #10 envelopes, but I've had people send peices of cardboard back in my envelopes, one basketball player (David Stiff) put a piece of cardboard from a shoe box in mine.

RYAN-J

Thanks again Ryan. What are #10 envelopes? :razz:

#10 Envelopes or 'Business envelopes' as there sometimes called, are the most standard envelope that people get in their regular mail. the long white ones. you can pick them up at any office supply store or on Ebay. If you look back through my successes topics I post the envelope, and those are #10 ones.

RYAN-J

I always put a piece of card in, the copier paper we use at work comes in boxes made of quite thin card and is ideal, I would have thought that cereal box packets might be a bit flimsy, at least the stuff British cereal boxes are made from.

Not only do I not want the photos to get bent on their outward or return journeys, I think it shows respect to the person you're sending to that you care about whether or not they end up getting bent.

HappinessStan wrote:I always put a piece of card in, the copier paper we use at work comes in boxes made of quite thin card and is ideal, I would have thought that cereal box packets might be a bit flimsy, at least the stuff British cereal boxes are made from.

Not only do I not want the photos to get bent on their outward or return journeys, I think it shows respect to the person you're sending to that you care about whether or not they end up getting bent.

I have put cardboard in all the ones i have sent so far otherwise i would be kicking my self if it came back bent!

haha 0.0001 mm thick but saying that weetabix boxes arent to bad

I do that. When I buy 8x10s, they usually come with cardboard. I also keep the cardboard when my family buys calendars. I got a really nice piece from Tim Conway when I sent him an e-mail request, and sent it all over for a while, but eventually Kevin Spacey kept it. Just recently Christopher Eccleston kept another one of mine, and I forgot to write "Do Not Bend" on the envelope, so it came back a little bent.