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Originally Posted by oldretiredguy
Hello to all, I am new here so please be gentle.
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Never an issue at this site.
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I have a very valuable (to me) vhs tape that was made back between 1985 and 1990. It contains a significant portion of my and my wife's life. There are people in it that are no longer with us. So, with that in mind, I will ask my question. I live in Huntington Beach Ca. and I want to take the tape to someone that is reliable to have a good copy made of it and possibly have it transferred to dvd. This whole thing started with me trying to make a copy to dvd back in 07 and when I finally tried to play it, it was not good. So that brings me to this point. I hope that someone who may live in my area has some firsthand knowledge of who to take/send it to for what I need done.
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We handle important tapes all the time, just like this.
When sending a tape in, there's really only 3 rules:
- Have it in transit as least as possible. Overnight is great, but 2-3 days is suggested. Nothing slower. Slow mail gets lost.
- Use a small but sturdy box, not an envelope (padded or not). Envelopes provide zero protection.
- Wrap the tape in a clean plastic bag (grocery bag is fine). But DO NOT seal it. Loosely wrap it, so it breathes. You want to keep water out, if anything happens to the box.
And then all mail (UPS, Fedex, SUPS, carrier pigeon, whatever) is sent to a secured mailbox. No PO boxes, doorsteps, etc.
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I will now sit back and wait for an answer. Hopefully. Thanks for your patience,
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contact us if you'd like us to do it.
For the past few years now, 95% of our work is for studios, not for folks at home. It doesn't pay as good, and most business would have discontinued these non-B2B services.
But archiving family history is important to us, and that means helping the folks at home. That's why we have the other 5% of clients. Otherwise your only choices would mostly be junk services, that do the same thing you could do at home on your own. And that's a shame. We have the ability to help others, so that's the choice we've made.
We're back in Texas again.
