How To Pack A Laserdisc for Shipping
Laserdiscs have a special packing issue because the platters are so heavy and the jackets are so fragile. If the platter slides around inside the jacket during shipping, it will punch out a hole on the jacket spine.
It's important to pack laserdiscs so that:
  1. The crush of normal handling does not hurt the contents.
  2. The discs don't slide around during shipping.
Here is a packing technique that does both. You can pack perfectly using newspaper, tape and a shipping box. There is no need for special materials like bubble wrap.

You can use the eBay entry point to order free supplies from the US Post Office. Choose the "Shipping Supplies Online" and then "shipping supplies". Be warned that the shipping supplies page will take a long time to download.

Get the 15.5 x 12.25 inch Priority Mail boxes (item#: 0-1095)
and the Priority Mail tape (item#: Label 106A).
The box and tape are free and will be shipped to your door Priority Mail.
If the disc is a new, unopened disc, carefully slit the shrink-wrap at the open end of the jacket, leaving the shrink-wrap undisturbed on the rest of the jacket.
First, pull the disc or discs out of the jacket and wrap them tightly in two full sheets of newspaper forming a square.
Fold a corner of the newspaper over the center of the Laserdisc,
Continue folding newspaper corners over the center Laserdisc, working clockwise or, as shown, counter-clockwise.
Do not fold top, bottom, side, side - fold arround not across.
Lay out two more sheets of newspaper and put the wrapped discs in the center and then place the jacket on top.
Fold and wrap as before, forming a packed "brick".
After folding the newspaper, tape it tightly, going all the way around at the middle in one direction. This forms a solid, flat, square brick that holds the disc tight and prevents it from sliding.
Finally, tape once arround the other direction. This forms a solid, flat, square brick that holds the disc tight and prevents it from sliding.
Next, fold up the shipping box to form a rectangular box.     Using the shipping box flat does not give structural protection.
Laserdiscs shipped in flat boxes are prone to corner bumping and corner bending. Without extra effort to build strong edges, the flat box does not give enough protection to withstand normal handling that puts weight on the box, at odd angles. Shipping laserdiscs inside a box that is simply folded flat is not an acceptable style for protecting the contents. It does not protect the laserdisc during the crush of normal handling.

  1. Place 1 1/2 inches of tightly wadded newspaper (about 2 sheets) into the bottom of the USPS Priority Mail shipping box.
  2. Slide in the "brick" as shown. Laserdiscs packed into this style brick fit perfectly into the 15.5 x 12.5 inch USPS Priority Mail by sliding the brick in on the diagonal. Do this before adding any additional padding.
  3. Tightly crush more newspaper (about 2 sheets per side) to completely fill the voids on either side of the "brick" and prevent the box from collapsing.
  4. Finally, add 1 1/2 inches of tightly wadded newspaper (about 2 sheets) to fill the top of the box.
If all is well, you should have to stuff things down a bit in order to fold the box's open end.
The rectangular box and the box fill protect from crush damage, and the platter removal, wrapping and tight taping protect from sliding platter damage.

With this style of packing, only a serious crunch can hurt the laserdisc or the jacket. This is not common or likely, and the contents, as packed, can survive quite a crunch anyway.