Record crate without a bottom (mostly)

I just received this record crate and I like it but I wonder if it's wise for it to be missing most of the bottom panel section as you can see in one of the photos:

Vinyl LP Record Storage Crate // Record Crate // Vinyl LP Crate // Vinyl Record Storage and Display Box

I wonder if that could cause a record to sag down through its cover. Or maybe that wouldn't happen in the real world. I like the very large capacity of the crate and thinking of ordering a couple more.

 

Looks like its meant to be positioned on its 'side.' So the bottom is actually the solid (side) board.

 

If you're gonna hand build something like that, at least make it tall enough for a box set to fit inside.

 

@Raunchnroll, I disagree, there are 3 pictures of it on its bottom and 1 picture on its side.

@Combination, my Blonde on Blonde MFSL fits with room to spare.

 

$55 ?????!!!!!???

At that price, is it too much for the manufacturer to just tack on a small 1.5 inch strip of thin pine; if only just for cosmetic purposes...?

 

The link provided show 4 or 5 large photos of an LP crate with solid sides and an open bottom panel - just as you described. Maybe you're referring to a different crate or link?

 

@Raunchnroll it sounds like we're talking about the same thing. I just don't agree that what I call the bottom is actually supposed to be its side.

 

I have a few from shipping engine parts and they are perfect, to sit on their sides or with the open side facing up.

 

Maybe I'm looking at this the wrong way. Maybe if your record is starting to sag down through its cover then you want the middle section of the bottom of your crate to be missing so it doesn't wear the cover down any more.

 

You have Got to have the middle of the bottom section for support or in time gravity will very likely split the centre bottom seam of many jackets due to the vinyl weight.

 

I'm going to order a few more of these with a solid bottom panel. Should I get them any wider? My Blonde on Blonde MFSL box fits great but do boxed sets get wider than that?

I'm also reducing the height to 11" so the covers peeeeeek out of the top. The depth is already perfect for my 24" table.