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4 Reasons to Use Custom Packing Boxes

December 4, 2008 By admin

If you’ve ever seen a moving and shipping company offer custom packing boxes, you may have wondered why anyone would need such a thing. After all, boxes are everywhere. You can get them for free at the grocery store or local boutique. The post office gives them away by the bundle. Why would someone buy custom packing boxes?

There are four great reasons to use custom packing boxes.

Reason #1: Custom packing boxes minimize breakage in transit

There’s nothing worse than opening a box only to find yourself facing a spiky collection of broken pieces. This often happens because objects were shipped in a box that was too large, allowing the item to shift in transit and thereby be damaged; conversely, a box that’s too small doesn’t allow adequate space for packing materials to protect the contents. Custom packing boxes are just the right size.

Reason #2: Custom packing boxes save money

Shippers charge by the size of the package being transported. Using custom packing boxes allows you to only pay for the size box you absolutely need. Save your hard earned money for something wonderful — not for shipping oversized boxes!

Reason #3: Custom packing boxes save space

Generally, one only orders the amount of custom packing boxes one needs: there’s no need to store extra boxes. Compare this to the post office, which provides standard size boxes in bundles of 25. If you only need 5 boxes, what are you going to do with the extra 20?

Reason #4: Custom packing boxes enhance your professional image

How do you want your customers to view their order? If it arrives in a recycled liquor bottle, you’re not going to win any points for professionalism! Using custom packing boxes denotes that you’re a serious business, with products and services well worth the money.

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What Can A Custom Packaging Solution Company Do For Your Business?

December 4, 2008 By admin

Worried about your company’s image? Want to differentiate your products and services from those offered by dozens of competitors? A custom packaging solution company may be the answer.

Think about it. You went into business because you have a passion for what you do and a drive for excellence. Do you really want to divert your time and energy into creating the ideal packaging for your products — or do you want to work with a custom packaging solution company, ensuring unique, innovative packaging that will reinforce your brand and enhance your company’s image while allowing you to concentrate on what you do best?

A custom packaging solution company does far more than design boxes. From presentation materials including ring binders, multimedia and software packaging, and signage through durable, innovative packaging materials, a custom packaging solution company can create a comprehensive, integrated suite of packaging materials to ensure that every point your customers interact with your company, they’ll form a favorable opinion.

Customer opinions are easily swayed. You can do everything right: the perfect product at a great price delivered in a timely fashion — and lose the sale due to lackluster or ho hum packaging and presentations. Using a custom packaging solution company ensures that you’ve got the services of a crack team of graphic designers working on your side. Consistent branding efforts extend to every aspect of a successful business: right down to the cartons your products are delivered in, the packing materials used, and the tape that seals the package!

Some customers may regard custom package design as merely gilding the lily — but you’ll notice that Amazon.com has their logo prominently on every package that leaves the warehouse. Gateway branded themselves in no small part with their distinctive black and white packaging. Imagine what a custom packaging solution company could do for you!

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We are a member of Northeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association. NELMA is pleased to offer IPPC ISPM 15 certification inspection services to facilities that produce wood packaging materials (WPM) such as boxes, crates, skids, pallets, etc. destined for use in exporting goods to the numerous countries that have implemented the International Standard for Wood Packaging.

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Boston Pack and Ship has IT

December 4, 2008 By admin

Boston Pack and Ship has IT… Questions every IT professional should ask before shipping any hardware

DATELINE: BRAINTREE, MA… For all the time IT professionals can put into a server project—weeks, months, even years—it’s surprising how little thought goes into shipping that piece of hardware. Particularly when you consider the expense of the project, the value or information that piece holds and why you’re shipping the server to begin with—e.g. a presentation for the board of directors, a big trade show, to replace an existing server, etc.

As small load specialists for the past two decades, Boston Pack and Ship has packed and shipped countless pieces of delicate and valuable—both in dollars and information—IT equipment and hardware. According to Boston Pack and Ship, ensuring the safe delivery of your IT equipment has everything to do with making the shipping of your IT project part of your planning process.

“Insurance is all well and good but it doesn’t buy you back the big presentation on your $50,000 server that you were making in Chicago for executives who flew in from all over the country. Or return the petabytes of data on your company’s backup server, lost forever because it was damaged when you shipped it in the original packaging,” said Bill Yankee, co-owner of Boston Pack and Ship. “As packing and shipping experts, some of the questions we ask our customers are the same ones IT professionals should be thinking about long before their project is due to ship.”

Where is your server or piece of computer equipment going to and when does it have to be there? – Ideally, you want to leave a one-week buffer. That’s not always possible but you should make it a standing rule to always give yourself a minimum of two days.

How will your shipment get to the shipping company? – Many times damage can be done to your package on the way to the shipping company. Some shippers, like Boston Pack and Ship, will pick up the item for shipping so they can safely transport it back to the warehouse to prepare the shipment.

In what container will you be shipping your hardware? – If it’s the original box, you may want to rethink that. Most likely the server or other piece of hardware was shipped as a part of a group, shrink-wrapped on a pallet. Who knows how the packaging will hold up when shipped individually in its second use.

Who will be receiving the shipment on the other end? So your shipment makes it safely to the loading dock, but who’s going to take it to its final, intended destination? And how far away is that from the loading dock. That can make a huge difference, particularly if the loading dock is in another building.

Boston Pack and Ship specializes in shipments of less than 1,000 pounds—parameters that pretty much cover most computer hardware and servers. In addition to customize packages and crates, they employ foam-in-place technology to secure more expensive and valuable IT equipment. In addition, the Braintree-based company has an on-site workshop for it to build customized wood crates. Tailoring these containers exactly to the dimensions of the shipment dramatically reduces the possibility of damage during shipping.

“You can get the proper amount of insurance monetarily but the best insurance is the packing. The same guys at Boston Pack and Ship who pick up your hardware at your place of business are the same ones creating the customized package for your shipment, so they understand the delicate nature of your shipment. That’s not often the case with other shippers,” said Yankee.

Boston Pack and Ship offers multiple U.S. shipping options including ground and air delivery to a terminal for pickup or inside delivery. International options include air or ocean with door-to-door or door-to-port delivery. Full declared value is available on both domestic and international shipments. Pick-up of items to be packed and shipped for delivery is made by appointment.

For more information on the breadth of Boston Pack and Ship’s services, you can visit the company Web site at www.bostonpackandship.com. For a free quote on an out-of-state or international move or shipment, please call (800) 400-7204.

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Save Money By Hiring Small Furniture Moving Companies

December 4, 2008 By admin

Do you need to relocate on a budget?  One great way to save money, time, and more stress than you’d even want to think about is to hire one of the nation’s small furniture moving companies.

Small furniture moving companies specialize in what is known in the trade as ‘small moves’. Small moves are actually what most of us think of when we relocate: transporting furniture, household items, and possessions packed in boxes.  Small furniture moving companies handle moving the couch, the dining room set, the china cupboard — all of the cumbersome items that break backs, fray nerves, and present real difficulties for the homeowner who tries to move on their own.

How does hiring small furniture moving companies save you money?

There are a number of ways that hiring small furniture moving companies can save you money.  Generally, small moves are priced according to the weight of the load being transported.  (Don’t worry if you don’t have a clue how much your household weighs: small furniture moving companies can help you with this part!)  Compare this with how general long distance moving companies charge: you pay for the use of the entire truck, whether or not you fill it up. Some small furniture moving companies also offer time-based pricing. 

With a small furniture moving company, you pay to move your things.  With a general moving company, you pay for the truck used to move your things.  There can be a huge difference: new or small families tend to not have as much stuff as larger or more established families.  It makes sense: fewer people, with less time, will accumulate fewer possessions. (Packrats aside, of course!) There’s a far smaller likelihood that you will fill — or would require — all of the room in a large moving truck. Why pay for it?

The services small furniture moving companies offer may be the perfect answer!

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Boston Pack and Ship creates International Student Division

December 4, 2008 By admin

No need to cram for summer sessions…Boston Pack and Ship creates international student division to aid students between semesters, after graduation.

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DATELINE:  BRAINTREE, MA… As an international college student living in greater Boston, you face challenges the local undergrad or grad student doesn’t, particularly if you have to be out of your dorm or apartment by semester’s end. Then, you face the dilemma of what to do with your personal belongings over the summer. Boston Pack and Ship, small load packing and shipping specialists for the past two decades, created an International Students division just to accommodate the special needs of foreign students.

Boston Pack and Ship offers temporary storage space in a secure, climate-controlled facility, conveniently located in Braintree, Mass. While other storage facilities charge you a flat rate for a specific size storage room, Boston Pack and Ship only charges for the space you use. So, you’re not renting an 8-foot by 10-foot space if what you’re storing only requires half that.

“Moving in and out of a city apartment or dorm room is tough enough, never mind having to deal your stuff every year because you don’t know what to do with it between school years,” said Joe Fell, co-owner of Boston Pack and Ship. “Our new International Student division is specially tailored to accommodate the needs of the international students. That can range from providing temporary storage space to shipping your personal belongings and other small load items either back home overseas or to your next stop after graduation.”

Boston Pack and Ship specializes in shipments of less than 1,000 pounds—parameters that can cover a lot of different items. For students shipping fragile items like computer monitors, stereo equipment and other pieces, Boston Pack and Ship uses foam-in-place technology as well as customized packages and crates to minimize movement and dramatically reduce the possibility of damage during shipping.

“When it comes to moving, international students have very specific needs and that’s why we created this special division,” said Fell. “If by offering temporary storage and our small load shipping capabilities can make easier what can be an incredibly stressful process—managing your stuff between two residences in two separate countries—we’re happy to provide the service.”

Boston Pack and Ship offers multiple U.S. shipping options including ground, air, delivery to a terminal for pickup or inside delivery. International options include air or ocean with door-to-door or door-to-port delivery. Full declared value is available on both domestic and international shipments. Pick-up of items to be packed and shipped for delivery is made by appointment.

For more information on the breadth of Boston Pack and Ship’s services, you can visit the company Web site at www.bostonpackandship.com. For a free quote on an out-of-state or international move or shipment, please call (800) 400-7204.

Small load specialists

Formerly known as The Packaging Store and now repackaged as Boston Pack and Ship, these small load specialists have been a trusted strategic partner of many movers in eastern Massachusetts for more than two decades. Based in Braintree, Massachusetts, Boston Pack and Ship employs custom crates and packaging and foam-in-place solutions to pack and ship everything from artwork to heirlooms, computers to antiques to both out-of-state and international destinations. Known for its fast and efficient customer service, one call is usually all it takes to schedule a pickup for a door-to-door or door-to-port shipment. For more information, visit www.bostonpackandship.com or call (800) 400-7204 for a free quote.

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Small Household Moving and Packaging: What Are Your Options?

December 4, 2008 By admin

Moving a small household, complete with furniture, clothing, and all the possessions that make a house a home, can be quite a job. You want to consider all of your options when it comes to small household moving and packaging. Considerations to take into account include budget, time constraints, and distances involved.

With that in mind, there are three primary options you can consider when planning a small household moving and packaging:

Do It Yourself

Do it yourself may be the most popular option for small household moving and packaging. It is also the most labor intensive, and may in fact, cost more money than you suspect. The time required to pack all of your possessions, load them into a truck (or series of pickup trucks borrowed from friends, if you’re really trying to do this on the cheap!) and unload it all again can be pretty extensive. Additionally, there’s a high risk of breaking and damaging your possessions, due to inexperience in packing, moving, and transporting them.

Small Household Moving and Packaging Companies

Small household moving and packaging companies specialize in the type of move the average family needs: transporting household possessions from one abode to another. This can be on a short or long distance basis. The advantages of using small household moving and packaging companies include the expertise they bring to the job in regard to both packing and transporting your possessions, a fleet of appropriate vehicles to do the job, strong people capable of hefting heavy furniture, and the stress reduction of knowing the job is in good hands. Additionally, because small household moving and packaging companies specialize in this type of move, their pricing structure tends to be more attractive than conventional moving companies.

Conventional Movers

Conventional movers are very similar to small household moving and packaging companies, with a few important differences. The primary difference is one of size: small household moving and packaging companies specialize on the small home. Conventional movers handle larger jobs and charge higher prices. If you’ve got a sizeable household, with lots and lots of heavy furniture, a conventional mover may be the best option. Just be prepared to pay for it.

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