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Shipping Boxes: Everything You Need To Know

March 14, 2014 by admin

Consider the cardboard shipping box. Is there anything more easily taken for granted in the world today than a cardboard box? We don’t think so. You see cardboard boxes everywhere, everyday. They’re stacked up in grocery stores, are full of paper in the office supply cupboard – you might even have them in your home, holding all of those college textbooks you were definitely going to use as references after you graduated!

But all of these cardboard boxes that surround you  have a secret. They’re really, really, really no good at serving as shipping boxes. If you trust your fragile items – or really, frankly, your not-so-fragile items – to one of the boxes you recycle from the grocery store or supply cupboard, guess what is going to happen?

If you’re lucky – some would say extremely lucky – that used cardboard box will have enough strength left in it to stand up to the rigors of traveling through the shipping environment. It’ll stay together when it’s tossed onto a truck, stacked under heavy boxes, and manhandled off of that truck onto another vehicle (a plane, boat, or other truck) where it is stacked again, unloaded again (and perhaps again and again!) until it reaches your recipient’s door.

But sometimes you’re not so lucky. Cardboard boxes are designed to make one trip through the shipping cycle. They lose essential rigidity and strength by being open, closed & manipulated. The box that can stand up to having a heavy box stacked on top of it once might not be able to bear the same thing twice. And do you know what happens then? The box collapses, and your stuff inside gets crushed. Or lost, because now the box has split open, and can’t keep your items inside. If this box is going to a customer, they’re not going to be happy. If you’re sending a present to a friend, they’re not going to be thrilled it’s broken either.

The answer is getting new shipping boxes from your South Shore shipping store, Boston Pack and Ship. You’ll spend a little money, but save a fortune in terms of heartache and disappointment.

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I used Boston Pack and Ship to send an antique piece of furniture from Boston to Sedona, AZ. I can't say enough about their service and the quality of the packing. Item arrived on the day they said it would and was in pristine condition. Easy to work with and great customer service. Highly recommend.
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I hired Boston Pack and Ship to move two items from my storage unit in the Boston area to my home in Florida. Gene Sullivan was 110% responsive. He picked up the items on time, packed them expertly; and they arrived in perfect condition about ten days after pick up. I could not ask for better service. Five stars is not enough!
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Casey Movers4/26/2018
We at Casey Movers do not hesitate to refer our customers to this business for shipments we do not think we are best suited for (smaller inter-state shipments under 3,000lbs, etc). Have had great feedback from clients that have utilized this service. Thank you from all at Casey Movers for providing top notch service and have a great new year!
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