A box is a box is a box, right? You've got a top and a bottom, four sides and room inside for your stuff. There's nothing complicated about a box -- and a shipping crate is just a big box, right? Well, actually, wrong. Completely and totally wrong. That's why we were recently dismayed by this Washington Post article in which it's suggested that a mover could construct their own shipping … [Read more...]
Export Crating Rules and Specifications – Who knew?
“Who knew that sending merchandise overseas could be such a headache?” Dylan Godwin shook his head. “You don’t even want to know what happened when I tried to send some collectible figurines to Brazil -- the export crating rules and specifications are so complex and confusing that it’s almost impossible to figure them out.” He shrugged. “Of course, if you mess them up, you wind up paying extra … [Read more...]