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How to Save Money   The Shipping Environment   How to pack for shipping   How to ship odd stuff   About insurance  

ABOUT SHIPPING
 
We divide the business of boxes into two categories:

Moving .... such as United Van Lines, U-Haul or your own truck ... and
Shipping .... such as Post Office, UPS, FedEx.

Movers tend to handle boxes pretty carefully.But the shipping environment is pretty rough.
 
All the comments in this section assume your boxes are going to be handled roughly in the shipping environment.
 
Here in San Diego, a lot of the shipping tends to go to "Zone 8" or across the country.   It can get expensive.   We think we can save anyone a couple of bucks with the tips in our How to Save Money page.

Most people have a very rosey and very wrong idea about how boxes are handled in transit.   We thought we'd try to offer a clearer picture of what happens.   See our   Shipping Environment page.

We've actually had customers say they were packing well because they "only had about a 10% loss rate"  in shipping.   This rate of loss is absolutely terrible!   Any loss rate above 1 in a thousand should be cause for rethinking your packing.   Our How to Pack for Shipping   page is a summary of suggestions for good packing.

We run across a lot of e-Bay sellers who suddenly discover their package is too big or too heavy for the post office.  Our How to Ship Odd Stuff  page offers a number of alternatives.

About Insurance   page.   We've got a couple of crazy tips you won't read anywhere else.

Remember, if you're packing a box for moving -- that is if only you or your mover will be handling your boxes -- you don't need to be quite so careful about packing.   Check out our "How to Pack for a Move" page, instead.
 
 

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