my rule of thumb is to take these people with a grain of salt.......they say they ship fine China, glass, mirrors, etc....but when you tell them it is a speaker, or amp or cd player....they envision Circuit City audio gear...they, like many people have no concept what an amp can be worth, or how fragile a tube amp is, so beware......I had someone ship me a Jadis Defy7 by them and they double boxed it with peanuts. Well, double boxed or not, they used thin (single walled) boxes which in no way can withstand shipping rigors. The amp came to me broken through the inner and outer box, and half hanging out of the outside carton. Yes it was damaged beyond repair.
Has anyone used "The Packaging Store" to ship?
I'm getting ready to ship a pair of 4ft tall 75 lb. speakers thru a place called "The Packaging Store". I don't have the speaker boxes, & this place packs & ships just about anything--in some cases they actually make custom wooden crates for packaging. It's expensive--about $300 to ship these maybe 500 miles--but that includes packing, & PU & delivery door-to-door. I believe there are a franchised chain of these places (the one I'm dealing with is in Eastern Mass.). Just wondering if anyone has had any experience in using them; or knows of any good alternatives. Thanks!