Shipping valuable or unusual items is a highly involved and demanding task. The planning needs to be perfect, and the execution needs to follow strict guidelines. The stress of proper packaging and handling can add far too much uncertainty to the shipping process. Here are a few guidelines to ensure that everything gets there in one piece.
- Leave it to professionals
People often under pack valuable and fragile items. This is primarily due to a lack of shipping knowledge. They don’t bother to use bubble wrap, opting for newspaper instead, which does little to insulate the product. Or, they will package valuables together, layering glass on top of glass, or placing easily scratched items on rough, coarse surfaces. Professional shippers know exactly how to pack valuables of various kinds; they have done it before and encountered a variety of unusual and difficult items.
- International shipping
Shipping items internationally opens up a whole new set of restrictions and strict guidelines. Weights and measures, values and contents need to be declared accurately, and will be verified along the way. On top of this, your items likely have a long way to travel, with frequent checkpoints to pass through. Utilizing a shipping crate takes this weight off your shoulders.
Shipping valuable, fragile, or unusual items can be an extremely stressful event as it is. You will likely be facing a deadline or some other time restriction. The last thing you want to worry about is losing your valuables to careless packaging. Consider the advantages of crating your belongings for shipping. Contact us today to learn more.
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