Hi, I’m Dolores Killette form the United States post mail service and I am showing you to properly pack and ship holiday gifts and we are ready to pack a holiday gifts now. Always practice right size shipping. A box that is too small will not give you enough room to put cushion in it. Also a box that is too large may leave too much room and I don’t can ship the ramp.
So someone like Goldilocks and the three bears will need the box that is just right. Also you want to remember that in shipping cost that you also pay for the shape, as well as the weight of the box. So you don’t want to make a practice of sending light weight items in large boxes. Don’t wrap your package in paper and don’t use wand to bind your packages. You will find that this will put in account base and can damage your package. Make sure to use sturdy boxes that can withstand the trip without contents in the box or packaging breaking. A box that is fluffy and soft is not suitable for shipping.
For example never use gift boxes or shoe boxes because they can easily be damage during the shipping. When reusing a box, make sure that you remove all previous labels or cover them up and make the structure of the box is intact. Packages can weigh up to 70 pounds and can measure up to 130 inches or a little more than ten feet in combined length and width. Now make sure that the width is measured at the largest point of the package. For your convenience the postal service offers free supplies to include labels and custom forms. Choose from a variety of express mail and variety of envelopes and boxes on our web site usps.com. And the postal service will deliver you supplies to, your door.
In addition, a variety of holiday theme boxes are available for sale at the post office. Choose from the holiday penguin to the ho-ho-ho, the boxes are self sealing so you don’t need any tape. Also they add that personal touch to the holiday season and for those of you who don’t like the wrap gifts make excellent gift boxes. Cushioned item with bubble wrap, newspaper just to make sure that they don’t ship and transit.
Yes, I know some of you are wondering why I have a popcorn here, well it’s been proven that popcorn makes excellent cushion material. Make sure you cushion all sides of your article. Just make sure the popcorn will hold the bottom close and shape the box just to make sure that it is well cushioned, if it’s not open it up and put more cushion in it. Wrap each items separately when you are packaging more than one gift in a box. And remove batteries from all toys and electronic equipment. They have a tendency to get activated when they are being ship.
See what I mean, one packages, fragile and large print on the outside of the box on any items that you are sending that might be breakful and it’s a good idea to write it on all sides of the box. If the item is perishable mark that also on the package in large letters and several spots on the package. And its also a good idea to include a label a letterhead, a business card inside the package that contains telephone number, address of the sender as well as the receiver. Just in case the package gets damage we can still deliver the package to the recipient.
Let’s go back to our snow ball, remember we packed it, we have cushioning in it, we are ready to seal it. We want to make sure that you seal the top and the bottom of the back box and use it at least three stripes of tape. Remember you are using packaging tape, so it’s the clear tape, the brown tape, or the paper tape. Just a little added security here. So as you can see that’s how you properly tape up your box, remember three stripes around, top and bottom just a little safety measurement on the side. Box is solid and properly tape.
Next we are ready to address to address our packages.
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