Pack and Ship

The Village Express Pack & Ship

1204 Main Street, (in the rear of the building), Branford, CT, 06405

About this listing

The Village Express Pack & Ship is a pack and ship store in Branford, Connecticut, the kind of counter that will crate a painting, box an engine part or palletise the contents of a garage. Packing is the actual trade here, which matters more than it sounds: a carrier will decline a damage claim on anything it decides was badly packed. Stores like this normally rent mailboxes too, and are often the cheapest private mailbox in a town where the alternative is a franchise storefront.

Packs the awkward things and ships them: art, instruments, engine parts, crated freight. Usually rents mailboxes too, and usually the cheapest box in town.

Details

Type: Pack and Ship
Address: 1204 Main Street, (in the rear of the building)
Branford, CT 06405
Phone: 2034817426
Website: villageexpressbranford.com
Directions: Open in maps

What to expect

Typical of this kind of counter. Overture place data carries no service list, so confirm with the store before travelling.

Custom packingCrating and freightFragile and oversized itemsMailbox rentalQuotes on oversizedFreight brokerageArt and antiquesInsurance available

Location

Listing compiled from open place data. Submit a correction.

Ask at the counter

Ask what they charge to pack, separately from what they charge to ship. Carriers routinely refuse damage claims on anything they judge was badly packed, and this is the counter that owns that risk.
Ask about freight and pallets if the item is over about seventy pounds. This is usually where a local store beats an online quote.
Ask about the box rate. Independent pack-and-ship stores are often the cheapest private mailbox in a town.

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Also in Branford

Other mailbox and shipping counters within the same city.

Pack and Ship

The Village Express Pack & Ship

the rear of the building, 1204 Main St in

Branford, CT 06405

Custom packingCrating and freight