Posted on Tue, Jun 22, 2010
If you would like to save money, why not let pack n send move your furniture via freight? We load your furniture onto a pallet ship it via freight, and deliver it to your door step. For one item or more than one item, this is a great option.
There are no dollar amount minimums, or pound minimums.
Whether is an estate that your are dismantling, a student going off to college or a relocation, this is an inexpensive way to move furniture and household items. New job? We can help you're your move easy. We will set up the delivery with you the day before, so that we make sure you are on hand to see your furniture unloaded.
Corporations find furniture freighting as a very cost effective way to ship. Documents, office files as well as furniture are a natural for freighting. We also offer overnight shipping of computers so that your office is up and running in a very short time period.
If your furniture is large, small oddly shaped or very heavy, we can pack and ship it professionally so that it arrives in great shape!
We have been packing and shipping since 1981, so please call us with any of your questions. Our staff answers each phone call personally. No answering machines to deal with. You can also email in your request for a quote. We can ship your items either domestically, or internationally. We even prepare all the international documentation.
If you need a high value item crated for your freight move, pack n send is the company to call.
Our phone number is 713 266 1450, and email address is sales@pack-n-send.com
Posted on Mon, Jun 14, 2010
For those summer movers, we have a few handy packing tips.
Start to pack early. Do not wait until the day of the move to begin your packing.
When possible, pack one room from start to finish. Mark each box clearly with the room your box will be delivered to, as well as the items in each box.
Pack heavier items on the bottom of the box. Be sure to use lots of packing materials. Peanuts, bubble and newsprint are a good start. Newsprint is better than a used newspaper, as there is no ink to damage your goods.
If you have just a few items to ship, pack n send can freight your furniture. We can even send your furniture via cargo over seas. We ship via cubic meters as well as containers.
For any moving, furniture freighting, or cargo shipping questions, please call pack n send at 713 266 1450.
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Posted on Tue, Jun 08, 2010
US - The use of new technology, rail computer software which analyses traffic flow information and planned schedules and then optimizing the routes that train should take has been undergoing tests on a 200 mile stretch of track in Georgia. The system, GE Rail Edge Movement Planner, was thoroughly trialed by rail giant Norfolk Southern after an approach from GE Transportation, and the results appear remarkable.
Norfolk Southern is expanding the technology's use to its entire 22-state rail network through 2012. Movement Planner will help Norfolk Southern increase the average network speed train velocity of its trains by 10-20 percent, representing a significant opportunity for cost savings and train delay reductions. The companies say that by integrating railroad logistics with traffic control systems, the technology projects expected track usage, based on train schedules, and then produces an optimized plan to get trains moving faster and more efficiently. By maximizing existing railroad resources, Rail Edge also improves railroad crew management availability.
"With railroads, it's about scale," said Wick Moorman, CEO of Norfolk Southern. "GE's Rail Edge supports incremental routing and speed improvements down to the individual train level. That will add up to sizeable efficiency gains on a 2,500-train per day, 21,000-route mile system like ours. When we make the best use of our existing transportation infrastructure, that's a competitive advantage for our customers and for the country."
Pack n send has published this article from handy shipping guide as service to our customers. Pack n send has ships cargo from Houston as well as the rest of the nation. We also ship furniture via freight and ship internationally both via cubic meters and containers.
For more information about the ways pack n send can help make your freight shipping easy, please call us at 713 266 1450.
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Posted on Tue, Jun 01, 2010
US - Once again the American Trucking Association advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased for the sixth time in the last seven months, gaining another 0.9 percent in April. Together with a 0.4% increase in the previous month means the Index hit its highest level since September 2008 at 110.2 up six and a half percent in the last seven months. 2010's year to date tonnage is up six percent against 2009.
ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello said that the latest tonnage reading fits with a sustained economic recovery. "Truck tonnage volumes continue to improve at a solid, yet sustainable, rate. Tonnage is being boosted by robust manufacturing output and stronger retail sales." Costello also reiterated a statement from last month's release, saying: "For most fleets, freight volumes feel better than reported tonnage because the supply situation, particularly in the truckload sector, is turning quickly."
The ATA say, with some authority, that truck freight offers a snapshot of the nation's health and serves as a barometer of the U.S. economy, representing 68 percent of tonnage carried by all modes of domestic freight transportation, including manufactured and retail goods. Trucks hauled 8.8 billion tons of freight in 2009. Motor carriers collected $544.4 billion, or 81.9 percent of total revenue earned by all transport modes. The ATA index has functioned for over thirty years and is based on responses from a sample of its 37,000 members who range from major national less than truckload (LTL) operations to small local carriers.
Pack n send is posting this article on our website taken from handy shipping guide. Once again we are able to post a positive article for the shipping and freight industry.
For any questions about freight and cargo shipping, please feel free to contact pack n send at 713 266 1450.
Posted on Wed, May 12, 2010
Pack n send receives many phone calls about our international shipping services. We are providing the list of countries that we ship to so that our customers have a handy guide to look at. We offer air, ground, cubic meter, freight and container shipping options. Once you call us and let you know what you would like to ship, we can help you by providing you with the most cost effective option for you shipping needs.
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
American Samoa
Andorra
Angola
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Baruba
Belarus
Belize
Belgium
Benin
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bolivia|
Bonaire
Botswana
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
Brittish Virgin Islands
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Cayman Islands
Chile
China
Colombia
Congo
Congo Republic of
Cook island
Costa Rica
Croatia
Curaco
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
DPR of Korea Republic
East Timor
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia |
Faeroe Islands
Falkland Islands
Faroc Islands
Fiji
Finland
France
French Guinana
French Polynesia
Gabon
The Gambia
Germany
Georgia
Ghana
Gibraltar
Ginvea-Bissau
Ginvea-Exquatorial
Greece
Greenland
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guam
Guatemala
Guernsey
Guinea
Guinea Republic
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran-Islamic Republic of Tersey
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Ivory Coast
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korpa
Kosovo
Kosrae Island
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Libyan Arab Jamahiriy
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macao
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Martinique
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mayotte
Mexico
Micronesia
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Montserrat
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
Netherlands Antilles
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Nive
Northern Mariana Islands
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
|Palau
Palestine
Panama
Papa New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Phillipines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Republic of Nevis
Reunion
Romania
Rota
Russia
Rwanda
Saba
Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands)
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovak Republic
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
Somaliand
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sri Lanka
St. Barthelemy
St. Croix
St. Eustatius
St. John
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Maarten
St. Thomas
St. Vincent
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Tadjikistan
Tahiti
Taiwan
Tanzania
Thailand
Tinian
Tonga
Tongo
Tortola
Trinidad and Tobago
Truk
Tunisia
Turkey
Turks and Caicos Islands
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States of America
U.S. Virgin Islands
U.S. Virgin Islands(Brittish)
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vatican City
Venezuela
Vietnam
Virgin Gorda
Wallis and Futuna
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
For more information about international shipping, please feel free to contact pack n send at 713 266 1450.
Posted on Wed, May 05, 2010
We are continually looking for ways to save our customers money. With our furniture freighting service, we can pick up anywhere in the United States, put your furniture on a truck, and have your furniture delivered to your home or office. We have many repetitive customers, but if you are a one time shipper, that is fine too.
There is not a minimum weight requirement as there is with more traditional moving services. We offer both curbside delivery, and inside delivery. The curbside delivery saves the most amount of money. If you need a lift gate truck at either the pick up or delivery, we will provide it.
We make sure of your items will be items being shipped are properly and securely packaged.
The freight shipment will be packaged, crated, or stacked and secured onto a palletpallets with metal banding. Labels will be placed on every freight piece of freight.
We will provide you with your bill of lading number. We offer full value coverage for your shipment for both loss and damage.
We deliver to homes, business, apartments, estates, farms, and construction sites. All we need is an address and phone number. We call ahead of time to arrange delivery. Once the pallet arrives, all you need to do is inspect all of your items, sign for the shipment, and you are done.
The unpacking of the freight can be accomplished on your own time schedule.
All you need to do is let us know the pick up, delivery address, items that you need to ship and value, and we will handle your freight shipment.
We freight office furniture, home furnishings, purchases made for designers and just about anything else. Of course for individuals or businesses requiring white glove service, we offer our moving services.
If you have any questions about furniture freighting, please feel free to call us at 713 266 1450.
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Posted on Tue, May 04, 2010
It is now time to ship from Houston and all over the world for Mothers Day.
Flowers are always nice, but we have compiled at list of common and not so common gifts for Mothers Day.
Picture Frames
Gardening tools
Custom m & m's
Custom necklaces
Heart necklaces
Cell Phone
Camera
Appliances
Personalized Jewelry Box
Personalize Magazine cover prints
Digital Photo Frame
Engraved Photo Frame
Movies
Music
GPS System
iPod Touch
MP3 Player
Bathrobes
Beauty Kits
Hand Cream
Makeup
Personalized Cookie Jar
Spa Gift Certificate
Candy
Chocolate
Perfume
Personalized T Shirts
Magazine Subscription
Candles
Glider
Outdoor Furniture
Comforter
Fruit and Nut Basket
Cheese Basket
Monogrammed Towel
Monogrammed Bath Robe
Purse
Wallet
Flowers
Dried Floral Arrangement
Home made cards
While pack n send may not have listed every Mothers Day gift that can be shipped, made or given, we have tried to help out the "Gee I cannot think of a gift." customer.
If you need further ideas or need to ship something, please give us a call. And Happy Mothers Day from pack n send.
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Posted on Tue, Apr 27, 2010
It is once again spring cleaning time. For our
eBay customers this means extra money in their pockets.
Weather we are shipping pieces of furniture as freight from Houston, or wrapping and shipping fine china, we are able to help our customers sell their items on eBay.
We even list items from estates and then ship them all over the country.
We can custom crate their sales, or just box up and ship the less expensive eBay items.
We offer both domestic and international shipping for all eBay items. If your final customer is in Kazakhstan, Italy or Omaha, we can ship your eBay sale.
Our eBay customers drop off their items to sell. We do the research, list the item, answer all questions, ship the item, and then cut our customers a check.
eBay selling in Houston is made easy at pack n send.
For all your eBay needs in Houston and shipping needs, please contact pack n send at 713 266 1450.
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Posted on Wed, Apr 14, 2010
Pack n send is republishing parts of this article from the LA times.
We are seeing an increase in furniture moving - furniture freighting from Houston to California. In good times shoppers from all over the country come to Houston to purchase small amounts of furniture. Pack n send, a Houston mover is able to freight or move small amounts of furniture all over the world.
Excerpts of article written By Alejandro Lazo LA Times
Southern California's housing market showed fresh signs of momentum in March with the median price and sales pace improving from the same month a year earlier as buyers hurried to take advantage of a soon-to-expire federal tax incentive, cheap prices and low interest rates.
The median price paid for new and previously occupied houses and condominiums in Southern California jumped 14% in March to $285,000 from the same month a year earlier, according to San Diego real estate research firm MDA DataQuick. The closely watched median -- the price at which half the homes sold for more money and half for less -- rose 3.6% from February.
In Orange County, the region's priciest market, the median rose 12.2% to $432,000 as the number of foreclosure properties on the market sank and more homes in expensive neighborhoods were sold.
"There is no question that prices at the lower end of the market have stabilized and are showing some increases," said Esmael Adibi, director of the Gary Anderson Center for Economic Research at Chapman University in Orange. "While this is welcome news, the word of caution is people should not really see this as the values of homes changing. It is mostly the mix we are seeing change" as sales pick up in more expensive areas.
The overall jump in the region's median reflects a rebound from the depths of the financial crisis a year ago, when fears of another Great Depression abounded and a glut of foreclosed homes hit battered markets such as the Southland. Those fears have receded, fewer foreclosures were in the region's sales mix last month, and more homes in higher-priced coastal markets were sold, contributing to the price jump.
"It's almost like a boom-year figure," said Ed Leamer, director of the UCLA Anderson Forecast. "But the numbers over the last several years have been influenced by the number of bank-owned properties, and the banks were selling their homes at rock-bottom prices."
Southern California's sales pace also improved last month from March 2009, up 5%, but not as robustly as usual for a March, DataQuick said. A total of 20,476 houses were sold in March, up from 19,506 sold in the same month a year earlier, but that was about 18% off the historical average.
"Right now the question is not whether the housing market is in recovery. The real question is how sustainable that recovery is, and that is where the gray area resides," said Christopher Thornberg, principal of Beacon Economics. "The market is being driven by government policy and not by fundamentals, and now the government is starting to back off."
Also, the Federal Housing Administration, which has stepped up its support of low-interest mortgages for first-time buyers, has tightened its lending standards.
At the end of this month, a federal tax-credit program for first-time buyers and for some current homeowners is scheduled to expire. The program provides as much as $8,000 to first-time buyers and as much as $6,500 to current homeowners.
Last month California lawmakers decided to add to the stimulus package and approved a credit of up to $10,000 for first-time home buyers and those buying newly built homes. The credit will take effect May 1.
For more information on furniture moving from Houston, or freight forwarding from Houston, please feel free to call us at 713 266 1450.
Posted on Mon, Mar 15, 2010
As we continue to freight and move small amounts of furniture throughout the country. Pack n sends experience mirrors the trend noted by Edward Glaeser in his New York Times article on February 16, 2010. We are seeing more college students move back home after graduation, and our younger customer moving back at least temporarily with their families.
According to Glaeser, the Current Population Survey, only four hundred thousand new house hold formed from March 2008 and March 2009. While there were about a million new families, the number of non family households dropped by three hundred thousand.
This recession has been particularly hard on younger workers. The number of jobs held by 20- to 24-year-olds declined four point five per cent in 2009, while the number of jobs held by people over the age of 25 dropped 1.8 percent. Staying at home is an understandable response from younger workers to the labor market woes. The rate of household formation also fell during the 1982 recession and the Great Depression.
For more information on moving small amounts of furniture though out the country or worldwide, please feel free to contact pack n send at 713 266 1450.