HOLIDAY SPECIAL
University Daily Kansan/Friday, December 9. 1988
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Mail agencies ship almost anything
By Daniel Niemi Kansan staff writer
From sending Mountain Dew and brownies to Puerto Rico to transport javelins for the athletic department, Lawrence's two commercial mail agencies are willing to transport just about anything.
"Some of the unusual things have become commonplace," said Ed Riddle, owner of Pack and Ship It Express Inc, 2449 Air St. "We've shipped dead animals to laboratories and expensive jewelry."
Bev Griffin, owner of the Mail Box,
2711 W. Sixth St., also said she would
ship most packages.
"We've shipped taxidermied frogs for a student, and also sewing machines, computers, desks, and, of
course, packages from mom," she said.
Both businesses handle sturdy and fragile packages, from furniture to
"I have shippedipped china that has to be packaged with tender-loving care, and I have shipped entire apartments," Griffin said.
She said it often cost less to ship furniture by United Parcel Service instead of hiring a van line.
Riddle said, "A lot of University students find it's easier to ship their belongings than rent a U-Haul trailer and go across the country."
However, commercial mailing businesses offer more than delivery
have let down," Griffin said. "We provide a lot of different choices."
Such choices at both businesses, in addition to overnight and second-day delivery service, include gift-wrapping, package, use of a fax machine and sale of all material needed for the transportation of a package.
"We give service where others
"A person can buy a gift and bring it in, and we can have it giftwrapped, packed and shipped," Riddle said.
Both owners said Christmas was their busiest season, but that packages were rarely lost. They said that packages shipped by UPS should be mailed by Dec. 16 for guaranteed delivery by Christmas
Procrastinators could wait as long as Dec. 21 for delivery by Christmas, but would need to use the more expensive express-mail companies.
Besides the delivery and packaging function, the Mail Box and Pack and Ship box mail boxes. Unlike post office boxes, these boxes can receive parcels in addition to regular first-class mail.
Some of Griffin's and Riddle's customers are people with homeowned businesses who want a business instead of a residential address.
Both owners said they were not competing with the U.S. Postal Service, but were extending their services.
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