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Packing
We are a consolidator and repacker, not a simple bundler or forwarder. We open all your incoming packages and repack the items, Tetris-style, into the final outgoing shipping box. This is what reduces the dimensional weight and saves you all the money.
Why repacking is important:
Some helpful links:
You can see all the packing and shipping options while you do a consolidation or you can view them in your My Account Packing and Shipping Defaults.
The default is to leave all the boxes unchecked. For the exception, tick a box.
Here's a few notes about what happens after you submit a consolidation.
If you would like to combine consolidations with another customer, here is the protocol:
Both customers should submit their own consolidation normally. Both customers must put a note in the respective consolidation chat boxes confirming whose address should be used for the combined shipment. (When submitting the consolidation, choose the same transit time and shipping method, usually "pacme preferred," and we will adjust the fees later.)
When doing the consolidation, we will attempt to keep each customer's items bagged or identified so it's easy to split them out on your end, but avoiding dim weight expense, possibly by shuffling things around, will take precedence unless you tell us otherwise.
The PacMe fees (incoming package and consolidation fees) remain the same for each customer as if we were shipping each consolidation separately because we are essentially doing the same amount of work. We would reduce the consolidation fee if we were simply tossing a few small items into another customer's box, however.
To determine each customer's shipping expense, we will calculate the $/kg rate from the overall shipping cost and then apply that rate to each customer's weight. This could get a little tricky if dimensional weight is a big issue. We will try to explain our reasoning, but you can split the cost however you want after the fact.
We will charge each customer's account separately unless you tell us otherwise. |