I agree with Chelillingworth and Fletchj. These types of places always charge 30-50% more than having Ups or Fedex pickup at you home. That is where there profit is. If you trust their crates, have then crated and bring them home and ship from there. I doubt they will permit this. A piano store might have high quality packing material as well.
Has anyone used "The Packaging Store" to ship?
I'm getting ready to ship a pair of 4ft tall 75 lb. speakers thru a place called "The Packaging Store". I don't have the speaker boxes, & this place packs & ships just about anything--in some cases they actually make custom wooden crates for packaging. It's expensive--about $300 to ship these maybe 500 miles--but that includes packing, & PU & delivery door-to-door. I believe there are a franchised chain of these places (the one I'm dealing with is in Eastern Mass.). Just wondering if anyone has had any experience in using them; or knows of any good alternatives. Thanks!