Another Way to Save on Your Long Distance Move/Shipment

People have many reasons for moving or shipping goods from one area of the country to another

area….jobs, schooling, family reasons, economic reasons, retirement are just a few of the reasons

people move great distances.

However, many people in this group, think there are only two options for getting their possessions across

the country.   A professional mover, or you can do it yourself in a rented truck.

Of course, this is a simplistic description, but all too valid.   In my company’s case, we provide a shipping service for

household goods and personal possessions, that allows the consumer to opt for any number of savings over the

traditional services of a full service mover.

For example, one of our benefits, is that we give our customers an option for both pick up service and delivery service

of our loads.  We can save the consumer money on the pick up, if the consumer brings the goods to one of our service

centers, as that allows us to pass on the savings we obtain by not having to use labor, fuel, a truck and other costs

incumbent on pick up the goods to be shipped.   By helping yourself out on the pick up or origin services, you might be

able to realize from 10 to 20% savings of your entire shipment cost.

Likewise, we offer another money saving option for our deliveries.   If you can bring the shipment into your own storage

unit or into your own garage or home, we can also save you up to 15% of the shipment cost by bringing the goods in from

the street, into your home or unit.

In these difficult economic times, you have to look harder for money saving options, but if you want them, we have them at

Box Brothers .   The Leaders Interstate Shipping, for over 28 years

Goodby 12 Hello 2013

As we enter the final days of 2012, one has to wonder what will be with 2013?

Will it be a better year economically?  Will the Fiscal cliff issues, somehow, get

resolved?   Will we have the types of tragedies we saw so much of in 2012?

The funny thing about the future, is that no one is right and everyone is right, as the

answers to these questions and many more, are still left to be determined.   In some

small way, a lot of these answers have to do with how we, as consumers and as we,

as Americans, act in the future.

Economically, they say that 70% of all of our economic activity is about you and me as consumers

and how we feel about the security or the future of our jobs, homes, and overall economy is dependent

on if we spend and obviously, if we rack up the charges on our credit card bills (the English translation anyway…)

With all this talk about the fiscal cliff, it seems to me, will simply result in more fear and more reluctance to spend

on things one might need or want, but feel the need to cut back when times are uncertain.   So, the obvious question

is why do those in power keep doing it?

As a small businessman, we rely on our customers to come into our businesses and buy our products and use our

services.   But being both a business person and a consumer, I feel the pull both ways and I find myself making excuses

not to move forward on fixing one thing or the other, or delaying projects, or just feeling as though I don’t need to buy

that item or need that service quite yet.

At the same time, this is getting old and our leaders obviously do not get it, or feel the same things I do as a small

business person.   I just do not get it, as none of their actions make any sense, as all they do is blame each other and

of course, nothing gets fixed, at best, the issues get pushed down the road.  It is anyone’s guess what will happen next.

But I want to be on the side of optimism, even if there are some signs that optimism, in our world, is on short supply.

I am hopeful for increased retail sales and increased customer activity not just for us, as owners of a business, but for

our employees and our customers, its time all of us move forward, as the problem with this recovery is that it is uneven

and unfair to smaller businesses, as opposed to larger businesses, who have greater access to capital and better buying

opportunities that those of us in small regional businesses.

While it is said that the bigger you are, the better you are, and in some ways they are right, but there is no large corporation

on this earth that can provide the level of service to its customers than small business does, as has been proven for many,

many years.   Some people forget this, like the politicians who decide that it’s their way or no way, and all they are doing it

hurting the small guy.   I wish we had a better voice, but I am not give up hope that notwithstanding all of these issues,

we are going to have a good year, both economically and socially, as we need it, its overdue and we can’t wait any longer.

Bring on 2013, but let’s leave the politician’s behind…..