My local liquor store gave me a bunch of vodka/ gin/ wine boxes with cardboard separators. This seems like a very convenient and ideal way to ship (versus the plain cardboard boxes i have been using thus far). My issue is that i know its against fed ex policy to ship alcohol, so is there any issue using boxes that display the fact that the box originally contained alcohol (provided that i of course don't tell them i'm shipping beer)? And if this is allowed, does it raise red flags for fed ex when you ship in these boxes? Any input would be appreciated because i'd love to use these versus open cardboard boxes for future trades. Cheers!
I use wine shippers from Uhaul. They work great. Makes packing easy. They are actual shippers, not boxes from the store.
http://alewatcher.blogspot.com/2010/11/new-trader-tips.html should always be your baseline when packaging beer for trade. So long as the boxes can fit into a second larger box, you're good to go.
I use wine and liquor boxes often as "part of box in a box" Fed Ex makes one standard shipping box that is about 2 inches larger in every dimension than most wine boxes. Get one. Thats's great for stuffing in-between with bubblewrap, paper, Styrofoam cardboard etc...(use a lot; make it a tight fit.0 But i'd personally never send just an wine box full of beers(though obviously such boxes filled with glass bottles of boose travel all over the country every day. I'd just rather be overly cautious and send super stuffed ugly box then have a bottle break due to my lazy packing.
Go with wine bottle shippers. Gorilla Shipper brand is amazing! I've sent many and never had any issues! Plus the recipient gets a sweet box to ship more beer back to you
