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All About Courier Services
Couriers have existed for thousands of years. Of course, back in those days, the services were considerably more basic, because the only means for delivery was running. One of history’s most famous messengers is Pheidippides, the legendary Greek who ran from Marathon to Athens to notify the people of Athens of a victory in battle.…
Read MoreNext Day LTL Trucking
Eveready Express is proud to offer next day LTL trucking service for companies. LTL means Less Than Truckload. If a shipment is LTL, it is relatively small, and can be broken down into units that are less than 150 pounds. LTL shipments can be transmitted at a lower cost than a full truckload. Eveready Express…
Read MoreThe Future of Messenger Services
At Eveready Express, we promise to provide fast and reliable messenger, courier, and expedited local trucking service for Tri-State Area Firms. This has served our customers well since we started our business in 1984. Of course, as businesses have evolved, we’ve had to slightly modify our business model to match the times. That’s why we’re…
Read MoreExplaining Package Delivery: The Etymology of Mail
A package delivery is often referred to as mail, a word that, in its current form, dates back to the 17th century, with the word first appearing in 1654 to mean a bag full of letters. Over time, as language evolved, mail began to refer to the letters or the package itself, and a new…
Read MoreOutsource Your Medical and Lab Specimen Delivery
Aside from regular courier services, Eveready’s team is trained in transporting critical medical supplies, medicine, laboratory specimens, transplant organs and medical records in the NY/NJ area. We provide this service because it has recently become more popular for hospitals and medical clinics to outsource their delivery needs instead of doing it in house. Some of…
Read MoreCourier Messenger Service Since Egyptian Times
The Egyptians were known for being pioneers in a number of areas, including the study of mathematics and the formation of a written language, but did you know that Ancient Egypt was also the first civilization to use a courier messenger service? Historians believe that the first organized messenger service dates back to approximately 2400…
Read MoreBlind Shipments Available from Eveready Express
Sometimes a business needs to keep its supplier confidential from the customer. When people need to ship directly from the supplier to the customer but need to protect the product source, they use what we in the package delivery industry call “blind shipping.” When you ship goods but list another company’s name instead of your…
Read MoreTime is of the Essence: Same Day Delivery
Many small business owners and managers claim that one of the major setbacks to building a positive brand name are being unable to provide services quick enough. In the current market, consumers expect the services or goods they require immediately, and if not immediately, then yesterday. In order to compete in this atmosphere it is…
Read MoreStrange Subscription Services
Delivery services have been around for quite a while–so, naturally, people have gotten pretty comfortable with the idea of having items sent directly to their doorsteps. Some popular new trends in package delivery are monthly subscription services. These are typically normal items, like wines, oils, or cheeses, but, recently, many of these subscription services have taken…
Read MoreThe Most Expensive Stamps in the World
Package delivery and, more generally, messenger services have always been closely related to the idea of some sort of postage tax. Of course, with the onset of more popular private delivery companies, other means of payments have been developed. Nonetheless, postage stamps have been the go-to currency for sending goods for quite a long time.…
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