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Anyone Remember Tea Chests?


Marisawright

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Once upon a time, tea chests were the most common way of shipping small personal effects. So common, in fact, that it was really easy to compare costs because almost every shipper quoted a fixed price per tea chest.

 

They were about the same size as a big removalists' box, but made of plywood with metal reinforced corners so they were much tougher than a cardboard box, and therefore you could feel a lot more comfortable about stuff not getting damaged.

 

I see people have posted about sending tea chests on these forums, but I'm assuming they weren't "real" tea chests, just the cardboard equivalent? I have never seen them advertised in Australia. I wish I could still get a couple of them to send some stuff ahead!

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