[ios84dev]

Why don't you just drop your packages off at a UPS Store? They seem to do almost all of that stuff for you, obviously for a premium.

Obviously you can't do that from your home, but you probably don't have all the tools to do a lot of stuff at your home and you have to go somewhere for it. Plus, if you are going to/from work in the first place, it seems like a pretty trivial thing to do. Stop off to drop a package off, or if their website says you have a package, pick it up.

[georgespencer]

Because I live in the UK, and the nearest UPS Store is on the Eastern Seaboard of the USA.

[giergirey]

I think "Mail Boxes Etc" is probably our UK equivalent of UPS Stores. Amongst other things, they can do packaging and labelling and act as a broker across the various couriers. I've had good experiences with MBE but I've only used them to ship high value items internationally - I don't know how cost effective they are for other stuff. And obviously, they're still at the mercy of the couriers (though you can at least tell them which ones you want or don't want to use).

[baq]

No such thing as an UPS store where I live.