What needs Store you could potentially have a PO Box here I personally came in to get fingerprinted for another clearance for the State that worked great. The owner was so friendly, fast and efficient. He was working by himself. He had a fully booked day. I was the first client of the day he got me in and out he asked why I was taking pictures and I explained to him how wonderful the yelp community is and to help get the word out. He's located here off Bellevue Way in the Hawthorne Hills shopping Mart center. I would definitely say go in and support the small business he's a great staple in the area and the value is very reasonable. I picked up some Seattle souvenirs for some of my friends and other states picked up a cute little tote bag and all I went in for his fingerprinting so I would definitely say check him out he's got school supplies. He's got tools. He's got bubble wrap cards magnets. I even saw like some plastic silverware Office supplies. Definitely check them out. Really nice guy. read more

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DO NOT COME HERE FOR FINGERPRINTING. The machine crashes multiple times during the process and you will have to redo it 4-5 times. I was there for an hour and got an email the next day saying I need to have it redone because it wasn't even a good fingerprint. Do not waste your time here. I am on a deadline so this is really annoying read more

In 2023, wanted to drop off a package that was already to go, guy wanted to charge. In 2024, had an Amazon package delivered here to try out the service. Guy wouldn't give me package. Can't say I'll be going back read more

Wish I could give this place 0 stars. WORST SERVICE EVER. Told me I had to pay a "service fee" after scanning my package and told me I had no choice but to pay now. HORRIBLE DO NOT GO! read more

I would give this zero stars if I could. This is the worst mailing business I've ever encountered. Last week, I went in to return a product. I had the return mailing label and the product in its original packaging, though I thought I might need an external box. The employee at Pak Mail told me he would tape the original packaging and stick the return label on, but he'd charge me $10 for this service. I was shocked at how expensive that was, but before I could respond, he said he had already scanned the product into their system and couldn't return it to me. Reluctantly, I pulled out my credit card and mentioned that he should've told me about the charge before scanning the product. His response? "You as a customer have every right to ask beforehand." Really?? What kind of attitude is that? Isn't his job as a service provider to inform his customers? I let it go and paid the $10, even though it felt like a rip-off. But here's the kicker: today, the product was returned to my house. For that $10, he didn't even bother to attach the return label to the package before sending it to UPS! This experience was beyond frustrating. Poor communication, unprofessional attitude, and a failure to perform the service I paid for. I will never use this business again and strongly recommend others stay away. read more

This place is under new management and it's terrible. Not at all the reliable service it once was. I signed up for a one-year post box and package receiving service. I regret this waste of money. It closed for days without notice except for a note taped on the door. No email or phone call. I could not access my pre-paid post box or receive packages. Again without notice they have decided to charge for accepting packages: $5 for small, $10 for medium, $20 for large or heavy items. This is not an honest way to do business and I will never go there again. Please do not waste your money or time on this place. read more

Pak Mail - Pak Mail sign - Shipping Centers Near Me - Bellevue, Washington

Very friendly and funny employee. I went in for fingerprints, it was very efficient. Was done in around 5 minutes!

Absolutely horrible. Walked in for fingerprints. Complete mayhem. Clearly had overbooked to make money not because they could handle that volume. Huge wait time. No system in place to handle it. Go elsewhere even if it's a long drive. read more

Go elsewhere. I have had a mailbox here for 11 years. There is a new owner who has strange ideas about how to run a packing and shipping service and what to offer for sale. He has now decided to charge $5 to $20 depending on the size, for receiving packages when, on the company's website, it states that Pak Mail will accept packages from all major carriers, including FedEx, UPS, USPS, and DHL." And I have been receiving my packages here at no additional charge for 11 years. Plus, he has created an odd array of items for sale: soap, cheap kid toys, statues of the space needle, soup, trucker hats, shot glasses...very strange. And on top of that, he is rude, rude, rude. I have started the laborious task of changing my address to another one. I suggest you give your business to another packing and shipping business, one who is professional. read more

I wanted to send a document by DHL and they tried to charge me more than $250 and told me that was my only option. I said No thanks and called DHL. The price they quoted me was $108. Avoid this store unless you want to get scammed! This is the Bellevue WA Bellevue Way Store that I am reviewing read more

Not a fan of the new owners at all. We are taking our business elsewhere after many years . 1. they doubled the annual price of the mailbox to more than any other provider in the region. 2. One day they put up a sign that Large boxes receiving will incur a handling fee. 3. Then with no notice they pencil in on the sign that $5-10 fees will apply to Small, Medium boxes as well. Sorry No, I am not going to pay $5 PER a small package, (on a maybe $20 item & on top of paying above market rates for a mailbox) just for the package to sit on a rack until I drive there and pick it up. It's not that busy of a place, the incremental handling costs nothing, certainly not $5. So FYI The UPS Store is 10% cheaper for a mailbox, they dont have arbitrary fees, they have email notification, and their staff is extremely courteous and professional. read more

Weird place. Tried charging me $20 to drop off a small prepaid DHL item and a prepaid USPS Media Mail item. No thanks. And what's with all the tchotchkes in the lobby for sale? I can't take this place serious as a pack and ship shop. Go to the real pros at UPS or FedEX. read more

Grossly over priced with aggressive sales tactics and offensively rude customer service. Don't take my word for it, check out the attached pictures for proof. Nas was my sales rep, who is the same name you will see in other one star reviews on Yelp and Google. It is a small operation, so likely the person most of us will get if you walk into the store. If you don't have time to read this or the other one star reviews, then you definitely don't have time to waste dealing with this company. Details: I was shipping an item pre-packaged in a wood crate from the manufacturer. Packmail offered me what they refer to as a "deeply discounted" shipping rate seen in the attached invoice of $765. For comparison, I also included a screenshot of what others subsequently quoted me to ship this very item to the same address ($300 when I include residential pickup from my home with a liftgate truck or $200 if you don't require that service and load it onto the truck directly). Pack mail didn't include pickup in their price. I drove it to their store. Nas was upset that I had this knowledge on fair market shipping rates, rude in his response and indicated "If I know so much about shipping, I shouldn't take advantage of their services." I had already told him I had no issue paying $150 above retail rates and wasn't looking to save a few bucks, but $150 above retail was insufficient. Seriously? I thought I was supporting a local biz, who clearly has access to even better rates than I do and $150 markup above retail to ship an item professionally packaged by manufacturer is more than reasonable. . Clearly they wanted to gouge me on the sale. No problem, I stated I wish to get my item back and take my biz elsewhere. They responded back unless I was able to immediately pick the item back up from their store, I was left with no other option than to pay. They knew I was leaving for Montana when I dropped the item off so this was not an option to pick up until the following week. (Reference other reviews that cite the storage fee, short on space excuse, and other high pressure tactics, etc). On top of the price being absurd, Nas noted it was *deeply discounted* off their normal rate of $1390 (repeat customer discount, terminal fee waiver, etc). Yes, if you are a new customer you would have paid even more. It appears $625 more! More than likely, it is just a made up discount. Regardless, this level of discounting alone is a huge red flag as it documents just how crazy of a markup they would "normally" apply. The alternative explanation is these are marketing tactics to make the customer feel good if they don't know true costs. Get educated and go to freightcenter.com to get actual rate quotes in 2 clicks. Here are examples of rates I recently paid in the past 12 months to show how crazy this rate quote is: pinball machine (4x the size and 3x the weight) via air cargo from Australia to Seattle is less expensive to ship than pakmails pre-discount rates on this smaller/lighter item. A chartered 22 wheeler semi truck full of timber with no other cargo from Montana to Whistler, BC is only 2x the prediscount pakmail prices for a 150 lb 14in wide poster display. Uhhhh? Yeah.... High pressures sales tactics include: Would not provide even a ballpark estimate range of shipping costs when I dropped off the fully packaged item off. Nobody else was in the store. It was 30 mins before closing. Knew I was heading out of town next day and said they would call with an estimate, but when they emailed the estimate they told me unless I took the offer I would have to immediately pickup the item or I had no other option than accept their price, which was obviously infeasible when I am two states away on travel. Performed work on the item I never requested or authorized (inspected interior contents despite me showing pictures of the inside on drop off, wrapped wood crate in shrink wrap, added 2x4 foot to bottom of crate - even though we explicitly discussed it was not required at drop off). Alternative businesses to consider: Craters & Freighters will pickup, pack and ship any item. They are honest and polite. I had them crate up 7 paintings for me over several years. If you already have the item packed up and just need LTL shipping go to: freightcenter.com. You will save a ton. You may also want to try North American Van Lines for household items you don't want to pack up. They have wrapped pinball machines in blankets and shipped coast to coast for $400. Never an issue. Nas will invariably respond to the review and point out how it was the customers fault. Reference all other biz responses to the one star reviews on google and yelp, where the biz takes no responsibility for the poor customer experience. Read those reviews. I surely wish I had done so. Save yourself a headache and major money. If you are a new customer, bring extra money as you won't get the same $625 discount as I thankfully got. :) read more

Pak Mail - Shipping Centers Near Me - Bellevue, Washington

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I had worked with the precious owner of this store....and never had a problem. The new owner is incredibly rude and They lack customer service. My husband and I simply tried to price shipping a piece of art. They were very aggressive and unwilling to answer basic shipping pricing info. It was so uncomfortable we took our business elsewhere. #toocomplicated. TRUST the other reviews....don't be a victim. #customerservice read more

Unfortunately this team is extremely rude and unethical. I was so disappointed with our experience working with these folks. We had an urgent shipping request that needed special packaging/handling during COVID and were looking for a vendor that was well equipped to help ensure that the items could be shipped safely. However, Nas applied extreme high pressure on us, pushing us to leave the items with him for several days and ended up tossing them into a box like it was going in a dumpster. Meanwhile, every day we were receiving multiple phone calls to inflate the price and work being done, with multiple reassurances that they were professionals who were diligently packing the items with extreme care. It wasn't until we saw with our own eyes what an extreme mess everything was. The worst part is that the team decided to take advantage of the opportunity and fraudulently charge $1100 on our card with no authorization. We never signed a contract or approved a quote, but the PakMail team decided to extort us during a vulnerable time, taking anything and everything they could. Extremely disappointing and unethical. Would recommend using another logistics vendor that is more reputable. read more

Avoid this place at ALL COSTS. The owner, Nas, is incredibly unethical. First, when you reach out to them for a quote, he might give you one. But he'll contact you immediately after and apply high pressure to bring all of your items into the store to get a "real" / "accurate" estimate. What he conveniently doesn't tell you is that he'll take all of your items, pack it into a box/crate without notifying you, then start racking up the labor/material hours -- all in the name of getting you a "real" estimate. By forcing you to bring in your items to get a "real estimate," he's actually trying to lock you into a payment. It's an extremely unethical business practice. When I went to reclaim my property, Nas also tried to threaten me with an extra "storage fee" without having mentioned storage fees at any point up until that day. And finally, he tried to get me to sign a blanket invoice under the guise of "releasing" my own property back to me. Absolute insanity. Do yourself a favor and avoid everything about Pakmail and Nas in particular. Other reviews on here mention that he's incredibly rude and unhelpful, I should have listened. And you can add unethical to the list. Don't make my mistake folks! The kicker is, when Pakmail put everything in a crate (racking up labor hours without communicating any charges to me), the end product was absolutely terrible. No padding, foam, or anything to secure the clearly labelled fragile items. For a company that prides themselves on custom packing, this would've been a disaster end to end. read more

Pak Mail - Shipping Centers Near Me - Bellevue, Washington

First class service. Nas let's me know when I have a package before I ask. The place is in a good location with plenty of parking. The prices for shipping are reasonable and they have quality packing options. I highly recommend this business. read more

went today for passport photos. I sat down and within 15 seconds the man working there (who claimed to just be an employee but something about him makes me think he's the owner) had taken a photo on his digital camera and asked me to wait a few minutes for them to be printed. No other customers were in the store while i waited about 2-3 mins for the photos to be printed. I was then handed my photos. Two of them about 3" x 3". The photos were AWFUL and it looked like i was staring up at the sky. I kindly asked the gentleman why i wasn't asked to approve the photos before they were printed (which seems like common sense if i were in this industry, as this would take 2 seconds). The man replied "this was brought up in a company meeting once and we were told not to have customers approve photos because they will ask us to re-take the pictures too many times." To which I replied "why not take 10 digital photos in 5 seconds and have the customer tell you which once they want to use?" Seems simple. Anyways I asked him if I could re-take the photo that will be on my passport for the next 10yrs. He said sure but that he would be charging me double ($18.99 x 2). I told him that seemed a bit unfair, and if I could please get a discount since i wasn't actually purchasing two sets, he told me no that his "system wouldn't allow it." I paid for the 1st set, left, and went to another passport photo office and got exactly what I was looking for. Don't go to Pak Mail. The owner is petty and lacks common sense. As a side note check out all the other one star reviews on Yelp and Google reviews, clearly I'm not the only person that feels the same way about this organization, and the owner Nes. read more

Dropped off an eBayUPS package to this store and asked for a printed receipt for the record. They wanted to charge me for the tiny slip of paper! What the heck?! I've never seen this level of nickel and dime before and was astonished. The couple times I've interacted with this store they have always been not unfriendly. Go elsewhere I say. read more

HORRBLE SERVICE. I called at 5:32 pm and "Nas" was the person that handled my call I asked to send 2 letters to Aberdeen, WA. And that I needed them to be delivered to the addresses by Friday 1/15 He recommended priority mail and told me that they will be delivered the next day. I made the payment and order through the phone. I checked the tracking number on USPS on 1/14, and found that they haven't been delivered to the USPS store yet to be delivered. I called at 4:06pm to confirm that they will still be delivered by Friday 1/15, and the same person answered the phone. After i asked about the issue he put me on hold for a few minutes, then came back telling me (in a VERY rude way) that he said the delivery time is not guaranteed, as he told me yesterday, which he didnt not. I specifically requested the option that would have them delivered by Friday. I told him that this did not happen. HIs repsonse was that I chose the most economic option, which is not true because all that mattered is that it gets delivered on Friday,"Nas" also told me not to panic and to be patient in. a very rude way, then he added "Next time you should go do it yourself" while shouting. When I asked for his name he said "Nas" and I asked for his last name he said "we dont provide last names" . He kept throwing around that "they've been in business for 15 years", I dont think that matters at all if you treat your customers with disrespect. Horrible way to treat people. read more

This is a long over due review! I used Pakmail and Nas to ship out gifts for my work team at the beginning of December. I was on a short turn around time and Nas made sure that everything got out on time. As I was running around trying to get everything packed/needed he pre-printed out the labels and waited for me to return. We were able to get everything labeled just in the nick of time for the UPS pick up. I wouldn't have been able to do it without Nas and his assistance! read more

Nas was a great help. He was thorough in being able to ship my Oru Kayak to its destination. Nas competently knew how to accommodate the unique dimensions of the folding kayak. I will definitely be returning to Bellevue for my shipping needs. Thank you!! read more

These gentlemen were so careful with my great-grandmother's china... words cannot express how grateful I am for how respectfully they treated our family treasure and got it safely shipped back to Ohio so the younger ladies in our family can enjoy it. read more

I enjoy working with Nas. I had a package to send and I stopped in to send it. Then half way through the transaction I realized they were closed. Nas had let me in during off hours. He is helpful and seems to go beyond my expectations every time. Clean, efficient and positive. read more

I have been using this location PakMail Bellevue location for 15 years and they are wonderful. Recently I asked Naz for his advice on how to ship an artistic dragon. He suspended it in the crate and it arrived in New York City perfectly intact. Today, I am sending artwork and am confident the art will arrive in tact. He and his staff are very knowledgeable, professional, personable and covid compliant. This is a great business. read more

This place is horrible. Avoid it at all costs. I walked in to drop off packages that were already labeled. The owner didn't acknowledge me at all- no greeting, nothing. I said I need to drop these off and they're already labeled. He muttered something about $2. I said what? He said 'we charge $2 for USPS packages'. I told him that had to be illegal and took my packages back. There is no way I'd ever do any kind of business here- I'd drive far outta my way to avoid ever coming back here and y'all should do the same. Give your business to someone who wants it cause this guy clearly does not. read more

Needed to send a bunch of my son's belongings to his new home in Orlando, Florida. Nas took great care of us. They even came to our house to pick up all of the stuff. Since there was too much stuff for a regular shipping load, it became a freight load. Nas carefully prepared the pallets and shrink wrapped them well. The load arrived safely in Orlando yesterday with all of my son's belongings intact and undamaged. Thank You!! read more

They packed up a funky shaped item for me and did a great job with plenty of care to get it right.

I went there to get an estimate on an A/C that I was returning and he absolutely refused to give me one. I did not want to haul the A/C there since it is heavy. Since he refused, I asked him what he wanted, and he said the weight and dimensions (assuming I did not have them), but I had those details and he still refused to give me estimates. I wasn't even asking him for exact binding estimates (ie. nothing he signs), just ballpark ones, but he was pretty rude about it. I'll go to the 12th St shop after having come here for 20 years since I wanted to support local. read more

Been using them for a few years now. Loved the former owners but I've seen a new level of service since Nas took over. Recently I needed to ship quite a few items to a family member living cross country after my Dad passed away. Nas suggested we create a shipping pallet to ensure everything arrived at once and in pristine condition. They created a pallet from cardboard, supported it all, packed each item with great care and even delayed shipping at my request. Today it arrived and I was here to receive the package and unpack it myself. Each item was perfect. It was so simple to unpack and a pleasure to see that the packing materials were minimal....I feel like I saved a few trees. One box, some bubble wrap and there it was. On time and delivered with a smile! You can't go wrong with opting for Pakmail! read more

Nice, convenient little shop. Kinda hidden next to the QFC here in north Bellevue. Seems like a family run shop. All of the guys I encountered working here were super helpful and helped me to find the cheapest way possible to get some stuff shipped to California. I've used this shop before and ill definitely be back to use their shipping services in the future. read more

Still open & running smoothly! Thanks to Naz and his professionalism, I am still able to get rapid, quality service despite the current lock-down situation. I have experienced nothing but extremely positive transactions with this business and highly recommend it for quick & easy shipping & other mailing needs. Naz has always handled my special shipping requests with ease. I am a very happy customer! read more

I was wanting to send my niece her Grandmother's china, which weighed many pounds. It is heirloom, fragile and not easily replaced. Nas worked with me to come up with a safe and economical means of shipping it. It arrived on time and safely. Have always enjoyed using PakMail. Gale D read more

REFUSE TO ACCEPT FED EX packages unless you have a mail box there already. Beware if you try and have a package left here. They will ship it back and rudely pretend that its fed Ex's fault. Worst customer treatment ever! Literally mind blowing in this day and age. read more

I needed to move my belongs across the country from Bellevue to New York in a very short amount of time. Naz met me on his day off, came to my storage, & helped moved my belongings to the shop. Naz packed everything that needed repacking and created a pallet with all my belongings. Within a week my belongings arrived on time, as promised. Naz has been a great resource for me and has helped me throughout this entire transitional period. I am grateful for him and his service at Pak Mail. He is reliable and I feel as if I have made a true friend. He went the extra step for me during a difficult time in my life. Thank you Naz! I appreciate you! You can feel safe and in good hands working with him! read more

I love going to this pakmail to ship everything, they take on all the work that I don't like to do... like taping up the box! When there's not a rush on sending my items, they figure out the quickest most affordable route. My favorite part... they save the locations/recipients under my account for easy repeat shipments! Never planning to wait in that dreadful line at the post office again. read more

My wife and I gave Pak Mail 5 stars and would have given more if we could have. Nas provides a full array of services including notary public. He gave outstanding customer service and expedited our requests. We would highly recommend this location. read more

Avoid at all costs! You would be much better off dealing with UPS, FedEx or USPS directly than dealing with this outfit. In particular, Nas is unhelpful and rude. After accepting over $450 to have a rug shipped from Bellevue to the east coast via FedEx they refused to correct the delivery address when there was an easy solution of putting the correct zip code with the address. Even USPS will immediately correct such an error and deliver the package. When I contacted Fedex about remedies they said that they absolutely would have corrected the zip code if Nas had simply asked and the package would have been delivered. Now my package is still in Bellevue and I am out $450 and PakMail would not even get on the phone with me and Fedex as they knew they messed up on this. Do not waste your money with PakMail. read more

The crates that Pakmail made for our equipment exceeded our expectations. The owner Nas was very professional, courteous and careful with our equipment. Highly recommend, great job :) read more

They assured me they were experts at shipping china. Nine of my heirloom pieces arrived shattered due to their poor packing job. They will not take any responsibility. Do not trust them with your valuable items. read more