By Lynn Binnie
Whitewater Banner volunteer staff
whitewaterbanner@gmail.com
Whitewater Pack & Ship, a business that for several years had provided comprehensive shipping services with every possible carrier, closed its doors in May, 2024. Now Advance Auto Parts has discontinued offering drop off service for UPS. As far as The Whitewater Banner has been able to determine, residents now have very limited options for UPS shipments, especially if they are unable to prepay the postage and create a label, or they have an Amazon return label. For UPS, there is a drop box in the Associated Bank parking lot. Particularly if a package is too large to fit in that box, Chris Hale of Home Lumber indicates that the business is willing to take a package for UPS, as long as the shipper has the package labeled and simply needs to drop it off. The other local and area options of which we are aware are listed below.
The UPS Store in Janesville told The Whitewater Banner that for an Amazon return with a QR code, the customer is not able to drop the package off anywhere other than a UPS Store. In some cases for an Amazon return, the customer is to create an address label with a bar code, and those packages may be dropped off elsewhere. Also, the Shipping Depot in Elkhorn indicates that they are able to assist a customer with a QR for a postage-paid Amazon return to jump through the hoops for them to create their label for the the package for a $1 fee.
United States Post Office, 213 W. Center Street
Only USPS shipping. Envelopes and boxes are available for sale.
Walgreens, 1041 W. Main Street
Only FedEx shipping
Drop off: Customer must bring the package labeled and prepaid. For retail returns, they prefer that the customer have the label, but with the QR code they can usually provide one. FedEx picks up parcels Mon-Fri at 3 p.m.
The Shipping Depot
58 W. Market St., Elkhorn (Next to Taste of China)
Offers packing service, sells envelopes and boxes. Will assist a customer in obtaining the necessary label for an Amazon return for $1. Ships by DHL (international), FedEx, UPS, USPS. Open Monday-Friday 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. The store also offers mailboxes and shredding.
The UPS Store
2811 Milton Ave., Janesville
Offers packing service, sells envelopes and boxes. Will provide a label for an Amazon return with QR code at no cost; depending upon what is indicated with the code, the store will accept the return with no box or, if needed, can provide and pack the box for a charge. Open Monday-Friday 8 a.m. – 6:30 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Editor’s note: Any readers having further information about mailing services is requested to email us at whitewaterbanner@gmail.com so that we may update this information.
