skippy1969 - 2008-06-11 13:54
I was wondering what company would be the best shipping company to ship a boombox to the U.K. I checked the postoffice and the box is too big. Fed Ex and DHL were nuts. Any Ideas? Thanks....
the thing about fedex, dhl and ups is theres a customs charge. usps you can mark as gift.
Yup,I marked it as a gift and it did'nt save much $$$ only $20.00.......
USPS, our good ol' post office. It gets there when they say it will get there and not banged up. Plus customs is not much of an issue when it comes from USPS. Plus tracking is a cakewalk because they will tell you when it hits customs. Just be carful regarding insurance. Oversees customs will valuate it base on the insurance. Say it's an old radio on the form. I sent my first PC-55 to HiFitom in Germany. They said it would take ten days and it arrived in eight.
Tom had to pick it up two days later though after they interrogated him about it so ten days total.
what box are you shipping scott ? i sent a conion to ireland and it cost around 70 bucks but it took forever to get there .
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Originally posted by oldskool69:
USPS, our good ol' post office. It gets there when they say it will get there and not banged up. Plus customs is not much of an issue when it comes from USPS. Plus tracking is a cakewalk because they will tell you when it hits customs. Just be carful regarding insurance. Oversees customs will valuate it base on the insurance. Say it's an old radio on the form. I sent my first PC-55 to HiFitom in Germany. They said it would take ten days and it arrived in eight.
Tom had to pick it up two days later though after they interrogated him about it so ten days total.
Yes I can't even ship it through the post office,the box is too large. also they told me they only ship international priority now,and it's expensive even if the box was the within the maximum size.
thats true scott because they used to have surface economy .which they no longer offer.
this place is amazing from u.k to u.s :
http://parcelflight.co.uk/it actually goes via dhl 3 day air service , cost me about £50 to post one of those super heavy sharp t.v boxes to a u.s west coast member . .
you get full tracking , only thing , max insurance is £50
awesome service , oh , they pick up from your house too! ! !
Thats cool Royal,but it looks like they only ship from U.K to U.S. not U.S. to U.K.
yup skippy, try search around for a similar u.s based service i guess . . good luck bro
Thanks Royal.....
