The short version is, I am trying to figure out
the best way to have a package shipped to me from
England to New York. Read on for the gory details.
About 4 years ago, I purchased an exhaust system
from NTG. For comparison, the shipping was
£62.60 which I was told was the 10 - 15kg
rate. I am currently attempting to have
something shipped to me from a private party in
the UK. The package is 127cm x 16cm x 10cm and
about 10kg. I am trying to figure out how to
have it shipped for a reasonable price. I don't
care how slow it is. I went to the royal mail
website, which has a link to parcelforce
worldwide. This seems to be where you have to go
to ship things more than 2 kg. I entered in my
data and got a quote of globalvalue service, 5-9
days, £104.20. I tried Fedex, which gave me
crazy quotes > $300 with a footnote that they do
not offer services from the origin or destination
city at this time. Not sure how they can say
that and still list a price. DHL came back with
a message that they won't take a package longer
than 120cm. UPS Expedited showed a price of
£94.71. I then read about some "freight
consolidator" services. I found
parcel2go.com. There I got a quote for express
saver service at £46.40. Now, that's a little
more like it. Does anyone have any experience
with this service or others like it? Does anyone
have any experience with this sort of
international shipping? Words of wisdom are
welcome! I have bought things from the UK
before, but it was always from companies. They
would tell me the shipping cost and that was
that. This is the first time I have had to get
more involved in the process. Thanks.
-Steve T.
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