18 Oct
2005
18 Oct
'05
8:41 a.m.
I need to ship about 200 pounds of computers, documentation and spares from
South Africa to Boston.
Any suggestions on shipping this economically (and safely). It seems FedEx
is quite expensive does not
make economic sense for me..are there alternate carriers or methods (e.g.
via Ship) that make sense to
Look at?
How do I deal with customs?
Thanks,
Chandra
18 Oct
18 Oct
11:38 a.m.
On Tue, 18 Oct 2005, Chandra Bajpai wrote:
I need to ship about 200 pounds of computers,
documentation and spares
from South Africa to Boston.
Any suggestions on shipping this economically (and safely). It seems
FedEx is quite expensive does not make economic sense for me..are there
alternate carriers or methods (e.g. via Ship) that make sense to
Look into BAX Global or Menlo Worldwide Forwarding (now part of UPS).
How do I deal with customs?
Very painfully. Your best defense is to just say what it is: obsolete
computer equipment for historical study.
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3:36 p.m.
I did it by flying first class(on the return flight) on virgin atlantic (using frequent
flyer points) (USA-UK) they then allow you to ship 4 pieces of luggage upto 83KG, 3 can be
boxes.
So I buy stuff in the UK, have it shipped to a friend, then go visit them, box the stuff
up, take it with me on the plane. No real customs issues, although I always take the ebay
win print out with me.
So you get the ship it for less than any of the regular carriers and get a small vacation
for what was probably much less.
Paul
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Subject: Re: Best way to ship computers from overseas
On Tue, 18 Oct 2005, Chandra Bajpai wrote:
I need to ship about 200 pounds of computers,
documentation and spares
from South Africa to Boston.
Any suggestions on shipping this economically (and safely). It seems
FedEx is quite expensive does not make economic sense for me..are there
alternate carriers or methods (e.g. via Ship) that make sense to
Look into BAX Global or Menlo Worldwide Forwarding (now part of UPS).
How do I deal with customs?
Very painfully. Your best defense is to just say what it is: obsolete
computer equipment for historical study.
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10:07 p.m.
New subject: Best way to ship computers from overseas (payment question followup)
Thanks...any thoughts on how to transact a payment overseas without getting
screwed over? PayPal is a no-go. Escrow service?
-Chandra
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Subject: Re: Best way to ship computers from overseas
On Tue, 18 Oct 2005, Chandra Bajpai wrote:
I need to ship about 200 pounds of computers,
documentation and spares
from South Africa to Boston.
Any suggestions on shipping this economically (and safely). It seems
FedEx is quite expensive does not make economic sense for me..are there
alternate carriers or methods (e.g. via Ship) that make sense to
Look into BAX Global or Menlo Worldwide Forwarding (now part of UPS).
How do I deal with customs?
Very painfully. Your best defense is to just say what it is: obsolete
computer equipment for historical study.
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Festival
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11:18 p.m.
New subject: Best way to ship computers from overseas (payment question followup)
Chandra Bajpai wrote:
Thanks...any thoughts on how to transact a payment
overseas without getting
screwed over? PayPal is a no-go. Escrow service?
Definitely escrow. Make sure and use an escrow service you've heard of
too. That's a common scam.
Peace... Sridhar
11:43 a.m.
Probably the cheapest way to deal with this is to contact the different
Airlines and set up an airport to airport delivery. You might have to settle
for South Africa to New York. Not sure there are direct flights from South
Aftrica to Boston.
Not sure how customs are dealt with this way.
Paxton
On 10/18/05, Chandra Bajpai <cbajpai at comcast.net> wrote:
I need to ship about 200 pounds of computers, documentation and spares
from
South Africa to Boston.
Any suggestions on shipping this economically (and safely). It seems FedEx
is quite expensive does not
make economic sense for me..are there alternate carriers or methods (e.g.
via Ship) that make sense to
Look at?
How do I deal with customs?
Thanks,
Chandra
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Astoria, OR
USA
1:15 p.m.
--- Paxton Hoag <innfoclassics at gmail.com> wrote:
Probably the cheapest way to deal with this is to
contact the different
Airlines and set up an airport to airport delivery.
I'd second that, the final leg of the delivery, the
local airport to home delivery, eats up to 70% of the
total cost of overseas shipping (in my experience with
shipping from mainland china). As always the prices
vary widely with different airport/delivery services
combinations but picking it up at New York would most
likely be the cheapest.
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19 Oct
6:35 a.m.
Am 18 Oct 2005 8:41 meinte Chandra Bajpai:
I need to ship about 200 pounds of computers,
documentation and spares from
South Africa to Boston.
;)
Any suggestions on shipping this economically (and
safely). It seems FedEx
is quite expensive does not make economic sense for me..are there alternate
carriers or methods (e.g. via Ship) that make sense to Look at?
Well, FedEX (and DHL or UPS) are don't care shipers ... you
shoule never care about the price :)
If it would be about a larger shipment, I'd say go for one
of the real ship (ed. the things that float on water) companies.
I had quite good experience with TTC (totaltrans.com). THey spend
quite some time to help a total beginner like me to get my stuff
arround the globe at quite good rates. I also tried to get quotes
from the bigger players (like Menlo - except, they
where the
incompetent and unresponsive I ever talked to).
Regarding the small amount of Computergear you have, what
about a trip to Boston with your Whife and maybe a friend?
70 pund free each (maybe more if you're some kind of elite
card holder) If you're lucky, you get a flight for arround
400 Euro per person ... still way below whe UPS & Co charge.
And a few days off...
How do I deal with customs?
Declartation is everything. The shipment company will require
detailed papers. It also helps quite a lot if you're present
at the deciveing customs office. Usualy, when I get stuff
from outside the EU, I make them to foreward it
'sealed' to
Munich, and handle customs myself. This is the perfect spot
to use you Geek-Powers: talk to the customs officer, explain
what it is, give him dreamy comments about all the technical
details. The result is a win-winn situation, you have fun
telling, and they somehow speed up the process quite much.
The last 6 palletes of stuff I got from california, I had
a tax payment of less than 20 USD :)
Now, if you take the stuff in your baggage, the checks in
the US are rather nominal. Even before TSA, did the US pay
the larges boarderservice I know with the least intense
checks I know.
Gruss
H.
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