[Info-vax] Sending stuff to Europe

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Bill Gunshannon wrote 2013-02-18 14:12:
> In article <5a64b34c-bb54-48bd-bdcd-8362f25f5b69 at dp10g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>,
> 	John Wallace <johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk> writes:
>> On Feb 17, 8:21 pm, billg... at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) wrote:
>>> Can anyone suggest how to do this at a reasonable cost?
>>> I just ran a 2lb. 6x9x2 inch package past UPS and the USPS.
>>> UPS wanted from $100 to $178 to ship it to England.
>>> The cheapest from the USPS was $55 with most offerings being around $78.
>>> I'm sorry, but these cards just aren't worth that much.  If I can't
>>> find something much cheaper I will have to withdraw the offer to send
>>> them overseas.
>>>
>> Find a "freight forwarder" (as distinct from a courier service) and
>> ask for their advice. In the days when I was routinely shipping stuff
>> around Europe, my local branch of Circle Freight did a grand job. They
>> may not be that interested in a small item (but they shipped me a VME
>> board from Germany to the UK and it was in my hands within 30 minutes
>> of arriving at the airport, and the airport to office journey
>> accounted for much of that).
>
> I have no idea what a "freight forwarder" is but if I have to run all
> over town or spend hours calling people to find someone to do this it
> just isn't worth my time.  And no one here is likely to be willing to
> pay me what my time is worth.
>
> I have been pointed at a USPS site that priced it at $23.  If that is
> acceptable I can do that.  I will need to run tot he local UPS store
> for padded envelopes...

Note that the quoted shipping fees are for the flat-rate envelopes
and boxes from *USPS*. Maybe "UPS" above was just as an error...

Or maybe you need UPS packing material for other needs... :-)

B.t.w, it seems as the shipping fees to Europe is a bit higher
today then it was a few years ago, I seem to remember that the 4 lb
envelopes was something around $15 a few years ago. I have probably
got something like 50-60 of these USPS packages over the years.

Jan-Erik.





  and will ask them what the cheapest rate they have
> to Europe is but if the interested parties think $23 shipping is acceptable
> I can have theses out by the middle of the week.
>
> bill
>