[Info-vax] Sending stuff to Europe

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <bOydnWdq-9wnj77MnZ2dnUVZ_qydnZ2d at giganews.com>,
	"Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:
> On 2/18/2013 8:12 AM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> A Freight forwarder is a specialist in getting your box and contents
> from, e.g. Philadelphia to, e.g. "Nantes" (in France).  Check your
> "Yellow Pages"
> 
> He will pick up whatever it is that you want to ship, pack it in boxes 
> or crates if necessary.  He will complete the necessary paperwork, get 
> your box on the airplane or the ship.  He will pay the customs duties, 
> customary bribes, etc, etc.
> 
> Of course you could do it yourself.  If you know how!  If this is going
> to be an ongoing activity you may wish to learn how to do it yourself.
> 

Well, I was trying to help someone who could use these cards and maybe
keep them out of the landfill for another year or so.  I don;t do this
for a living (if you had followed the thread you would have seen this
is just old junk I am cleaning out).  If it turned out to be that much
work (and I am sure using a service like that would easily exceed the
$178 UPS wanted) they would have gone in the trash.

bill

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