International Shipping

What is the best way to ship games from the US to the UK? I want to make sure it arrives safely without spending a ton of money.

Thanks

Originally posted by Briggs:
<STRONG>What is the best way to ship games from the US to the UK? I want to make sure it arrives safely without spending a ton of money.

Thanks</STRONG>

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i usually get my games sent to me from mdgamesales, he sends priority which without insurance is 12 dollars per cart, with insurance it goes up tp 20 though, its a very expensive business and just recently when i have been receiving my games, i have also had to pay custom charges if i have had the parcel insured, i had to pay almost 70 dollars customs for kof2000 as it was put with insurance 300 dollars

,now i try to get my games from england

Yow! Thanks Lee, glad I asked.

I would first see how much it is to send Airmail or UPS. Airmail is fairly cheap; UPS is trackable and has been good to me. You can also prepare UPS tracking labels from anywhere if you sign up at www.ups.com and pre-pay with a credit card and just drop the package off at anyplace where UPS packages are picked up--your workplace, Office Depot, a drop box, Mailboxes Etc., etc. I try to use www.ups.com for all my shipping 'cause it's very convenient.

I use EMS. It's a bit pricy at times, but it gets there fast, it's tracked, and it includes insurance usually up $500 or more. I like it because of it's safety and reliability.

For my oversea transactions (from U.S. or Japan) i always use EMS, fast and reliable...

Nowdays i always use EMS for speed & reliability not lost any of my >100 packages. Normal postage by national postservice i wouldn't recommend.

I only use EMS and UPS for shipping to and from the UK. They're not the cheapest options, but if the items themselves aren't cheap, don't take any chances.

I will chime in and say I use EMS for most of my shipping outside the states as well. Sure, the PO was slow during Christmas, but they have picked up since then... for obvious reasons. <IMG SRC="smilies/wink.gif" border="0">

Spike

Originally posted by Briggs:
<STRONG>What is the best way to ship games from the US to the UK? I want to make sure it arrives safely without spending a ton of money.

Thanks</STRONG>

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Hello dude - i received a package from mommywolf and it only took about 7 days over Christmas and she told me it would cost $14.50 but in her ad she said free shipping in the US, so she worked out the difference and only asked for £8. Its normally about $14 for one cart but i received 10 carts from a guy in Brazil and it only cost $25 but normally i buy games from techman@rapfire.net on ebay and he normally charges $18 for 2.

So far all my carts have came though normal federal express

normal airmail works fine, I haven't ever had a lost package to or from germany, from/to USA. it's cheap too, and less likely to get caught by customs (yes, even packages that aren't sent by a store can be stopped and checked by customs). average delivery time is 5-14 days.

To the UK use EMS. It's very quick, and very secure and of course you get tracking numbers.

To make things cheaper and more secure ensure the item is in a fairly large box (not too large, use your common sense) so that it's not too small to get 'lost' .

Next ensure that the item is marked on the docs as having no commercial value and contents are worth less than $50. This way you will avoid paying our personal import duty - which is bloody expensive. <IMG SRC="smilies/ohno.gif" border="0">

If you're posting your end using USPS it will be delivered in the UK by Parcelforce. Parcelforce will change the tracking numbers automatically to their system when the goods enter the UK - so you can still track them.

Using Fedex, UPS, DHL etc. you won't need to worry about that - but these services cost more and I don't think they're as good as EMS for this type of service.

Any further questions PM me. <IMG SRC="smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0">