RE: [OT] Shipping from USA to UK

["White, Peter" <peter.white@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

That's crazy cheap!  My cost last year, for the equivalent of  pallets
by s=
ea (5.81 cubic meters) was =A32512.  That included insurance, collection
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om Heathrow, shipping from Southampton to Houston, then  by road to Fort
Wo=
rth for unloading.  Just the customs paperwork was =A3125.  The raw cost,
b=
efore any of the add-ons, was =A3240 per cubic meter, so that might give
yo=
u something to go by.  Obviously, that's UK-US, but I can't imagine it
woul=
d be much different going the other way.  Took a little over 5 weeks, door
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to door.

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Pete

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From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of N=
eil Fuller
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 2:21 PM
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] Shipping from USA to UK

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Keith

A mate did this a few years ago and, as Dave mentioned, got a "part=20
load" in a container.

He dropped his packages off at a freight forwarder in the US and=20
retrieved them from somewhere in the UK.

ISTR it cost him =A3100 or so for several very large boxes but as I say,=20
it was a few years ago.

HTH

Regards

Neil

Keith Doxey wrote:
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>
> Hi All,
>
> I know a few people have experience of shipping stuff from the US
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> the UK
> so am trying to call on the collective wisdom.
>
> I have a friend who is moving over here and we are trying find the=20
> cheapest
> way to ship over some clothing and personal effects. At the moment the
> prices we are finding online are prohibitively expensive.
>
> Time is transit isnt overly important, if it takes a few weeks then so
be
> it, but atm the cost of shipping seems to almost equal the value of
the
> stuff being shipped.
>
> Any suggestions as to the best method gratefully recieved.
>
> Thanks
>
> Keith
>
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