Re: [OT] Shipping from USA to UK

[Neil Fuller <neil.fuller@xxxxxxxxx>]

Peter

It was several years ago - and time does slip by quite fast now I'm the
better side of 40 :-o

So thinking back, it was actually more than a few years ago - It was
more like 20!! Sorry for misleading. it just seemed like a few when I
originally replied!!!!!!

Cheers

Neil

White, Peter wrote:
>
>
> That's crazy cheap! My cost last year, for the equivalent of pallets
> by sea (5.81 cubic meters) was £2512. That included insurance,
> collection from Heathrow, shipping from Southampton to Houston, then
> by road to Fort Worth for unloading. Just the customs paperwork was
> £125. The raw cost, before any of the add-ons, was £240 per
cubic
> meter, so that might give you something to go by. Obviously, that's
> UK-US, but I can't imagine it would be much different going the other
> way. Took a little over 5 weeks, door to door.
>
> Pete
>
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On
> Behalf Of Neil Fuller
> Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 2:21 PM
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> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] Shipping from USA to UK
>
> Keith
>
> A mate did this a few years ago and, as Dave mentioned, got a
"part
> load" in a container.
>
> He dropped his packages off at a freight forwarder in the US and
> retrieved them from somewhere in the UK.
>
> ISTR it cost him £100 or so for several very large boxes but as I
say,
> it was a few years ago.
>
> HTH
>
> Regards
>
> Neil
>
> Keith Doxey wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I know a few people have experience of shipping stuff from the US
to
> > 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
> > 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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> >
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