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echnidna
8th February 2005, 06:52 PM
Seeking advice about shipping 50 pounds weight from USA and a general idea of the cost please
beejay1
8th February 2005, 07:16 PM
Used to be involved in buying container loads of electrical products and cost was always apportioned based on volume rather than weight so i assume this would still apply or maybe a combination of both for smaller/single orders.
Whats the size of your 50 pounder?
beejay
burn
8th February 2005, 07:17 PM
Seeking advice about shipping 50 pounds weight from USA and a general idea of the cost please
Go to www.ups.com and then to their shipping submenu and then use their calculate time and cost. This will be the RETAIL cost ... a supplier may get better results.
You could also try www.fedex.com or usps.com.au (their post office).
Burn
echnidna
8th February 2005, 07:58 PM
Go to www.ups.com and then to their shipping submenu and then use their calculate time and cost. This will be the RETAIL cost ... a supplier may get better results.
You could also try www.fedex.com or usps.com.au (their post office).
Burn
U.P.S price is $548.00 usd by their website
The fedex website is a horror and anyway I had a package (500grams) delivered by them last year. It cost me almost $100au so I won't use them this time.
The vendor wouldn't mail it and I seriouisly wanted those things. (would have cost about $20 in the post but the seppo post office isnt well liked)
burn
8th February 2005, 08:08 PM
Try doing a 'google' search on freight forwarders - a few phone calls here or e-mails to the US might get a better price ... as mentioned by beejay they may want the volumetric weight.
Burn
graemet
8th February 2005, 08:36 PM
U.P.S price is $548.00 usd by their website
The fedex website is a horror and anyway I had a package (500grams) delivered by them last year. It cost me almost $100au so I won't use them this time.
The vendor wouldn't mail it and I seriouisly wanted those things. (would have cost about $20 in the post but the seppo post office isnt well liked) Second that! FedEx ripped me off big time just recently, adding another $87 onto the freight already paid on a parcel, while UPS delivered an almost identical parcel at no additional charge. I received a parcel from Rockler yesterday sent by US Mail with no additional charge and total time was 8 days.
Cheers,
Graeme
Thom
9th February 2005, 06:52 AM
What is it you need shipped? Maybe I could check into it on my end. Just let me know.
Thom
jackiew
9th February 2005, 10:05 AM
how fast do you want it?
if you can wait then it might be cheaper by sea. Most big removal companies will do a part load and charge by volume and I'm assuming your parcel isn't huge just heavy.