Shipping from USA

[echnidna]

Seeking advice about shipping 50 pounds weight from USA and a general idea of the cost please

[beejay1]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

What is it you need shipped? Maybe I could check into it on my end. Just let me know.

Thom

[jackiew]

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.