RDY_2_Carve Posted October 31, 2007 Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 What's the best way to ship a board to EU from the US? I did a quick quote on DHL and it was three times the cost of USPS? What about duties? You can mark it as a gift and there will be no duties, right? ;) TIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trailertrash Posted October 31, 2007 Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 have you checkied here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDY_2_Carve Posted October 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 have you checkied here? Sorry I haven't looked at that post in a while. Didn't realize it covered international stuffs. Feel free to move/delete this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDY_2_Carve Posted October 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 Sorry I haven't looked at that post in a while. Didn't realize it covered international stuffs.Feel free to move/delete this. Ok the question still stands as there is nothing in that post related to international shipping to EU. There is mention of Canada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guido591 Posted October 31, 2007 Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 DHL is expensive, but their service is excellent. I just received a board from Sigi Renzler less than 48 hours after it left his shop in Rasen-Antholtz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdea Posted October 31, 2007 Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 DHL and fed ex are the only way I send anything to and from Germany and France, the postal services blow in this respect where as DHL is the best and Fed Ex is not quite as good but a little cheaper usually. I ship iphone and other high priced electronics to germany on a weekly basis and of maybe 70 boxes in the last year and a half only one mishap that was resolved in about two weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trailertrash Posted October 31, 2007 Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 I ship iphone and other high priced electronics to germany on a weekly basis and of maybe 70 boxes in the last year and a half only one mishap that was resolved in about two weeks. are you the source of the iphone spamming on here? damn! one of our own spamming us! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ-PS Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 I use Fedex. Yes if you mark it as a gift you should bypass customs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleaman Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 I was just wondering if UPS has changed their policy on shipping to Canada from the US. I received stuff with UPS recently and there was no brokerage fee. It was not shipped ups ground but ups international or global. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDY_2_Carve Posted November 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 Ack! Just did four quotes online for a 173cm board to EU (Greece): USPS: ~$75USD (but can't ship over 60" in length! Only to Canada and Hong Kong if longer than 60" and cannot exceed 108" girth?!?!) UPS: ~$400USD FedEx: ~$200USD DHL: ~$190USD All I can say is that's f'in crazy! No wonder Swoards, Virus', and such cost $1200+ USD! FYI-Package was 70 x 4 x 27 (inches) but that was a old board box I had laying around. Should be ~ 70 x 1 x 15 or so if I "burrito method" it...USPS didn't even ask for dimensions...only weight. Only mention was it cannot exceed 108 inches in girth and 60" in length. UPS, FedEx, and DHL want both weight and length. FedEx said 70x4x27 was too big for them to ship so I had to adjust it to 70x1x27 just for it to give me a quote... Now I get to email the guy that wanted my board the bad news and we both are going to miss out. What crapola! So I guess DHL does win out for international shipping (besides to Canada and Hong Kong) but even then it's just insane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nils Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 consider yourselves lucky.. shipping a board from europe to the US is in the 150-200 range ( am talking euros here grrrr). You have at least 50% cheaper shipping rates than what euros have... There will be a time when the shipping will be more expensive than the board ! N. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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