bobdea Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 looking for the cheapest carrier from austria to the US. want to ship a board Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shred Gruumer Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Its what I used in the past. Now If I ship to Austria.. Then USPS still is the cheapest, provided you can make wieght and size. I just squeezed in a 177cm board under the limit with packing for I think it was around 60 bucks for 18lbs RSS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdea Posted January 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 DHL will only give me a rate on express that would be fine if I wanted to spend $300 and it here by friday but that's not the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffV Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Bob, if you get an Apex board before the ECES you better show up with it and show your new bling off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdea Posted January 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Bob, if you get an Apex board before the ECES you better show up with it and show your new bling off. yeah, I'd be more than happy to get it to jack to make it into his board test as well. good call, you knew exactly what I was going for! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdifan_2003 Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 Racer coming to the olympics or the X-Games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nils Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 Bob, If you have fedex account # from the US, it can be cheaper to pick it up from your account directly where the sender is. Sending otherwise is in the 100-180 euros range depending on the companies ( Fedex, TNT, DPD, DHL etc..) Petrol tax is between 15-18% too adding to the cost they give you ( its crazy)... This shows also the unfair way overseas to/from the US is managed worldwide: it must have something to do with politics/economics ( its about 3 times cheaper to ship from the US to europe than the opposite...)...but its not much any of us can do to make it cheaper from here... Nils Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobdea Posted January 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 damn, how fedex wants $213 US how the hell does blue tomato ship boards for 30 euros to the US? grrrrrr fustrating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nils Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 its a real mystery how they ship at 30 euros really....No clue...worth inquiring thu!! Let us know your results ! Nils Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 Because they have a business account with those guys. That's why they can get things cheaper. We as individuals make no substant quantity's, that's why. Too much hassle and administration for a company to deal with one shipment. Just think about how many things BLUE TOMATO will ship in one day! Therefore I have an account here in the Netherlands with a shipbroker as an individual so I can profit from their quantity contract. I just fill in the stuff behind my desk and get the cheapest broker I can choose from, package I can ship from anywhere and is even picked up from a home address' if I want. Have shipped a few boards oversease by them. Was around EUR 100.-- range till 140. (www.parcelinternational.nl) Just calculated one board from my house to Bomber, 5 kgs, 190cm, about EUR 65.--. May be there are some administrationcosts involved in the aftercalculation, so about total max EUR 100.-- If you can pass the board to me I can help. Edit2: I have asked/emailed them if can ship from Austria to USA through my account in the Netherlands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 If you are interested just send me a PM so that I can get some info from you to ask a price from parcelinternational. There are possibilities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinecure Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 Bob, You might want to track down BOL user named hreiter. He travels to Austria pretty regularly in the winter and lives here. You may be able to talk him into schlepping a board for you. His first name is Harald. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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