Does anyone have any experience with shipping items to Australia? I've a customer that's interested in some covers for their RnR bed but would need them shipping down under. An initial look at quotes suggests it might be an expensive endeavor!
I cannot give an answer that will help sending such big items , but we used to send xmas presents for kids , conscious of weight and physical size using just royal mail . Never had any issues with customs or lost parcels however the price of postage rose a stupid amount over night that we stopped sending as it cost more than the presents . In the end we bought our kids presents and labelled them with names from relatives in Aussy . And they did likewise in Aussy Like i said it wont help you I dont think Brexit will affect sending to Aussy unlike the horror story's you hear sending to the EU since brexit
Agreed, 'our kid' lives in Brizzy and mi mum used to visit every winter, she's often brought back various rare (over here) bits in her luggage . Film posters being my thing a while ago, Aussie ones were very desirable.... Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk
Which courier do you use normally Jim? If you speak to them about exporting they'll often set you up a special deal for the countries you think you'll be sending to
I bought an exhaust system from Heritage In West Sussex Came via TNT cost me $100 (50 of your funny money) to land it in my workshop Not sure if it was subsidised by Heritage but don't think so 1 Nov 2019 10:15:55 AEDT Transaction ID: 73732072NH668074E Dear rick stucke, Merchant Heritage Parts Centre ebay@heritagepartscentre.com +44 8458737241 Instructions to merchant You haven't entered any instructions. Shipping address rick stucke unit 2 number 8 Clare Mace crescent Berkeley Vale, NSW 2261 Australia Postage details The seller hasn’t provided any shipping details yet. Description Unit price Qty Amount CSP Python Exhaust 1700-2000cc 42mm Item Number AC251061 $1,267.95 AUD 1 $1,267.95 AUD Discount -$174.34 AUD 1 -$174.34 AUD Subtotal $1,093.61 AUD Shipping and handling $100.00 AUD Tax $119.36 AUD Total $1,312.97 AUD Payment $1,312.97 AUD Collecting credit card rewards? You'll earn applicable points with this transaction. This transaction will appear on your statement as "PAYPAL *VWHERITAGE" Payment sent to ebay@heritagepartscentre.com
Your other option is to ask the buyer to arrange shipping, less hassle for you and you will just need to provide the commodity codes so they can clear customs ok.
if they can wait till august and its not to bulky i am coming to the uk and would be happy to bring it back,i am on the central coast of new south wales about an hour north of Sydney Rob
I think the mode of transport also bears heavily on cost, if its going via sea, it will take longer but be quite alot cheaper than if you were to send it via air mail which is of course alot quicker, I think the above entry by Pod is a great idea, let the customer sort out postage then they choose the method and price range .
Thanks for the responses folks. I'll have a think. Getting them to sort postage would be a good idea.