Shipping Personal Belongings to Europe

gnaffle on 02/08/2016 - 20:44
Last edited 02/08/2016 - 20:58

Ok, I was searching around to ship around 3 boxes. 25 kg each size LxWxH (42x44x63)
to europe. It can be Belgium, Poland, Netherlands. Either one of them is fine as I have
relatives in all of them. There is no rush to get the stuff, I just want to have it out of
australia as I am leaving soon.

It are just personal belongings so no large stuff like surfboards etc. Well I have
a kite and board, but maybe its better to just take it with me on the plane? Or I
have to sell it off…

Anyhow. I was wondering if ozbargain has experience with this. Its a bit of a funny
business I feel. You have all the professional ones like DHL which are expensive
but I am just looking for some free space some where in a container to drop in stuff

Was looking and googling around and found these ones.

I am just a bit confused as I guess the limit per box seems to be between 25 - 30kg at most
providers. But some of them do provide unlimited weight?

Was wondering if ozbargain had some hints tips how to approach my shipping project!

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Comments

  • altomic on 02/08/2016 - 21:33

    turn your pM on

  • Chroma on 04/08/2016 - 19:31

    Be very careful with where you send it to if you have anything of value in there. If possible, check it in with you as oversize / overweight / etc luggage. Even if it's a pain in the arse to move around and means you need to get a maxi taxi at the other end to move it from the airport, it will be way cheaper than getting slugged as much as 27% VAT (kinda their GST equivalent) plus import duties/processing/etc. In theory you should be able to send personal possessions without taking a hit but in practice once your goods hit customs you're completely at their mercy. Personal and peer experiences are mixed - sometimes you can send something valuable and it slips through, sometimes even something marked as a gift, repair, product return etc will still be charged. "Well I'll challenge it" - good luck.

    You might get lucky but it's not a risk I would take if I could possibly avoid it. Then again if you're feeling lucky, or you're not sending anything of too much value, feel free to roll the dice.

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