Holy Crap, shipping 50lbs of stuff to South Africa $1000?

[General of Darkness]

Well I'm put a care package together to ship to our friends fighting for their lives in SA. I'm gonna send camo's, thermals, 95% just clothing. All of the bastards want HUGE amounts of money to ship there.

Does anyone know someone that can ship stuff that won't cost more than the package?

[Ponce]

It wont even get to them.......I know.

[willie pete]

Just curious,what carriers did you shop already?

[General of Darkness]

Just curious,what carriers did you shop already?


DHL, Fedex, and UPS. The main three.

And to the Cuban, I have to try and who knows, I might even go there myself.

[philo beddoe]

Just curious,what carriers did you shop already?


DHL, Fedex, and UPS. The main three.

And to the Cuban, I have to try and who knows, I might even go there myself.
good idea
it looks like $1300 to get there
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[agnut]

Well I'm put a care package together to ship to our friends fighting for their lives in SA. I'm gonna send camo's, thermals, 95% just clothing. All of the bastards want HUGE amounts of money to ship there.

Does anyone know someone that can ship stuff that won't cost more than the package?


Hi General Of Darkness. Any chance they have a friend there in the U.S. military ? I just shipped a rebuilt transmission weighing 85 pounds to South Korea via APO and it cost about $120. The U.S. Post Office handles the overseas military packages. 70 pounds or less is their rule so I had to ship the tranny partially disassembled. Never had to do that in the past but in these tight times an extra sale is more important.

You might try calling a shipping specialist.

Probably not much help but that’s all I know to do at this time.

Best wishes,

Agnut

[Libertytree]

Since you live on the coast General maybe you can find a cargo shipping company that already has stuff headed there and your shipment could just piggyback?

[kiffertom]

It wont even get to them.......I know.
so do i! i know some great people over there. i sent a lot of money and things. none of it ever got there. good luck!!

[Rockbrother]

I havent' heard from my SA buddy in a few weeks :-[ I pray that he's ok.

Will do the same for your care Pkg.

[willie pete]

General, don't know how accurate this is, but it's from the USPS for 50 lbs to SA


http://ircalc.usps.gov/MailServices.aspx?country=10386&m=6&p=50&o=0


In fact I was just looking at the USPS International Large Flat Rate Box for $55.95 with a 20 lb limit, you could split it up into 2 or even 3 boxes, looks like it'd come out cheaper than regular mail

[General of Darkness]

General, don't know how accurate this is, but it's from the USPS for 50 lbs to SA


http://ircalc.usps.gov/MailServices.aspx?country=10386&m=6&p=50&o=0


In fact I was just looking at the USPS International Large Flat Rate Box for $55.95 with a 20 lb limit, you could split it up into 2 or even 3 boxes, looks like it'd come out cheaper than regular mail


Didn't even think about USPS. Thanks.

[Cebu_4_2]

20 lb max, no tracking info... this one looks tricky.

General, don't know how accurate this is, but it's from the USPS for 50 lbs to SA


http://ircalc.usps.gov/MailServices.aspx?country=10386&m=6&p=50&o=0


In fact I was just looking at the USPS International Large Flat Rate Box for $55.95 with a 20 lb limit, you could split it up into 2 or even 3 boxes, looks like it'd come out cheaper than regular mail

[willie pete]

Welcome Comrade...

[I am me, I am free]

The security of using the USPS international shipping is largely contingent upon how the mail system is run in the country that you're shipping to. I've shipped a number of packages to Kyrgyzstan and not a single one of them got lost or molested (opened, searched, and/or pilfered) - I was very pleasantly surprised. Now OTOH if you ship something to Mexico you can fully expect them to open your package up 'for inspection'. Other Latin American countries can have the same thing happen, sometimes the package never makes it to the recipient.

As for SA, I would ask whomever you're shipping the package to how likely it is for the package to make it to them without any problems (if mailed using the mail system). Considering how well the majority runs that country, I can guess the results.

[Heimdhal]

Just curious,what carriers did you shop already?


DHL, Fedex, and UPS. The main three.

And to the Cuban, I have to try and who knows, I might even go there myself.


better find a way to pack a piece or get real handy at fighting with machettes ;)

I've got some SA neighbors, let me talk to them to see about sending stuff over to specific people, might be able to get more information for you.