Shipping heavy equipment abroad

[motorollin]

I've just been quoted about £55 to send a D-Box case from England to Germany. This seems ridiculously high. I was also quoted nearly £80 to send it to Australia. These quotes were from Parcel Force. UPS were even more expensive. Is there a cheaper way?

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moto

[motorollin]

@Doobrey
Thanks for the link but this worries me:

"Collection and Delivery are not guaranteed but currently enjoy a 90% success rate"

I don't think I'll entrust my package to that service!

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moto

[motorollin]

Parcel Force is Royal Mail's parcel service, so taking it to a Royal Mail Post Office would cost pretty much the same.

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moto

[motorollin]

cpfuture wrote:

motorollin wrote:
"Collection and Delivery are not guaranteed but currently enjoy a 90% success rate"

I think what they mean is that it's not guaranteed to be delivered "within 3-4 days" or whatever the time span quoted.

Oh I see. I found it amazing that they were suggesting that there's a 1 in 10 probability that they won't even come to collect your parcel once you've paid to have it sent, and then another 1 in 10 probability that once they've picked it up it won't make it to its destination. I really think they should re-word that disclaimer as it makes their service sound very poor!

Anyway, I was quoted £30 to send the item to Germany which is much more reasonable. Thanks Doobrey! :-)

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moto

[motorollin]

Is it legal to send human body parts using a commercial postage service?

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moto