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Are they creative ways to ship things from Sweden to the USA for reasonable prices? My son picked up a piccolo balalaika cheap at a thrift store and quotes to ship it back to the USA ranged from $590 to $900. At this point it may be cheapest to take it home as a checked bag on the flight home in a couple months. Do the Sigforum oracles have other shipping ideas? | ||
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thin skin can't win |
Well, now I've learned two things this week. Yes to the checked bag. With that much lead time he can buy a decent suitcase and packing material, pack it up securely and check it. Even with an extra bag or size fee that will come out ahead. A 30" or 32" bag should hold it easily I think and I wouldn't scrimp on the bubble wrap. I did this with a bunch of cookware on a trip back from Paris several years ago. You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02 | |||
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In Odin we trust |
Weird. Fedex charging private customers that much? I've purchased several items through Grimfrost over the years, which is a Sweden-based company, and have yet to be charged shipping. Maybe they're eating that cost, but I can't imagine they would if it was that expensive.... _________________________ "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than omnipotent moral busybodies" ~ C.S. Lewis | |||
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Check pirate ship with ups, have shipped things to Germany and was very reasonable. We used to to use DHL and pirate ship with ups was about half the cost. | |||
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Does he have an exit visa for that balalaika? When we were in Russia my wife was going to take her violin back to the US (whence it had come); she ended up having to take it to a museum in Moscow where some "appraiser" gave her an exit visa indicating it really wasn't a Stradivarius, despite the label inside. If one is not familiar with violins, it's very common for them to have a label inside that says, in Latin I think, "Made by Stradivarius, Cremona". We called the violin a refusednik. _________________________ “Remember, remember the fifth of November!" | |||
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^^Thank you, sjtill. Relayed this to my son so he can check this out. | |||
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