Comments on: "Move 'em on, head 'em up"

Question: "Move 'em on, head 'em up"

jadepearl — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 17:48:53 -0800

Need to ship packages from US to London, UK. Is there anything cheaper than parcel2go?

Am moving to London and have a variety of things to ship. Thankfully, no furniture or exercise equipment but more than carry on would allow in books, clothes and kitchen equipment. Any suggestions?

By: k8t

k8t — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 17:52:58 -0800

I would recommend not moving your kitchen stuff. It is just so much cheaper to buy stuff there.

Are you moving there forever?

When I moved, I took 2 huge suitcases of books and clothes.

By: jadepearl

jadepearl — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 20:20:01 -0800

It's not heavy kitchen equipement nor anything electrical just essentials such as, knives. I will be in London for 9 months to a year. Bringing computer hardware, clothes, books and various other equipment. Airlines are getting kind of picky about weight and number of luggage. I wish to dodge airline extortion fees (had that happen when I moved to Alaska).

By: Liosliath

Liosliath — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 22:54:06 -0800

When are you moving? I moved overseas for 7 months, and since it was so hideously expensive to ship books, I used the Post Office's M-Bag service. It took about 2 months for the books to get there, but I blame part of that on the postal service in Morocco.

By: k8t

k8t — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 03:58:24 -0800

For me, who also was in London for 9 months - 1 year, I'd say pack your clothes more lightly, bring a laptop (you can get all your extra here) and if you need books, check them out at the library... shipping is way too expensive.

By: DrtyBlvd

DrtyBlvd — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 05:02:00 -0800

Try Ebay - might find a 'broker' offering better rates. parceltosend is one seller, but they do UK to US only - maybe there are reciprocal sellers?

By: MrMustard

MrMustard — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 05:02:19 -0800

When we moved back to London from the USA, I packed up loads of shoe boxes with books and similar items and shipped them through the normal post. Books can be sent at a special 'printed matter' rate and that ended up being the most cost effective way for us. Some packages took ages to reach us though, surface mail being what it is.

I agree with k8t though. If it's a temporary move bring as little as possible. You can beg/borrow/steal the rest.