Quote Originally Posted by Dedworth View Post
Bad news, a wicked amount.........I know you were determined to hit the birthday/xmas deadline.

Makes an even stronger argument in favour of the Balikbayan box. My Mrs has confirmed that there will be no extra charges/duty etc on the 60cm x 60cm x 60cm box currently being filled. Cost's about £80 plus you get a small box thrown in, once it's full and I've strapped it both guys will be needed to lift it on the van
What kinds of Items are you sending? Ate there any lists anywhere of what things are charged and not charged for? I would have though that some of the things I sent would have had no or low taxes on them. The balikbayan box for me would have only been £40, but I thought that the courier fee of £62 was pretty good for a 2-3 day service. But then I got the extra charge of £18 for the volumetric weight (but I had weighed and measured it carefully), now this extra charge of £80! All these charges have come to £160 to get a 15kg box there! If only I'd found this forum a little earlier and known about the balikbayan boxes I could have saved a fair bit of money!