At present in this box seems to be going a tool kit, clothes, biscuits foodstuffs, soaps, toothpaste, cosmetics etc. I know in one last year went (carefully wrapped !) 6 bottles of wine, kids toys & clothes, sweets, coffee, tea. The wine arrived fine cos I drunk some. Forex ought to be able to advise you but here she seems to be saying it all gets through OK. Better luck next time.Originally Posted by South-east boy
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!
