Good morning, Philippines! Good evening, UK!Can someone please suggest the best way to send a package to the Philippines? Package includes a laptop, an ipod, just a few clothes for our son, possibly food (chocolates and cookies), and a book.
THANK YOU!!!!!
balikbayan box of LBC will do but am not sure with laptop or i pod if its safe to send along with those stuff..me myself is thinking to send some food goddie as well back homeany idea co forumers
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Be aware that if you courier it by any means, they'll hit for tax by customs in the Philippines.
We send a large box to family in Barangay Bunga Leyte,last Tuesday from Truro in Cornwall,arrive Manila on Friday,delivered to home on Wednesday am,for under £50 DHL,try them.
cornwall? any branch in plymouth she?Originally Posted by sheriel
We send a large box to family in Barangay Bunga Leyte,last Tuesday from Truro in Cornwall,arrive Manila on Friday,delivered to home on Wednesday am,for under £50 DHL,try them.
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I'd send it by DHL. They have branches and agents everywhere, both here and in the Phils.
It might cost a little more, but what you send will have a chance of still being in the box when it's delivered.
It will also be a hell of a lot quicker than Balikbayan, which might take a couple of months or more...and they are not always reliable going by what's being discussed on another thread.
Just compress the clothes as much as possible if they're charging by size of box rather than weight.
You can track the progress of the box online.
how do we get the box from dhl graham as my stuff willpack at home itselfI'd send it by DHL. They have branches and agents everywhere, both here and in the Phils.
It might cost a little more, but what you send will have a chance of still being in the box when it's delivered.
It will also be a hell of a lot quicker than Balikbayan, which might take a couple of months or more...and they are not always reliable going by what's being discussed on another thread.
Just compress the clothes as much as possible if they're charging by size of box rather than weight.
You can track the progress of the box online.do they give you the box first and send it to them later when its all ready never been use a service like this before so am confuse of what to do
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And I presume that includes insurance of the contents?We send a large box to family in Barangay Bunga Leyte,last Tuesday from Truro in Cornwall,arrive Manila on Friday,delivered to home on Wednesday am,for under £50 DHL,try them.
How many pesos customs tax RickyR for Laptop and what if the reciever lives in Leyte,miles from Manila,when do they pay tax.
Haven't got a clue....can't remember now.how do we get the box from dhl graham as my stuff willpack at home itself
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Ring em up and ask Moy.
Haven't got a clue....can't remember now.
Ring em up and ask Moy.
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Moy, DHL Express,Eagle Road,Langage Buisiness Park,Plymouth ,Devon PL7 5JY telephone 01752 348943,try them,they will have many size boxes.
thanks for the inf she
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Phone them on Monday morning and they will Quote charges,you have to collect boxes from them.
can we just go there on there office instead of phoning and get the the said box??Phone them on Monday morning and they will Quote charges,you have to collect boxes from them.
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I believe a lot of W H SMITH, RYMAN and STAPLES handle DHL Parcels now. You can check your nearest service point here.
http://www.dhlservicepoint.co.uk/
DHL is a courier service and expensive.
You also must be careful what you put inside.
Usually tax is required to be paid by the local delivery agent upon delivery depending on what's inside.
Unless you need to send some small items by express delivery better to use regular balikbayan box.
We recently sent a 6kg size box with DHL which cost £75 to send to Phils.
Not much of a size volume-wise.
If you're thinking of using a courier like DHL you might be better off using a reseller like www.parcelhero.com - 6kg to Manila DHL 3 day comes up at £52.15
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When you fill in the box size/weight on web forms to get a price just be aware that all of the courier outfits use volume pricing - I sent 4kg to Sweden last week but when quoting guessed the box size a bit smaller than it actually was I'd calculated £21 but paid £25 - still a good deal compared with Parcel FarceGood link
oh so what courier do you recommend Terpe
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Good link
DHL have a small range of "standard boxes" (No.1, No2, etc) The "normal weight" for each box is printed on the side but the service centre told me it's just a guide anyway up to + couple of kg.
I've a feeling ourt box was No.4 up to 6kg. We actually stuffed it pretty tight but still only 5kg.
I think they're good for compact high value stuff like laptops etc.
Couldn't agree more, Graham.I think they're good for compact high value stuff like laptops etc.
Thank you all for your replies! I think I'm gonna go with DHL. My husband sent me a package through LBC before and it took a month to arrive here. Don't wanna wait that long again. Again, thank you!!!
look at transglobal express,they use dhl for there deliveries,dhl collect it but you dont get charged dhl prices,i sent a box 30 cm high 50cm long 40cm width, it weighed 10kg and i insured it for £1000 when i priced dhl it was £200 but transglobal express charged me £75 inc £20 insurance was delivered in 6 days to negros occidental and my lady had to pay 548 peso handling, there was no custom charges and it contained playstation and 20 mobile phones ,,, jay ...
whats the link for that transglobal?
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moy -u might try google -works pretty quick http://www.transglobalexpress.co.uk/ u want to send to davao?if u can wait a few weeks we will be going davao -just send it here instead
davao city yesmoy -u might try google -works pretty quick http://www.transglobalexpress.co.uk/ u want to send to davao?if u can wait a few weeks we will be going davao -just send it here instead
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6 weeks ago I used DHL and made a mistake of using an agent for my convenience. The 5kg package did arrive in Mindanao and all was well. The tracking is not up to date after it got to Manila. It took 24 hrs to get to Manila it took another 5 day to get to Mindanao. When I tried to contact DHL because there had been no movement for 3 days they said they couldn't help me and to contact the agent as i was not the sender. As for the live tracking , it was updated 2 day after my wife had received it, she also had to pay tax she thinks of 600 peso for documents of no real value
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