Shipping overseas

[Griff 2]

I've run into a problem, I need to get a stick and a shaft overseas. USPS won't send them because of length and when I checked UPS and fed-ex's websites they're telling me $150+ to ship it there. Does anyone know of a cheaper way?

[WhiskeyTango19 0]

WHat I usually do is print my own USPS labels from their website. I lie a little bit about the size until it fits thier specs. They never measure it. I've done it 3 or 4 times, and all has been well so far.

[CTHockey 2]

I ship overseas every day and have never been rejected by USPS.....I've shipped from about 4 different USPS locations and they have all excepted and shipped my sticks and several other items. Obv the person your dealing with is doing something wrong

[jww83 0]

Does anyone know a typical range of price to ship one-piece sticks from canada to australia? Furthermore is anyone willing to help out with shipping from the US to australia?

[mickz 107]

I'm not from the US but when I had to ship a stick to UK from Canada I was in a similar situation. I brought my OPS to be shipped to the post office and the fellow working there says there's no way I can ship something of this size and shape. The guy directed me to Fedex down the street and they wanted $250+ just for shipping. No thanks.

With the suggestion of other MSHers, I decided to print my own shipping label online, I slapped on the label and dropped it off at the post office. IIRC it still cost me a good $80 or so to ship it but it's better than paying $250.

[Zamboni 6]

Does anyone know a typical range of price to ship one-piece sticks from canada to australia? Furthermore is anyone willing to help out with shipping from the US to australia?

Canada Post is all over the board on prices. Choosing faster delivery times = higher shipping cost...yet rarely equals faster shipping times has been my experience. I have paid for cheapest parcel post and gotten 6 day delivery from Toronto to Atlanta, paid for quicker, more expensive shipping and had the parcel arrive in 14 days! Then they tell you its estimated, not guranteed 7-10 day delivery-no refund!

Not sure on US Postal Service but Canada Post will accept long thin box just big enough to hold an adult OPS. Might be able to help if you need something from Canada and its not a need it yesterday situation. Latest OPS's are cheaper in the US.

[CTHockey 2]

Shipping from the US to Australia will probably be about $36 or so through USPS using Priority INternational........ I've definitely sent a few sticks there and the easiest way to do it is just go to USPS.com and print out your own label. Just bring it to the USPS and they'll just scan it, you pay for it, and its on its way. As stated before you might have to fib a little on the dimensions. Usually anything over 63" gets a additional fee added to it. So try and keep the dimensions around 62" tall and you should be fine. Most sticks boxed up weigh about 2 lbs 10 oz, give or take a few ounces

[fatwabbit 93]

Does anyone know a typical range of price to ship one-piece sticks from canada to australia? Furthermore is anyone willing to help out with shipping from the US to australia?

Agree with CTHockey... OPS can be shipped to Australia via USPS.

[jww83 0]

I don't suppose anyone with a lot of spare time would be willing to help redirect a stick or two to Australia from an online store? Obviously something could be sorted out to make up for the troubles gone to.

[phunky_monkey 6]

Does anyone know a typical range of price to ship one-piece sticks from canada to australia? Furthermore is anyone willing to help out with shipping from the US to australia?

Agree with CTHockey... OPS can be shipped to Australia via USPS.

Same here, I just had two OPS shipped to Australia for $36US

[bastardi 0]

Hi,

while we're at it. Does anyone have experieces shipping skates and pant overseas (to be more specific: Germany).

USPS offers a "large flat rate box", but that's only 12x12x6 inces and therefore won't even hold the skates alone.

Has anyone ever shipped bigger packages, and what were the costs?

Thanks and Cheers from Hockey Europe

Thorsten

[CTHockey 2]

Pants and skates come out to roughly the same price as the sticks do.. On a high end i would say $40 shipped to Germany and thats for both the pants and skates in one box. When shipping overseas, USPS doesnt care about the size of the box, just the weight. When shipping within the US they use both the size of the box and the weight to figure out shipping costs. Just go to USPS and click on calculate shiipping. Its usually pretty close to what you would normally pay.

BTW, Flat rate shipping boxes are for USA priority shipping and not International shipping. And quite honestly those flat rate boxes are a rip off, most of the time its cheaper to use your own box and send it priority then it is to use their flat rate box.

[Jarick 5]

I got "checked" last time I shipped a shaft to Canada...usually it's $5 or so, this time it was $20. I believe the usual cutoff is 48".

[CTHockey 2]

anytime i ship a stick to Canada its always $19.80... they never check the size of the box because it doesnt matter, international shipping is based on weight not size.

[pantherfan 0]

To a certain extent

[Ivan 1]

Any one knows a good freight forwarder that would ship to Ukraine or Russia?

[odp 0]

While we're on this topic, any idea what service would ship a one-piece stick from Canada to Northern Ireland? Canada Post won't do it.

[CTHockey 2]

How about you ship it to the US then ship it to Northern Ireland? MIght cost you about $25 extra but it might be the only way.

[Griff 2]

Usually the problem isn't with usps or I would assume Canada Post, it's the recieving countries postal service won't accept package's bigger than X. If that's the case you need to go fed-ex, ups, dhl, ect.

[oggy_3 0]

I dont know if anyone has ever had any situation like this but my buddy in spain wants me to ship his hockey team Helmets, Skates, Sticks, Pants and Shoulder Pads, i realise this is going to be expensive but does anyone know what would the best way to send this would be??

[sebseb 0]

Is there a company like FedEx, DHL, UPS etc. that sends straight to your house in a country in Europe? :P Because the taxes are really high in this part of the world and I would sure like to by-pass them. If I go and pick them at the postal office they charge me 19% of the price tag, that makes a pair of skates, let's say about 600 on site, into about 810$ (including shipping). Thanks

[Griff 2]

From what I understand fed-ex, ups ect have to declare the value and you'll still have to pay tax on it. The only way around customs duties is to have the posted value of the package lowered. Pretty sure that's illegal though.

[Chadd 916]

From what I understand fed-ex, ups ect have to declare the value and you'll still have to pay tax on it. The only way around customs duties is to have the posted value of the package lowered. Pretty sure that's illegal though.

You can do it but you can't insure for more than the declared value.

[sebseb 0]

From what I understand fed-ex, ups ect have to declare the value and you'll still have to pay tax on it. The only way around customs duties is to have the posted value of the package lowered. Pretty sure that's illegal though.

You can do it but you can't insure for more than the declared value.

what do you mean by "insure"? and if I can do it, how do I instruct a site like let's say hockeymonkey to declare a different value on the package? thanks

[phunky_monkey 6]

I dare say Hockeymonkey wouldn't do it.

And "Insure" refers to the insuarance on the item, so if you declare it as being worth 50% of what it actually is, if the item is lost or damaged then you only get that 50%, not what the product is actually worth to replace.