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Equipment => Bats => Topic started by: Sloggerz on November 01, 2020, 08:23:02 PM

Title: Sending a bat to USA from UK
Post by: Sloggerz on November 01, 2020, 08:23:02 PM: Hi all,

Has anyone sent a bat to the states from UK?Just need to know how much it would cost to send?
Any recommendations for companies to use and the cheapest way to do it?

Thanks guys
Title: Re: Sending a bat to USA from UK
Post by: KW9221 on November 01, 2020, 08:27:46 PM: Royal mail, Parcel2go are the ones sellers have used to send me to US.
Title: Re: Sending a bat to USA from UK
Post by: Sloggerz on November 01, 2020, 08:28:54 PM: Can you remember how much it cost?
Title: Re: Sending a bat to USA from UK
Post by: Ayrtek Cricket on November 01, 2020, 08:50:18 PM: Fedex by far the best option going to the US from the UK, 48 hours service typically for around £25 fully tracked.
Title: Re: Sending a bat to USA from UK
Post by: SOULMAN1012 on November 01, 2020, 09:02:08 PM: Royal Mail is extortionate for a tracked service i was quoted over £50 last month when i took one to be posted within the UK for an enquiry i had.
Title: Re: Sending a bat to USA from UK
Post by: Sloggerz on November 01, 2020, 09:06:04 PM: Quote from: Ayrtek Cricket on November 01, 2020, 08:50:18 PM
Fedex by far the best option going to the US from the UK, 48 hours service typically for around £25 fully tracked.

That sounds reasonable compared to royal mail!
Title: Re: Sending a bat to USA from UK
Post by: Sloggerz on November 01, 2020, 09:21:59 PM: Quote from: Ayrtek Cricket on November 01, 2020, 08:50:18 PM
Fedex by far the best option going to the US from the UK, 48 hours service typically for around £25 fully tracked.

I have just input the address for usa and dimensions and weight it has quoted me £153.59 on the fedex website...can i ask what service it is?
Title: Re: Sending a bat to USA from UK
Post by: KettonJake on November 01, 2020, 09:23:30 PM: Don’t go direct to the suppliers

Go to interparcel.com
Title: Re: Sending a bat to USA from UK
Post by: Sloggerz on November 01, 2020, 09:29:57 PM: Quote from: KettonJake on November 01, 2020, 09:23:30 PM
Don’t go direct to the suppliers

Go to interparcel.com

Thanks. Tried this website. Its coming up to around £34.45 and £50 cover. The service is fedex international priority.
Title: Re: Sending a bat to USA from UK
Post by: KettonJake on November 01, 2020, 09:57:33 PM: Quote from: Sloggerz on November 01, 2020, 09:29:57 PM
Thanks. Tried this website. Its coming up to around £34.45 and £50 cover. The service is fedex international priority.

What size is the box? A typical bat box is 90 x 12 x 10 and 2kg, I’ve just generated a price of £28 in my account for that, based on ‘USA’ with no specific location data. If you are sending to a remote area there might be a surcharge
Title: Re: Sending a bat to USA from UK
Post by: Sloggerz on November 01, 2020, 10:14:03 PM: Quote from: KettonJake on November 01, 2020, 09:57:33 PM
What size is the box? A typical bat box is 90 x 12 x 10 and 2kg, I’ve just generated a price of £28 in my account for that, based on ‘USA’ with no specific location data. If you are sending to a remote area there might be a surcharge

The have put the bat in a smaller box and got a quote for around £30 via fedex
95cm x 14 x 9cm are the demensions.
Title: Re: Sending a bat to USA from UK
Post by: KettonJake on November 01, 2020, 10:40:25 PM: Quote from: Sloggerz on November 01, 2020, 10:14:03 PM
The have put the bat in a smaller box and got a quote for around £30 via fedex
95cm x 14 x 9cm are the demensions.

Yes that looks about right :)
Title: Re: Sending a bat to USA from UK
Post by: Ayrtek Cricket on November 01, 2020, 11:10:59 PM: Agreed prob about right, I have an account with FedEx so get better rates sometimes that resellers such as P4D, Parcel2Go, ParcelMonkey etc.