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 Author: cptnruthless View Messages Posted By cptnruthless
 Posted: Apr 6, 2023 17:23
 Subject: Advice on shipping from USA to South Africa?
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 Topic: Shipping
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cptnruthless (1319)

Location:  USA, California
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Aug 30, 2006 Contact Member Seller
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Store Closed Store: Captain's Brick Shop
Anyone have any familiarity on shipping something over 2lbs from USA to South
Africa?
From what I can see from online quotes from the various shipping sites, it's
fairly expensive!
Buyer was not entirely concerned about the quickest way to ship the package,
although I understand their post service is not the most expedient anyway.

Any advice on where to look is much appreciated, thanks!
 Author: wildchicken13 View Messages Posted By wildchicken13
 Posted: Apr 6, 2023 20:31
 Subject: Re: Advice on shipping from USA to South Africa?
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wildchicken13 (876)

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Do you have a Pirate Ship account? You may want to look into their Simple Export
Rate. It's $20 to send a two-pound package overseas, which is about the cheapest
I can find. https://www.pirateship.com/simple-export-rate
 Author: wildchicken13 View Messages Posted By wildchicken13
 Posted: Apr 6, 2023 20:35
 Subject: Re: Advice on shipping from USA to South Africa?
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wildchicken13 (876)

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Correction: If it's over two pounds, then it's $27, not $20. That's
still much cheaper than the USPS commercial rate, though.
 Author: Soleterna View Messages Posted By Soleterna
 Posted: Apr 7, 2023 11:32
 Subject: Re: Advice on shipping from USA to South Africa?
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In Shipping, cptnruthless writes:
  Anyone have any familiarity on shipping something over 2lbs from USA to South
Africa?
From what I can see from online quotes from the various shipping sites, it's
fairly expensive!
Buyer was not entirely concerned about the quickest way to ship the package,
although I understand their post service is not the most expedient anyway.

Any advice on where to look is much appreciated, thanks!

My only advice is to make sure it is tracked. I used to live there and if things
didn't have a tracking number and insurance they would easily go missing