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Shipping charges from China to Ireland

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  • 12-02-2009 9:27am
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    Ferny
    Registered Users Posts: 62 ✭✭


    I am looking to buy in a few small household items from China but i am getting crazy shipping costs of $600 from the company. Does anyone know of any cheap shipping solution from China to Ireland
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    Nody
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    Also keep in mind tax and VAT when you calculate how cheap it will be to buy it there.


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    hbr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 760 ✭✭✭hbr


    Ferny wrote: »
    I am looking to buy in a few small household items from China but i am getting crazy shipping costs of $600 from the company. Does anyone know of any cheap shipping solution from China to Ireland

    It depends on big your 'small' items are. I have found EMS are
    extremely fast and reliable:
    http://www.ems.com.cn/english-main.jsp

    They have an excellent on-line tracking service. Local delivery
    is by An Post. The last EMS package I received (Jan 09) took
    four days to get from China to Cork and the charges were only
    a few quid. Not much more expensive than a similar size/weight
    parcel from within Ireland. This package was only 1kG.


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    top_dog
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    hbr wrote: »
    The last EMS package I received (Jan 09) took
    four days to get from China to Cork and the charges were only
    a few quid. Not much more expensive than a similar size/weight
    parcel from within Ireland. This package was only 1kG.

    How much are we talking about say for instance a package the size of a show box 1kg?


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    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    This is a year old thread. Look on their website for costs.


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