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Jackie
Joined: 03 Nov 2007
Location: Central South Korea
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 Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:12 am Post subject: Shipping from US to Korea: How to Save? |
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| I am planning on shipping books and a several other items. Does anyone have a clue how to save money on this venture? |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:44 am Post subject: |
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| The cheapest way I know of to do it is the Post Office. Pretty reliable and convenient, too. |
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cdninkorea
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 11:53 am Post subject: |
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 Nice one Ya-Ta
Seriously, you can ship things Surface Mail rather than Air Mail- they travel by ship and costs a lot less. Takes several months (I think about two) for your stuff to arrive. |
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun
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| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 2:05 pm Post subject: |
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| You can no longer send things by surface mail from the US. |
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Jackie
Joined: 03 Nov 2007
Location: Central South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 2:26 pm Post subject: right, no more US surface mail |
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| But friends of mine from Eastern Europe and Lebanon, were able to find independent shippers who could do surface mail from US to their home countries. Anyone know of an independent Korean one? Thanks. |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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| OiGirl wrote: |
| You can no longer send things by surface mail from the US. |
I never heard any logic about this. Is the USA that broke that they can't send regular mail anymore?
OP: I can only suggest bringing them on a carry-on or in your luggage. |
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boatofcar
Joined: 20 Dec 2006
Location: Sheffield, UK
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| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Bibbitybop wrote: |
| OiGirl wrote: |
| You can no longer send things by surface mail from the US. |
I never heard any logic about this. Is the USA that broke that they can't send regular mail anymore?
OP: I can only suggest bringing them on a carry-on or in your luggage. |
The word I got was that it was so rarely used it was costing the PO money to keep it as a service. |
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