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Novalis
Joined: 19 Sep 2003
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 Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 10:58 am Post subject: Mailing stuff home. |
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How much does it cost to mail stuff to the US from South Korea?
1. by airmail
2. by surface mail
(It's my understanding that they weigh the mail and charge you accordingly. Is this correct?)
Thanks. |
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Grotto
Joined: 21 Mar 2004
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| Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 12:12 pm Post subject: cost |
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not sure how much to the US but it cost me approximately 50,000 won to send a 25 kilo (55lbs) box to Canada via surface mail..it was a pretty big box.
Ask the post office...they have several boxes that you can buy, stuff full and ship.
Other than that you need a moving company I believe and I am not sure of the cost for them |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 1:39 pm Post subject: |
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Yep, it's all about size, weight, method and company. Example:
I went home for a year to study, and took a lot of stuff with me. A lot. 3/4 of a container on a cargo ship. Door to door, including packing, cost 1,300,000. Very good deal. Some companies were more, some were less.
Surface mail (by ship) is generally very cheap. It takes about a month, but it's reliable and cost-effective. |
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dogbert
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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| I took some packages to the post office last Saturday to be mailed to the U.S. and was informed that packages the combined dimensions of which exceed two meters cannot be shipped to the U.S. First I'd heard of that. |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 4:12 pm Post subject: |
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| I would think that a box of that size would need to be sent through a shipping company. Dunno.... |
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PEIGUY
Joined: 28 Mar 2004
Location: Omokgyo
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| Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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| how about shipping to Korea?? i was thikning of shipping my hockey gear over.. any ideas how much it would cost? ( I live in Canada) |
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Novalis
Joined: 19 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 12:20 pm Post subject: Odd |
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| I took some packages to the post office last Saturday to be mailed to the U.S. and was informed that packages the combined dimensions of which exceed two meters cannot be shipped to the U.S. First I'd heard of that. |
Odd. I bought about 40 books from a guy here in Busan because he was heading back home and didn't want to pay to ship them home. But I know someone who taught in Gwanju who said that she shipped a big box of stuff home from Gwanju for like 30,000 won. She did that a year or so ago. I wonder if the rules vary from city to city or post office to post office. Or maybe it's possible that Koreans just aren't consistent about this topic and keep changing the rules... Any longtime vets out there know for sure? |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 1:44 pm Post subject: |
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| PEIGUY wrote: |
| how about shipping to Korea?? i was thikning of shipping my hockey gear over.. any ideas how much it would cost? ( I live in Canada) |
Unless you absolutely can't live without it, don't. Canada Post charges an arm and a leg to ship things overseas, my guess would be well over $100.00 to ship it surface(that's being extremely conservative), which will take at least a month. If you still want to go with it, chances are that they won't allow you to ship it in one parcel, and you'll have to send it in a whole bunch of smaller boxes.
Good luck |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 1:46 pm Post subject: |
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two metres is a pretty damn big box, I think I've had appartments here that size  Chances are that it's not the regulations that vary, but people's definitions of "big" |
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dogbert
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: Killbox 90210
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 3:53 pm Post subject: Re: Odd |
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| Novalis wrote: |
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| I took some packages to the post office last Saturday to be mailed to the U.S. and was informed that packages the combined dimensions of which exceed two meters cannot be shipped to the U.S. First I'd heard of that. |
Odd. I bought about 40 books from a guy here in Busan because he was heading back home and didn't want to pay to ship them home. But I know someone who taught in Gwanju who said that she shipped a big box of stuff home from Gwanju for like 30,000 won. She did that a year or so ago. I wonder if the rules vary from city to city or post office to post office. Or maybe it's possible that Koreans just aren't consistent about this topic and keep changing the rules... Any longtime vets out there know for sure? |
If it is a rule, I would bet that it's a U.S. rule, not a Korean one.
Probably part and parcel of the new "anti-terrorism" measures.
And this was for postal service shipments, not shipping company shipments. Might be different rules for those. |
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justagirl
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 5:33 pm Post subject: |
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I can't remember exactly, but there is a limit to the size of box you can ship to the U.S. It doesn't matter if it's shipped by air or mail--same regulation.
I wish I could remember the size! You wouldn't be able to send home one of the floor tables, for example--that's too large, so it has to be under 2 meters.
I find that the post office clerks always try to send things EMS (super expensive), then they try to send it registered (still really expensive). You have to specifically ask them to send it regular air mail to get the cheapest airmail rate.
Also, if it's over 2 kg, you have to put the form on the front of the package that has the contents listed inside and your signature, etc.
Ground shipping is definitely the way to go, if you have the time to spare on delivery. We sent home one of those mink blankets, queen size, and it cost 25,000 ground-shipped. Those things are heavy, so it was a good deal. |
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PEIGUY
Joined: 28 Mar 2004
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| Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 6:24 pm Post subject: |
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| peppermint wrote: |
| PEIGUY wrote: |
| how about shipping to Korea?? i was thikning of shipping my hockey gear over.. any ideas how much it would cost? ( I live in Canada) |
Unless you absolutely can't live without it, don't. Canada Post charges an arm and a leg to ship things overseas, my guess would be well over $100.00 to ship it surface(that's being extremely conservative), which will take at least a month. If you still want to go with it, chances are that they won't allow you to ship it in one parcel, and you'll have to send it in a whole bunch of smaller boxes.
Good luck |
I figured that much, what i'm goign to try to do is take only waht i need and stuff it in different places within my luggage i guess... i asked a guy i work with who owns a shipping company and he said 2-300.. so you weren't far off peppermint i just thought i would ask thanks for the info! |
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Korea Newfie
Joined: 27 Mar 2003
Location: Newfoundland and Labrador
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| Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 8:28 am Post subject: Re: Mailing stuff home. |
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| Novalis wrote: |
| How much does it cost to mail stuff to the US from South Korea? |
Check it out here. |
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dogbert
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: Killbox 90210
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| Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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| FWIW, I called the USPS and was informed that the total dimensions of any single package mailed to the U.S. may not exceed 108 inches. |
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Sarah-in-Korea
Joined: 20 Aug 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 10:25 pm Post subject: Re: Mailing stuff home. |
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| Korea Newfie wrote: |
| Novalis wrote: |
| How much does it cost to mail stuff to the US from South Korea? |
Check it out here. |
I just ckecked out their website and gained no information from it whatsoever. Pretty useless, unless I was looking in the wrong place.
I went into the PO yesterday, since I also have a shipload of stuff to send home, and was told that the TOTAL of all 3 dimensions can't exceed 3m, ie. 1x1x1m is ok, and 1.5x 1x 0.5 is ok too. However, no side can exceed 1.5m, so I can't send my snowboard home since it's 1.6m long, even tho the other dimentions are small. To post 20kg to NZ via surface mail is W48,000, but I'm sure I paid more than that in the past. Maybe it doesn't include insurance or something.
Apparently if you send books you can get a cheaper rate if you declare on the form that they are books. Don't know why.
Anyone had any experience using shipping companies for smaller boxes, like 20kg? In London there were companies that would deliver you the box then pick it up when you filled it and deliver it to the door. Just wondering if there are any services like that here.
SiK |
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