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woods
Joined: 19 Nov 2008
Location: Seoul 2009-2011 / (Ireland)
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 Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 10:26 pm Post subject: Shipping suitcase home through the post office |
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I will travel SE Asia after my contract ends but want to ship my suitcase (approx. 20kg) home to Ireland.
I heard you can do this through the post office?? Anyone any experience of doing this....hopefully it is possible.
Here is the link which explains it. Will they accept a suitcase?
Can anyone help please. Thanks!
http://www.koreapost.go.kr/eng/service/service02_03.jsp |
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Schneepat
Joined: 18 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 6:32 am Post subject: |
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Hey there,
Back in 2006 I shipped my suitcase back to Canada. I just packed it and made sure the whole thing was under 20 kg. I brought it down to the main post office near where I lived. They had a boxing service that cost a few thousand won, and the guy built a box around my suitcase. There were no problems getting it sent. If you live near a large post office, there should be a boxing service there that can box up your suitcase no problem. Send it by sea, and it'll be there by the time you get back from your travels. |
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uhfotis
Joined: 01 Jan 2009
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| Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 4:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah I boxed my stuff up and mailed it back to Canada a while back. I even sent a pc and monitor I had bought here. When the woman at the post office saw that I had the monitor listed as being one of the things in the box she told me it was illegal to mail out big electronics. I crossed it off the list in front of her and told her I was mistaken and there was no monitor. She seemed content with that and put it through. Everything showed up in a canada a month or so later in perfect shape. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 7:40 pm Post subject: Re: Shipping suitcase home through the post office |
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| woods wrote: |
I will travel SE Asia after my contract ends but want to ship my suitcase (approx. 20kg) home to Ireland.
I heard you can do this through the post office?? Anyone any experience of doing this....hopefully it is possible.
Here is the link which explains it. Will they accept a suitcase?
Can anyone help please. Thanks!
http://www.koreapost.go.kr/eng/service/service02_03.jsp |
depends on the size and method of shipping.
Air can send larger boxes than sea but costs a LOT more.
If you are shipping by sea the largest size you can ship by post is 2 linear meters (so a big suitcase is out). |
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Sector7G
Joined: 24 May 2008
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| Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 1:50 am Post subject: Re: Shipping suitcase home through the post office |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
depends on the size and method of shipping.
Air can send larger boxes than sea but costs a LOT more.
If you are shipping by sea the largest size you can ship by post is 2 linear meters (so a big suitcase is out). |
How right you are! But for a brief 15 minutes this afternoon I thought I had gotten extremely lucky.
I went with a Korean friend to the PO today with my "average size" leather suitcase, not knowing the dimensions. Actually it's not my suitcase but a family member's who has a sentimental attachment to it and won't let me ditch it (or else I would have in a heartbeat).
The PO people were very helpful - they even met me at the door and helped me because I had another box I was carrying along with the suitcase.
So anyway, the guy lays my suitcase flat into the bottom of one their largest, deepest boxes and it was almost a perfect fit. The sides of the box just had to be cut down a little. So far, so good. Before he started cutting he put it on the scale and the lady behind the desk said it would cost around 58,000 won and asked if I wanted insurance. 58,000??I could not believe my ears and made sure they knew it was going to the USA. Yes, they knew!
So the guy started customizing the box and the lady started doing the paperwork on that and also the other box I had. Turns out the other box was a little heavy so I had to take few books out. No big deal, I was probably never really going to study Korean anyway(who was I trying to kid?). At this point I was still happy as a clam!
But after the guy finished cutting down the box that held the suitcase, the woman came around the counter with her measuring tape and almost immediately started shaking her head and frowning(I did not need my friend to translate that). Turns out it was too big. She said if they sent it out it would be returned. To make a long story short, it ended up costing me 159,000 won to go by their EMS service, but will get to the US in about 5 days. The other box will be shipped at a cost of 58,000 won and take about a month. Grand total: 217,000 won.
I was strangely ok with all of this, because at least now it's done and I don't have to worry about it anymore. And I had kind of counted on it costing that much before I even went in.
I was just a little curious as to what made them think it was going to be so cheap in the beginning. Hadn't they done this before? Or maybe it was because it fit so nicely in the bottom of the box.
Anyway, one less thing to worry about. Thailand beckons!! 5 more days! |
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wormholes101
Joined: 11 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 4:47 am Post subject: Re: Shipping suitcase home through the post office |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
If you are shipping by sea the largest size you can ship by post is 2 linear meters (so a big suitcase is out). |
What does 2 linear meters mean? height+length+width? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 2:29 am Post subject: Re: Shipping suitcase home through the post office |
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| wormholes101 wrote: |
| ttompatz wrote: |
If you are shipping by sea the largest size you can ship by post is 2 linear meters (so a big suitcase is out). |
What does 2 linear meters mean? height+length+width? |
THEIR CALCULATION is:
( height x2 ) + ( width x 2 ) + ( length ) < 200cm
Basically, wrap a measuring tape around it and add the length. IF it is less than 2 meters you are golden. If it is not you will have problems.
EMS and Air Parcel do allow somewhat larger sizes/weights but you will pay dearly for it (usually more than the value of the goods you are shipping).
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