[rescue] Suggestions for Shipping from UK to US

[Lionel Peterson]

Checked baggage on a flight that you hold a ticket on?

How heavy/big is this?

Lionel

On Mar 1, 2009, at 4:10 PM, stephen price <sd_price at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Can anybody suggest how to ship from the UK to US "cost-effectively"?
>
> I recently received some light weight components and was stunned at  
> the cost of the shipping.
>
> The package was sent via Parcel Force EMS Global Priority.  I was  
> told by the shipper that it was the most cost effective that they  
> could find & that it wasn't the weight but the volume that caused  
> the excess charge.
>
> I need to have some more equipment shipped back to me in Texas, and  
> I am asking any and all for suggestions.  The other equipment is  
> heavier and larger than the first, and I'm not sure that my budget  
> can sustain such charges.
>
> Suggestions welcomed off-list.
>
> thanks!
>
> steve price
> ft worth texas usa
> sd_price at yahoo.com
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