Decent couriers to the US that won’t cost ££££

[KittenKong]

So I have some parcels to send over to the states - not massive (30x30x50cm, about 5kg) - but I’m being quoted around £50 each!

Does anyone know any decent services that might be a wee bit cheaper?

I always use parcel monkey to find the cheapest rate. Never had a problem with their service.

I don't know for the size/weight you are sending and how quickly you need it to get there but Royal Mail do an economy service that they never tell you about in the post office. I often get told its £38 then when I say no, its much cheaper when I look it up online, they spend 5 mins looking and find it for £12.50 or thereabouts.

Otherwise, yep, it's blooming expensive

I don't know for the size/weight you are sending and how quickly you need it to get there but Royal Mail do an economy service that they never tell you about in the post office. I often get told its £38 then when I say no, its much cheaper when I look it up online, they spend 5 mins looking and find it for £12.50 or thereabouts.

Otherwise, yep, it's blooming expensive

Has anyone ever used Transglobal Express? They are coming up quite cheap (£32 rather than £50-110!!). My spidery senses are tingling...

I use parcel2go, never had an issue with them

@KittenKong

Has anyone ever used Transglobal Express? They are coming up quite cheap (£32 rather than £50-110!!). My spidery senses are tingling...

I looked at them once and found a load of bad reviews. Unfortunately, if you want decent and reliable, you have to pay. Parcelforce (booked via parcelmonkey) are the best, IMO, and will collect next day from your house for a few extra quid.

My god I’ve been wrestling with flippin’ forms. Bloody Brexit - I swear they want to know my inside leg measurement! And it looks like my BIL won’t get his pork scratchings wither (he has a bar and I don’t think he would be expecting a picture of a semi-naked man on the board underneath the packs).

@KittenKong ... Brexit has nothing to do with sending parcels to the US? There have always been forms to fill out.

I’ve never had to fill out forms where you list and deadline each item, it’s country of origin, weight, and an HRMC code! The Helpdesk told me it was a Brexit thing.

I've just sent a parcel to the USA via Transglobal express. Picked up last Wednesday in the north East. Delivered to it's destination in Ohio this morning. £35 . The package weighed just less than a kilo.

Cool. I went with them (I didn’t see the bad report upthread) and it was just under £38.

They even called me (as a new customer) to check everything was ok and confirm that they were picking it up in the morning and did I want a 1 hour time a lot. Fingers crossed it all arrives ok!

My parcel is 6.2 kilos!