shipping

[clairelovesorlando]

Hi there has anyone shipped anything back from the florida? we are going first two weeks in december and are looking to buy quite a lot of presents for the kids? thanks p.s i know disney shops do ship overseas has anyone tried this

 

[PaulaSB12]

Are you sending them by post or by cargo ship. I had a 6ft 5inches by 2 ft by 2ft cat scratching post sent by cargo ship last year,cost as much to shift as it did to make but the cats love it. BTW the family think I am barmy for doing that. If you send it by post you will have to fill out a customs form on it saying how much it cost.

 

[mushumadness]

we have used the post office in the use to ship a sword home, cost nearly as much in customs when it got here than it did to buy

my sister ships with disney every year, doesnt get charged that much at all

 

[foxylady]

We enquired last year how much it would be to ship one of the Disney globes.

The cost was more than the globe, so didn't bother .

Instead bought it home as hand luggage, but that was the only hand luggage I had!

 

[mikki.young]

Disney prices for shipping to the UK are ludicrous and based on price not weight. I think when they fill out the customs they sometimes add the cost of shipping to the value of the goods which just adds insult to injury!

You can use the post office or somewhere like UPS but it still isn't cheap. And as others have said you still don't escape paying the customs duty.

 

[Queenie]

We're thinking of having these free snowglobes shipped back, presumably Disney would fill out the forms with the cost it would have been if we'd bought them? Any idea how much it would be to ship two of them?

 

[Shooby doo]

Not that I'm advising you to do this but as long as you fill out the customs labels to state : gift & a value up to $50 then you don't pay tax! BE AWARE that if you don't you will pay VAT,Import tax & a handling fee by the Post Office.The other option of course is to put them in your suitcases
SD

 

[AndRu]

I think customs and the post office will try and rip you off no matter what you do. personally, I'd go out with very little (including clothes!) and come back with bulging suitcases!

 

[Queenie]

I'm just wary of packing this thing. I can't put it in the checked luggage - it'll get smashed, but with two of them between 3 people, that leaves us barely any room for our actual hand luggage.

 

[Miffy2003]

I have tried to have things shipped via the US Disney websites before but the cost of shipping is quite prohibitive. As someone says above, it is based on price not weight and from memory added well over 50% to my bill.

Who are you flying with? You might find you have enough luggage allowance to bring all you need home with you. To send it back home will mostly wipe out any savings you make unfortunately, so unless it is an item you absolutely have to have and cannot be bought over here, I'm not sure I would hurry to buy it there and send it back here.

Queenie - I reckon you might get away with the snowglobe in checked luggage? Although I brought mine back as hand luggage they are so well packaged you might be OK in checked???

 

[Claire L]

Are you sending them by post or by cargo ship. I had a 6ft 5inches by 2 ft by 2ft cat scratching post sent by cargo ship last year,cost as much to shift as it did to make but the cats love it. BTW the family think I am barmy for doing that. If you send it by post you will have to fill out a customs form on it saying how much it cost.

We have seen a lovely one but its about 5 foot tall!! How much did it cost to ship and who did you use?

Thanks

Claire