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What's the cheapest way to ship 20-30kg boxes from UK to Switzerland?

Hi,

I am regularly buying boxes with good with around 20-30kg from the UK.

What is your prefered shipping way? and the cheapest?

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Re: What's the chepeast way to ship 20-30kg boxes from UK to Switzerland?

what's in the boxes?
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Re: What's the chepeast way to ship 20-30kg boxes from UK to Switzerland?

Products for my business - does that matter?
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I think it does, just trying to help! I think it would make a huge difference if it was rice as opposed to cufflinks
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Re: What's the chepeast way to ship 20-30kg boxes from UK to Switzerland?

Sorry, I did not mean to come across as rude.

I was genuinly asking if the shipping cost is impacted depending on what is included in the package.

I understand that the customs import charge will differ depending on what you import.

Once again, was not meant to be rude. Thank you for taking time to answer.
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Re: What's the chepeast way to ship 20-30kg boxes from UK to Switzerland?

no problem! I think it does matter but I can't find a link at the moment
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Re: What's the cheapest way to ship 20-30kg boxes from UK to Switzerland?

I have used http://www.excess-baggage.com/ a number of times for shipping personal/household stuff, but maybe they take other kinds of shipments too. Not sure they are really the cheapest but they are fast and relatively hassle free. They use DHL, but I find them cheaper than shipping with DHL directly.
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Re: What's the cheapest way to ship 20-30kg boxes from UK to Switzerland?

not used this service myself but you can get multiple quotes

http://www.parcel2go.com/

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Re: What's the cheapest way to ship 20-30kg boxes from UK to Switzerland?

I rang all the local companies near me in the Uk, the small ones not the big names. One of them had a weekly run to switzerland and just stuck my boxes on the lorry too, at a really good price, worth a try ....... it cost half the price of other quotes.
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Re: What's the cheapest way to ship 20-30kg boxes from UK to Switzerland?

Use this company to ship from the UK cost roughly £18
http://www.parcelsplease.co.uk/

Get it sent to here in Germany, cost roughly 8 euros.

https://www.deutsche-lieferadresse.com/packages

Used this many times, never been let down, takes a few days from the UK to Dropzone.

Might not be easy from Luzern but excellent for Zurich.
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not used this service myself but you can get multiple quotes

http://www.parcel2go.com/

Good luck.
Hi
I used parcel to go when I moved over here to ship non urgent things. Very good service and cheap. If you choose economy service it can take up to.two weeks but I shipped 4 30 kg boxes with them and it cost me £60.
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Re: What's the cheapest way to ship 20-30kg boxes from UK to Switzerland?

Perfect!

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