Royal Mail Overseas parcels

neas

Hi all,

My partner sends packages to Poland through royal mail fairly cheapily....

I am running an ebay auction and have been asked numerous times if i can send overseas i.e greece, norway, spain etc.

My package weighs 3kgs is 30cmx30cmx10cm.

I have the following questions:

1. Is it possible to accurately estimate the postage costs of sending them?

2. I've used royal mails price finder and it says I can use:

International Signed For Printed Papers From 3 days Up to £36 Within UK £19.26

When it says printed papers.. does this mean a letter? or can a parcel be sent?

Thanks all!

ArmitageShanks

Your parcel is classed as a small packet of which the maximum weight you can send Airmail is 2kg.

So unless you can split it into 2 parcels you will need to use a courier. http://www.interparcel.com (£19'ish+vat) or http://parcelmachine.com/ will be the cheapest (register first for 5% discount), also worth ebay search 'parcel Poland'. With a courier delivery is 2-5 days and insurance up to £50 is included, it is also tracked.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1190955

steviebabes

Printed papers means books or magazines etc. you cant send general goods. If you can split the package up to get one under 2Kg it would be cheaper otherwise you are looking at parcelforce or another courier such as DHL. If the parcel is not worth more than £50 I have found supaparcels pretty cheap and reliable. You can opt for extra insurance but it then gets quite expensive. I use DHL as its fully tracked and aproved by paypal but they have a coice of companies. Worth registering for a 5% discount and you can pay by paypal or CC.

jammin_2

I know this is an old thread, but can I just ask..

steviebabes wrote: »

Printed papers means books or magazines etc. you cant send general goods.

What's the difference? I mean, if the weight and dimensions are fine (I'm thinking of sending an old laptop) - what's wrong with sending it as International Signed For Printed Papers?

emby

jammin wrote: »

I know this is an old thread, but can I just ask..


What's the difference? I mean, if the weight and dimensions are fine (I'm thinking of sending an old laptop) - what's wrong with sending it as International Signed For Printed Papers?

Because it's not printed papers, is it?

jammin_2

emby wrote: »

Because it's not printed papers, is it?

Do you have genuine answer or are you just trying to be smart?

soolin

jammin wrote: »

Do you have genuine answer or are you just trying to be smart?

To be honest I'm not sure what other sort of answer you are expecting?

Hello PO lady, can I please send this laptop shaped parcel as printed paper please?

Don't forget you will need to state a value (and pay for the additional insurance as well) when you buy International signed for. What country are you sending it to, wouldn't a courier be better?

jammin_2

soolin wrote: »

To be honest I'm not sure what other sort of answer you are expecting?

Hello PO lady, can I please send this laptop shaped parcel as printed paper please?

Don't forget you will need to state a value (and pay for the additional insurance as well) when you buy International signed for. What country are you sending it to, wouldn't a courier be better?

Russia, potentially.

And in a large jiffy big (adequately protected, of course), it would look no different from a jiffy bag full of printed paper.

If anyone knows of a genuine reason why International Signed For Printed Papers is only for printed papers and sending items other than printed papers is impossible, I'd love to know.

soolin

jammin wrote: »

Russia, potentially.

And in a large jiffy big (adequately protected, of course), it would look no different from a jiffy bag full of printed paper.

If anyone knows of a genuine reason why International Signed For Printed Papers is only for printed papers and sending items other than printed papers is impossible, I'd love to know.

Please, a box at least..it will be thrown across sorting offices and manhandled and a double box is the very least I would suggest.

Russia=customs..so when it is potentially opened to check contents and they spot it isn't papers what do you think will happen to it?

jammin_2

soolin wrote: »

Russia=customs..so when it is potentially opened to check contents and they spot it isn't papers what do you think will happen to it?

I don't know, do you? Do Russian customs have any interest in whether the sender chose the correct postal service? I thought their job is to monitor the importation of prohibited or restricted items.

soolin

jammin wrote: »

I don't know, do you? Do Russian customs have any interest in whether the sender chose the correct postal service? I thought their job is to monitor the importation of prohibited or restricted items.

You will need to fill out a customs declaration as well and falsyfying one of those is actually a serious offence as you are defrauding HMRC.