Sending heavy stuff to the US?

[xocanin 0]

Hey guys,

I'm moving to America from Brazil next month around the 15th, but I'm not bringing enough stuff with me to justify paying an international moving company. However I cannot bring everything without going way over the weight limit of the airline (and I would need more than 2 suitcases, too).

It's mostly books -- I have a huge amount of very large, thick, heavy hardcover art books. Many of them are rare/out of print, so I really don't want to part with them. But I don't have $100000000000000 to ship them to the US by mail.

Are there any services that you know of which will let me send these books to America for a reasonable price? I'm looking at (seriously) about 140lbs worth of books here. My fiance and I have done a lot of Googling but we're only coming up with shady-looking businesses and/or very expensive moving companies.

Has anyone done business with these guys?

Thanks in advance!

[Horees 2]

same here

[DutchAmericanLove 0]

Have you contacted UTS International? They do smaller moves as well and are a fantastic company. I know shipping things from Europe to the US is by volume and not weight, not sure about from South America.

[Niels Bohr 72]

Solution. New life, new stuff. Therefore, sell your furniture. Take only the necessary things.

[xocanin 0]

Solution. New life, new stuff. Therefore, sell your furniture. Take only the necessary things.

There is no furniture. It's only my rare books. I said that pretty clearly on my first post.

Thanks Niels Bohr I will check them out.

[threeoceans 0]

Some airlines allow you to send luggage unaccompanied. It could be cheaper than using a moving/shipping company. Maybe you would like to call your airline to find out? Also, if your books would fit into a suitcase, maybe you would just like to pay for that extra bag? My airline charged a hundred odd for an extra bag but sending it as unaccompanied luggage was cheaper.

Edited August 6, 2011 by threeoceans

[xocanin 0]

Some airlines allow you to send luggage unaccompanied. It could be cheaper than using a moving/shipping company. Maybe you would like to call your airline to find out? Also, if your books would fit into a suitcase, maybe you would just like to pay for that extra bag? My airline charged a hundred odd for an extra bag but sending it as unaccompanied luggage was cheaper.

Yeah we looked into that but it would be $150 per bag and we're looking at 4, maybe 5 bags... which is why I said it's a lot of books. Haha. It's all good, though. There is just no way we can afford any of this right now, so we just went ahead and bought me a ticket and I'm leaving the books behind. Being with my fiance is a lot more important than a bunch of old art books, and working this out was taking way too much time. I'm leaving on the 15th. I can find new books.

Thanks for your help, everyone!