Advice on shipping goods from UK to USA

[Jonny&Caitlin 0]

Hi everyone!

I just wanted to get some advice on shipping my personal effect from UK to USA. I’ve been over in the States for around 18 months now and my Green Card for just over a year. My wife and I are going to the UK for my brother’s wedding in October and I’m trying to get all the information I can to make it as easy as possible to get everything shipped when I go over.

I don’t have a great deal of stuff to send – mainly music and audio stuff, so an amplifier, speakers, turntables and plenty of CD’s and LP’s. I also have a desktop PC which I plan to send. That’s pretty much the big stuff and I just have a few odds-and-ends.

I am provisionally looking at The Excess Baggage Company for doing this, as it seems pretty resonable for the amount I have to ship and the number of good reviews I have seen on VJ. Anyone have any firsthand experience from using those guys? They seem to extremely organised, as they have all the relevant customs documents on their website.

I was also confused about when its comes to listing the contents - would each individual CD have to be listed or just the total number, ie. 50 x CD’s?

Is there a begining-to-end guide available on here to take you through each step in the process?

Thanks!

Jonny.

[Ning 619]

Hi everyone!

I just wanted to get some advice on shipping my personal effect from UK to USA. I’ve been over in the States for around 18 months now and my Green Card for just over a year. My wife and I are going to the UK for my brother’s wedding in October and I’m trying to get all the information I can to make it as easy as possible to get everything shipped when I go over.

I don’t have a great deal of stuff to send – mainly music and audio stuff, so an amplifier, speakers, turntables and plenty of CD’s and LP’s. I also have a desktop PC which I plan to send. That’s pretty much the big stuff and I just have a few odds-and-ends.

I am provisionally looking at The Excess Baggage Company for doing this, as it seems pretty resonable for the amount I have to ship and the number of good reviews I have seen on VJ. Anyone have any firsthand experience from using those guys? They seem to extremely organised, as they have all the relevant customs documents on their website.

I was also confused about when its comes to listing the contents - would each individual CD have to be listed or just the total number, ie. 50 x CD’s?

Is there a begining-to-end guide available on here to take you through each step in the process?

Thanks!

Jonny.

Personal household items is all you need to say. I assume you know about the potential electrical differences.

Check on customs impound fees & what it costs to get this cleared or you can do it yourself. Portal to portal shipping ect.

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

Here's the UK shipping thread with experiences people had. Yes!! It's another shipping thread

Air freight is priced by weight. Ship freight goes by cubic volume it takes up in a container. If you're insuring your items, you might want a detailed list. That costs extra than the price quotes you sometimes see. For customs only 50 music CDs is okay. The best thing to do is ask your shipper what they require. You might need to inventory the contents of each box as you pack.

[Alex & Rachel 78]

Air freight is priced by weight. Ship freight goes by cubic volume it takes up in a container. If you're insuring your items, you might want a detailed list. That costs extra than the price quotes you sometimes see. For customs only 50 music CDs is okay. The best thing to do is ask your shipper what they require. You might need to inventory the contents of each box as you pack.

:^:

I didn't insure anything, so I just listed '80 DVDs' or '50 books' and was fine. Passed through customs with no problems.

I had an excellent experience with The Excess Baggage Company. Shipped 13 boxes and had just one broken glass. Did not ship any electronic items, however.

There was also a form to fill in and $50 to send for an x-ray when the boxes arrived in the US, but that was all.