Best Way to Send Shoes

[Calypso 464]

I'd like to send three to five pairs of men's sneakers to my family in Bukidnon or in Cebu. Placing footwear in a balikbayan box for $65 is one idea but delivery takes 40-50 days. Does anybody know an alternative? It would be good for the shoes to arrive 1-3 weeks from the shipping date but I don't want to spend more than $100 just to do that. I live in the Greater LA area.

Suggestions please.

[X Factor 1,112]

My wife is about so send our wedding videos and othe items with LBC Air Cargo. Here is the link for the rates and box sizes. You call also call them on how long it will take. Hope it helps.

http://www.lbcexpress.com/US/Calculator

[Hank_ 9,174]

I'd like to send three to five pairs of men's sneakers to my family in Bukidnon or in Cebu. Placing footwear in a balikbayan box for $65 is one idea but delivery takes 40-50 days. Does anybody know an alternative? It would be good for the shoes to arrive 1-3 weeks from the shipping date but I don't want to spend more than $100 just to do that. I live in the Greater LA area.

Suggestions please.

It may take longer but its TONS cheaper, almost be cheaper to just sent the money for them to buy them there.

[Calypso 464]

My wife is about so send our wedding videos and othe items with LBC Air Cargo. Here is the link for the rates and box sizes. You call also call them on how long it will take. Hope it helps.

http://www.lbcexpres...m/US/Calculator

I've already considered that. I called LBC a few weeks ago and they said that the dimensions of the box will apply regardless of the weight. I need a box that's a little more than 7x7x7.

It may take longer but its TONS cheaper, almost be cheaper to just sent the money for them to buy them there.

I knew somebody would say that. Like I once mentioned, I rarely send something from the "Stateside" as they call it so sometimes I want to make up for that. I still prefer to buy shoes from here, albeit impractical to a few.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

I'd like to send three to five pairs of men's sneakers to my family in Bukidnon or in Cebu. Placing footwear in a balikbayan box for $65 is one idea but delivery takes 40-50 days. Does anybody know an alternative? It would be good for the shoes to arrive 1-3 weeks from the shipping date but I don't want to spend more than $100 just to do that. I live in the Greater LA area.

Suggestions please.

Send the LBC box. It's way cheaper and almost anything else is "maybe" going to give you customs problems with possible huge fees. Five pairs of shoes will go in the LBC box with lots and lots of room to spare. I may suggest going to Sams and buying lots of Bulk chocolates, Stuff like the Mega size jars of Shampoo are always a big hit. Soaps etc... You can find awesome box stuff at yard sales. Nutella and Spam are big hits also

I agree sending money to buy it there is not the same, but the OP is right. In the long run it may be cheaper. I try to send a box every 1/4. My family in the Philippines is not poor, but always enjoy getting the Items that are hard to find there or that are way too expesive.

[Calypso 464]

Send the LBC box. It's way cheaper and almost anything else is "maybe" going to give you customs problems with possible huge fees. Five pairs of shoes will go in the LBC box with lots and lots of room to spare. I may suggest going to Sams and buying lots of Bulk chocolates, Stuff like the Mega size jars of Shampoo are always a big hit. Soaps etc... You can find awesome box stuff at yard sales. Nutella and Spam are big hits also

I agree sending money to buy it there is not the same, but the OP is right. In the long run it may be cheaper. I try to send a box every 1/4. My family in the Philippines is not poor, but always enjoy getting the Items that are hard to find there or that are way too expesive.

I already shipped a balikbayan box via LBC earlier this year. That contained eight pairs of footwear, tons of shampoo and conditioner, soaps, sweets, pasta, cookies, clothes, and whatnot. I thought I'd send only three pairs of footwear this time in a smaller box. But yes, I'll consider holding off on the footwear shipment and probably start preparing again for the next balikbayan box instead.

[carton025 38]

I agree with those who discuss using a BB box. Much cheaper, not usually subject to inspection, and for my gal anyways everything was still in it when it reached its destination, the drawback is that is does take much longer to get there. But, you are a Phil. citizen you know how the postal system works in your country.

Best of luck!

[Caryh 5,206]

I agree with those who discuss using a BB box. Much cheaper, not usually subject to inspection, and for my gal anyways everything was still in it when it reached its destination, the drawback is that is does take much longer to get there. But, you are a Phil. citizen you know how the postal system works in your country.

Best of luck!

They have started opening and "inspecting" balikbayan boxes now. We were warned by our carrier on our last box out. Every gift wrapped present had been unwrapped. Apparently watches are something they've been stealing, and we sent cheap watches to the kids there as gifts. And yes things did disappear. About $80 worth of candy had been removed from the box.

[Calypso 464]

They have started opening and "inspecting" balikbayan boxes now. We were warned by our carrier on our last box out. Every gift wrapped present had been unwrapped. Apparently watches are something they've been stealing, and we sent cheap watches to the kids there as gifts. And yes things did disappear. About $80 worth of candy had been removed from the box.

Seriously? Did you send your box through LBC? I didn't have problems with LBC in the past and hopefully never would. My most recent balikbayan box is set to arrive on or before March 28. I guess I'd have to give my mother a checklist to determine whether or not something went missing. I hope everything is untouched, especially the footwear for her and my sisters.

[Caryh 5,206]

Seriously? Did you send your box through LBC? I didn't have problems with LBC in the past and hopefully never would. My most recent balikbayan box is set to arrive on or before March 28. I guess I'd have to give my mother a checklist to determine whether or not something went missing. I hope everything is untouched, especially the footwear for her and my sisters.

The box was handled by customs on both the USA and Philippines side. It was sent via Forexworld, which is currently the only option we have now from Minnesota that we're aware of. We used to be able to send via LBC, but the place we sent through switched to Forexworld. When we dropped the box off, there was a sheet they gave us informing us of the new inspections and the types of things that have been reported missing recently. As to handling things, every thing was handled. The box was very well organized when my wife packed it, but a jumbled mess when it arrived. Every wrapped Christmas present had been opened and the wrapping paper just thrown back in the box. And the candy we sent was almost all missing.

I'm not sure if this picture will show up, its on my sister in law's FB page and I don't know if its set public or not. But both the grey tape and green tape are not ours. I googled the green tape and that was USA customs. Plus there was a lot of clear tape added to. All the tape we used was clear packing take. The box really looked badly beat up to.

Edited March 15, 2013 by Caryh

[Calypso 464]

Thanks for the detailed post, Cary. I'll definitely ask my mother to check the contents of the box first before she distributes them.

[Calypso 464]

The box was handled by customs on both the USA and Philippines side. It was sent via Forexworld, which is currently the only option we have now from Minnesota that we're aware of. We used to be able to send via LBC, but the place we sent through switched to Forexworld. When we dropped the box off, there was a sheet they gave us informing us of the new inspections and the types of things that have been reported missing recently. As to handling things, every thing was handled. The box was very well organized when my wife packed it, but a jumbled mess when it arrived. Every wrapped Christmas present had been opened and the wrapping paper just thrown back in the box. And the candy we sent was almost all missing.

I'm not sure if this picture will show up, its on my sister in law's FB page and I don't know if its set public or not. But both the grey tape and green tape are not ours. I googled the green tape and that was USA customs. Plus there was a lot of clear tape added to. All the tape we used was clear packing take. The box really looked badly beat up to.

Now here's my balikbayan box that arrived in Bukidnon a few days ago. It looks a little battered but not bothered. I asked my older brother to take a photo of it so I'll know whether anybody messed with it or not.

[Caryh 5,206]

That's how I'd expect one to show up looking like. I emailed Forexworld about the missing items and conditions of the package. I got no response back from them at all. My wife has a friend that knows someone in town here that does pickup for LBC. I think we really need to switch to them.

Now here's my balikbayan box that arrived in Bukidnon a few days ago. It looks a little battered but not bothered. I asked my older brother to take a photo of it so I'll know whether anybody messed with it or not.

[calibob 73]

LBC is the only way to go if you have the option. No issues here with opened or damaged boxes.

Bob

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LBC is the only way to go if you have the option. No issues here with opened or damaged boxes.

Bob

Bob ... I actually like UMAC .. they bind it and my normal time is 4 weeks out of Los Angeles. LBC is not that reliable --