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Originally Posted by cadjuka
but got a reply from a frieght forwarder for $350 landed in London plus $95 shipping fee too good to belive really
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Ugo you know the old saying: "If its sounds too good to be true, it probably is!"
You need to do a search of these Forums (and under "Planning" in the sidebar) for all the great info here on what you'll be up for. One thing I quickly learnt was that there are quite a few costs associated with the transport at each end (and the other end seems to be more expensive for arranging the return trip), as well as some costs some agents seem to invent out of the blue! ("handling" charges). Some include: dangerous goods clearance surcharge and packing charge, fuel surcharge, terminal security fee, import fee, storage fees, uncrating hadover fee, crate disposal fee, empty crate storage fee, document fee, port clearance fee or port service charge, customs clearance fee, quarantine barrier fee, moving fees. Not only that, there seems to be different terminology in use between agents and between countries. Need to compare any insurance cover involved too.
In other words, when comparing quotes, I found it was difficult to compare apples with apples.
Cheers & good luck
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