Afternoon folks, anyone had any experience shipping a guitar across the world. UK to Australia. Any recommendations that aren't going to bankrupt me?
Cheers
Afternoon folks, anyone had any experience shipping a guitar across the world. UK to Australia. Any recommendations that aren't going to bankrupt me?
Cheers
#1 LP1-SS
#2 Non PB Vintage Strat Rebuild
#3 TL1 - Custom
#4 ES-12G (now converted to ES-1)
#5 RC4
#6 STA-1HT
#7 Non PB 52 Tele replica
#8 Coming Soon: 1970's Japanese Les Paul Special Resto.
It may be that your whole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others
Afraid not.
Are you looking for courier advice or packing advice?
DPD are probably the best couriers within the UK. Very rare to have a problem and they are good at resolving issues.
https://www.dpd.co.uk/content/produc...ices/index.jsp
They do a 9-day economy service to Australia but I have no idea about cost.
Cheers Simon, mainly cost. I'll check them out.
#1 LP1-SS
#2 Non PB Vintage Strat Rebuild
#3 TL1 - Custom
#4 ES-12G (now converted to ES-1)
#5 RC4
#6 STA-1HT
#7 Non PB 52 Tele replica
#8 Coming Soon: 1970's Japanese Les Paul Special Resto.
It may be that your whole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others
I’d advise against using DPD to Australia, based on my one experience with Axetech. Took ages, and almost impossible to track. Worth noting that Axetech did not offer it as an option next time I ordered with them (DHL only).
Kit builds: JBA-4M | STA-1M | AIB-1Q | TL-1 (in progress)
Side projects: Artist TC59 | Sheoak Dreaming | Spalted Marri Metal | Randy Vs | Sassafrassin' | St. Vincent
Just curious, are you buying a guitar through a private sale from the UK?
A few years ago I bought a tele from Anderton's in the UK, and even with shipping it was less than what I could get it in AUS. I believe they used DHL.
Of course those were different times (pre-pandemic; as well as exchange rate) but I thought it worth mentioning.
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#1 LP1-SS
#2 Non PB Vintage Strat Rebuild
#3 TL1 - Custom
#4 ES-12G (now converted to ES-1)
#5 RC4
#6 STA-1HT
#7 Non PB 52 Tele replica
#8 Coming Soon: 1970's Japanese Les Paul Special Resto.
It may be that your whole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others
I bought in a guitar from the UK, guitar cost about $1100, shipping was around the $120 and then I got a phone call and was told I owed $275 in taxes before they would release the guitar from Customs.
That was around 5 years ago so not sure how much it has gone up since then.
Builds :
# 1 - Non PBG ES-335
# 2 - Non PBG Tele Thin line
# 3 - Non PBG LP
# 4 - Non PBG SG
# 5 - RC-1
# 6 - TL-1
# 7 - ST-1 Custom
# 8 - SGB-30 + Non PBG SG
# 9 - Custom JRM-1DC 12 String
#10 - Custom ST-1 with P90's
#11 - Custom TL-1 with 27" Bari Neck
#12 - Custom JZ-6 Jazzmaster
#13 - AG-1 Factory Second
#14 - Custom JZ-6 Bass vi
#15 - EX-1R Factory Second
#16 - AGM-1
#17 - EXA-7
Andertons use DPD in the UK. But DPD may use other couriers themselves for some international work, which is probably where the delivery and tracking problems arise.
It’s a tricky topic as you need good performance from the couriers at both ends, which means you often need more knowledge than is available.
I had a friend who used to work for DHL some time ago and he said he’d never use them himself, though I think they’ve improved since then. They have a reasonable reputation here.
The cost of the shipping itself is often added to the product value to determine whether any duties and taxes have to be paid.
Yep, the DHL service I got was great, but it was a bit dearer.
Regarding extra taxes, anything over $AUD1000 can attract attention on import.
Kit builds: JBA-4M | STA-1M | AIB-1Q | TL-1 (in progress)
Side projects: Artist TC59 | Sheoak Dreaming | Spalted Marri Metal | Randy Vs | Sassafrassin' | St. Vincent