shipping floorstanders US to UK

[jon]

Am dithering about whether or not to ship some floorstanding speakers from the US to UK. These are big and heavy, and I got them fairly cheap (but like them...) - am I likely to be looking at more than GBP 100 to do this, or can anyone suggest a cheap shipping service?

Thanks,

Jon

 

[Guest]

www.parcel2go.com

 

[jon]

Cheers. That seems to be UK to US, though (though a good price!); anyone know a company working the other way...

Jon

 

[Effem]

Look on the "Your own US address page"

 

[Guest]

if no luck go into google

 

[Davewhityetagain]

fed ex US mail services or ups would be good bets they could send them "slow boat" could take 80 days

 

[Mr Coherent]

Jon, what size of speaker & weight are they, plus the value sir please

Different shippers, have different break points on weight and value.

Might be able to offer some advice.

 

[jon]

Thanks. Just downloaded a specs list

Weight apparently about 10kg, internal volume 29.1l (need to get a measuring tape to measure the outside).

Value is one of these 'how long is a piece of string' type questions. Got them pretty cheap from a guy who wanted rid of them, but to get one of allison acoustic's speakers new would cost a lot - around $1k for a floorstander, I think... Would probably insure them for a mid-way point - $500, say...

Jon

EDIT- btw, they're allison CD7 speakers

 

[Mr Coherent]

I would try Bax Global, Last pair of speakers I shipped (personally) were 220 kg's and air freight insured 3 day was $410

So I would expect around the £140-170 mark Jon

 

[jon]

cheers. So just need to decide whether to keep them or not....

Jon

 

[Davewhityetagain]

I had a guy in Italy buy a pair of 57s off me and he had them shipped as excess bagage air Alitalia