I believ Iheard somewhere that DHL is A) the largest shipper in the
world (er outside the US that is) and B) a German company.

80 Westy Pokey wrote:

> Usually Stan has good suggestions, so I called DHL just to
> see. I was so overwhelmed by the rates I HAD to repost:
>
> First pound: $133.92 Canadian / $86.40 US
> Each additional half kilo / 1.1023 pounds: $22.07 Canadian /
> $14.65 US
>
> For what I want to ship it would be cheaper to fly to Germany
> and pick it up myself.
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
>
> ---- Original message ----
> >Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 12:44:03 -0600
> >From: Stan Wilder <wilden1@juno.com>
> >Subject: Re: Any way to ship economically from Germany?
> >To: pokey@VANAGON.ORG
> >Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >
> >Try DHL, and I;m just guessing on that one.
> >They claim to be big in the orient don't know anout germany
> or Europe.
> >
> >Stan
> >
> >On Mon, 28 Oct 2002 12:39:06 -0500 80 Westy Pokey
> <pokey@VANAGON.ORG>
> >writes:
> >> I am looking at some bulky items on German eBay and I was
> >> trying to find a way to ship them back to Canada
> >> economically... without going the David Marshall container
> >> full route.
> >>
> >> Apparently German Post is very expensive. Also, several
> >> eBay�ers in German are reluctant to ship outside Germany.
> >> Does anyone know of a mail / freight forwarder who would
> ship
> >> smaller items?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Chris
> >>
> >
> >
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