Int’l shipping with DHL

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JwRosenthal

·Jun 27, 2019

Hey guys, quick question-
I have never shipped int’l other than using USPS so this is new for me.
Trying to figure out int’l shipping from US zip 21212 to Bavel Netherlands 4854 for a fellow member who wants one of the Bake sale watches but has had a bad experiences with USPS to his region.
The DHL website wouldn’t give me a price so I called and they said to call my local UPS store. I called them and the kid couldn’t even spell Netherlands (no, not Neverland) and couldn’t bring up the zip in his system.
UPS online calculator would only let me ship Express and the lowest quoted was $110!! USPS price was $24 which is what I would expect.
What am I missing here?

 

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Dan S

·Jun 27, 2019

DHL from the US to Europe is expensive in my experience. The $110 may be correct.

 

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Darlinboy

·Jun 27, 2019·Pratts! Will I B******S!!!

UPS and FedEx will be much less, though may still be a large % of the watch price. USPS is pretty reliable in my experience, if a bit slower. Have sent more than once to the Netherlands with no issues.

 

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Shabbaz

·Jun 27, 2019

Haha. Neverland! Funny...

 

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JwRosenthal

·Jun 27, 2019

Alright, USPS it is just for the sheer ease of it- and fingers crossed.
Thanks for the input

 

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X350 XJR

·Jun 27, 2019·Vintage Omega Aficionado

Parcel Pro/FedEx from the US to most European destinations seems to be around $75.00 lately.

I will only USPS Registered Mail out of the US which is around $30.00 and only for relatively low $$$ items and at my discretion over FedEx.

 

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Vercingetorix

·Jun 27, 2019·Spam Risk

DHL moved out of the retail US to anywhere market years ago.

 

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gatorcpa

·Jun 27, 2019·ΩF InvestiGator

The reason you had trouble with DHL is that DHL has drastically scaled back operations in the US. You cannot use them to ship between US cities anymore.

You can easily ship Europe to the US with DHL. But from the US, DHL will only ship to a few countries, mostly in Latin America.
gatorcpa

 

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Dan S

·Jun 27, 2019

Vercingetorix

DHL moved out of the retail US to anywhere market years ago.

I sent a package to Brazil from the US by DHL in April.

gatorcpa

You can easily ship Europe to the US with DHL. But from the US, DHL will only ship to a few countries, mostly in Latin America.
gatorcpa

Aha, that explains it.

 

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JwRosenthal

·Jun 27, 2019

This is why I love this place- DHL wouldn’t give me the direct answer we just got.

 

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Lotus_Eater8815

·Jun 27, 2019

JwRosenthal

I called them and the kid couldn’t even spell Netherlands (no, not Neverland)

It’s the Lost Boys ordering clocks to use against Capt. Hook 😁

 

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Vercingetorix

·Jun 27, 2019·Spam Risk

Dan S

I sent a package to Brazil from the US by DHL in April.



Aha, that explains it.

Doesn't mean they don't do it, they just want business to business.