mickeytheguy

On 6/16/2017 at 4:57 AM, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

I wasn't familiar with Planet Express prior to your mention here.  But in looking at their website, they on the surface appear to be a clone of Shipito, right down to identical fees -- $2 per package handling, $50-a-year plan for consolidations, fees for extra photos, etc.

 

They even seem to have named what presumably are their own most economical shipping methods the same as Shipito's services -- Economy Mail and Priority Mail.

 

But I do notice two differences -- although they mention on the website having an online shipping calculator for seeing what their actual shipping rates are to specific countries, I can't find any such online calculator in the public portion of their website. Perhaps it's only available in the members, log-in area.

 

And the other difference -- Planet Express says they offer 10 days of free storage with their free plan, and then 1 cent per day per package after that. IIRC, Shipito has a considerably longer free storage time with their free plan, I wanna say up to about 90 days.

 

Calculator is available for everyone on homepage. They've got cheaper shipping costs: 1kg 20x20x20cm package to Bangkok: Shipito Airmail Economy (20-45 business days) $30.49 vs Planet Mail Express (15 business days) $16.97

I guess it depends on the customs officer - I've ordered similar stuff with PlanetExpress (kinda like Shipito but better prices) when I was in Thailand for some time and everything was fine. The shipping prices vary from country to country and they even change from time to time, so check the shipping calculator and use which company works best for you