Shipping Pc's To Thailand

[mac.wheeler]

Hi folks.

I'm popping back to the UK for a short spell, primarily to close down my UK office.

I have a few workstation PC's and a bank of servers I would like to ship to Thailand.

I have found a company that will ship them but I am concerned about import laws in Thailand.

Can I expect problems from customs when they arrive at the dock?

Thanks in advance.

[Guest Reimar]

The PC's itself are import duty free. But you'll have to pay a small fee for cost of transport, Insurance and VAT fort that two!

Attach the original Invoices to the shipping doc's.

on't ship software or C's! That will give you a lot of headache!

Try to clear the shipping by yourself instead of an shipping/forwarder company because they will charge you a lot include und... tab.. mon..!

[Veazer]

Hi folks.

I'm popping back to the UK for a short spell, primarily to close down my UK office.

I have a few workstation PC's and a bank of servers I would like to ship to Thailand.

I have found a company that will ship them but I am concerned about import laws in Thailand.

Can I expect problems from customs when they arrive at the dock?

Thanks in advance.

I had problems trying to import my used laptop from US. Prior to shipment, FedEx refused to tell me how much import duties would be and I found widely varying information on the internet as to what % of the value I would need to pay. It was really outside of their hands though, any figure they gave me would be meaningless as the fee seems to be determined using some combination of dice and roulette wheels.

It finally arrived and the FedEx rep told me the import fee would be 5,000 baht but i couldn't pick it up till the following day. Next day, the fee was 6,000 and still i couldn't pick it up. This continued on and on until 11,000 baht at which point I was told I would also need to pay a daily storage fee of 200 baht (huh? did my laptop have a guesthouse room in Banglampoo?) I was told I could also pay 6,500 baht instead if i "didn't need a receipt". I told him i would do that if i had the laptop in hand and that's what option I chose.

I talked to someone else in Chaing Mai who had the same problem and ultimately decided their laptop wasn't worth the fee so they smashed it to pieces in the shipping office and walked out. That's his story, not mine.....

Best of luck to you! It may be an entirely different experience for you since you are shipping much more and not going through fedex.

[raro]

I have found a company that will ship them but I am concerned about import laws in Thailand.

Service oriented freight forwarders like the one I work with usually advise their customers on such issues....

[cdnvic]

Take the hard drives out and bring them in a suitcase that has been well padded to avoid too much shock. This way if the workstations get thumped around in transit your data is still safe and your disks won't be subjected to quite so much brutality.

[sumrit]

Try getting a quote from this company, they collect and deliver door to door so they should advise you and include all costs in their quote. I've been told they are also very competitive pricewise.

http://www.sevenseasworldwide.com/

[mac.wheeler]

Thanks folks,

I figured it would be a confusing issue once they get to Thailand, I think the main problems is the fact they would only be shipped from my office in the UK to the docks in Bangkok, I chose this option because it's dirt cheap.

Maybe I would be better off taking the door to door option, but then it gets a lot more expensive, most of this kit depreciates fully within the next 12 months and if it costs me a small fortune to have it sent over I may as well just dump the stuff in the UK.

I'm not really too bothered if anything gets damaged, if it isn't here in Thailand it's useless to me anyway so it's a small risk.

http://www.sevenseasworldwide.com/ looks interesting though, cheers.

[sumrit]

Thanks folks,

I figured it would be a confusing issue once they get to Thailand, I think the main problems is the fact they would only be shipped from my office in the UK to the docks in Bangkok, I chose this option because it's dirt cheap.

Maybe I would be better off taking the door to door option, but then it gets a lot more expensive, most of this kit depreciates fully within the next 12 months and if it costs me a small fortune to have it sent over I may as well just dump the stuff in the UK.

I'm not really too bothered if anything gets damaged, if it isn't here in Thailand it's useless to me anyway so it's a small risk.

http://www.sevenseasworldwide.com/ looks interesting though, cheers.

Shipping door to door may look expensive but its still a lot cheaper than paying tea money to get your belongings out from the port this end. Before I was told about seven seas I shipped a large box containing my PC etc. and other personal items from the UK to Thailand. I paid £150 to send everything to the port in Bangkok and over 11000 baht (about £160) in tea money to get the box out of the port and delivered to my home in Chonburi about 60 km away. Providing the quote is not exccessive I would definately go 'door to door' to garrantee the price and give somebody else the problem of dealing with Thai customs etc.

[mac.wheeler]

Well www.sevenseasworldwide.com did come back with a pretty decent door to door price, although I won't get them delivered direct to KPG, I'll get them sent to a friend in Surat Thani, I've seen how the boat crews deal with boxes left on the dockside to be put on the ferry. Probably safer to take a pickup over to Surat and get them myself.

The problem is that they don't include any import duty or costs in the quote, this is taken directly from their website:

Q5. How do I know there are no hidden charges at the destination?

Seven Seas' Customer Policy is to tell you up front about all the charges of which we are aware. The 'Door-to-Door' service includes ALL the transport charges from within the country of dispatch to the final destination address. The only uncertainty arises from what you are sending. Customs will charge duty on, for example, new items, alcohol, cigarettes, if you have items like these there will be duty to be paid. Certain countries have strict Environmental Controls which can also lead to cleaning charges should, for example, your shoes, camping equipment or bicycle require it. Seven Seas will advise you when these conditions apply but the responsibility rests with you to minimise the charges.

So I may still have problems.