Posting / Postage costs from Thailand?

[Gee Bangkok]

Hello 

 

Hope you are all well? 

 

I've been looking at sending small items from Thailand (Ebay). 

 

Been to the Post office here. The price is really high. 100 grams or so. 

 

Anyone know an alternative courier / shipping company please? Websites? 

 

Any help much appreciated. 

 

Cheers 

 

Gee

[CharlieH]

Other than couriers which is generally higher No , there is no alternative and Yes Thaipost costs hzve risen in the last few months and generally since the pandemic due to lack of International flights etc.(so they say).

[Guderian]

6 hours ago, Gee Bangkok said:

I've been looking at sending small items from Thailand (Ebay). 

 

Been to the Post office here. The price is really high. 100 grams or so. 

 

Anyone know an alternative courier / shipping company please? Websites? 

I don't know how they do it, but the Chinese vendors on Lazada seem to be able to ship items of almost any size and weight all the way from China to Thailand for something between 40 Baht and 80 Baht. If you can figure out what they're doing postal cost-wise and replicate it, you'd be onto a winner.

[xn47140]

Want to do the same....sending some 7" vinyl....

 

If I go to the website of the Thai post there seems a lot of options but at two different post offices they are talking of more than 1.000 Baht.

[Pdavies99]

Thai post is the cheapest and in my opinion the best with no hassle. The registered post is great value also.

[Pdavies99]

1 hour ago, Guderian said:

I don't know how they do it, but the Chinese vendors on Lazada seem to be able to ship items of almost any size and weight all the way from China to Thailand for something between 40 Baht and 80 Baht. If you can figure out what they're doing postal cost-wise and replicate it, you'd be onto a winner.

Chinese sellers have a bulk postage price, regardless of size and weight, as you within 40-80 BAHT. I've tried, it's only for items sent from China by sellers.

[Pravda]

100 grams is less than 300 baht to USA? How much cheaper do you want it?

[Pdavies99]

1 hour ago, xn47140 said:

Want to do the same....sending some 7" vinyl....

 

If I go to the website of the Thai post there seems a lot of options but at two different post offices they are talking of more than 1.000 Baht.

If within Thailand, use the bus service for deliveries.

 

For overseas ask for "ship" price if not in a hurry.

[Gandtee]

34 minutes ago, Pdavies99 said:

Thai post is the cheapest and in my opinion the best with no hassle. The registered post is great value also.

I read that Thai Post was discontinuing registered mail.

[jackdd]

2 hours ago, Guderian said:

I don't know how they do it, but the Chinese vendors on Lazada seem to be able to ship items of almost any size and weight all the way from China to Thailand for something between 40 Baht and 80 Baht. If you can figure out what they're doing postal cost-wise and replicate it, you'd be onto a winner.

I think it gets subsidized by the Chinese government.

[Jumbo1968]

2 hours ago, Guderian said:

I don't know how they do it, but the Chinese vendors on Lazada seem to be able to ship items of almost any size and weight all the way from China to Thailand for something between 40 Baht and 80 Baht. If you can figure out what they're doing postal cost-wise and replicate it, you'd be onto a winner.

Yet Thai Post haven’t delivered 2 letters from the UK posted months ago but I have quite a few items from China on Lazada.

[chilly07]

18 hours ago, Jumbo1968 said:

Yet Thai Post haven’t delivered 2 letters from the UK posted months ago but I have quite a few items from China on Lazada.

Last track and trace from uk took 15 days. Normally takes 7 but uk po insisted on customs declaration which encouraged Thai customs to keep for 7 days slit open and write "bank card" and "driving licence" on the envelope inviting bank and identity fraud.

Can't use couriers as same thing happens so at a loss to know how to post secure items ???

[CharlieH]

On 12/3/2021 at 12:39 PM, chilly07 said:

Last track and trace from uk took 15 days. Normally takes 7 but uk po insisted on customs declaration which encouraged Thai customs to keep for 7 days slit open and write "bank card" and "driving licence" on the envelope inviting bank and identity fraud.

Can't use couriers as same thing happens so at a loss to know how to post secure items ???

Last time I did this, I had the card sellotaped /wrapped in several sheets of A4 folded paper, then bubblewrap obscuring the content. The PO Declaration was marked "documents". Never experienced any issues to date.????