Gee Bangkok Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 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 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 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). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guderian Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xn47140 Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pdavies99 Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Thai post is the cheapest and in my opinion the best with no hassle. The registered post is great value also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pdavies99 Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pravda Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 100 grams is less than 300 baht to USA? How much cheaper do you want it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pdavies99 Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandtee Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackdd Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 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. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbo1968 Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilly07 Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 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 ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 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.???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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