Sending Lots Of Cheap Jewlry As Present, Using Postal Service. Good Or Bad Idea

[staceyjamie]

I have been travelling around Bangkok for a few weeks, and have bought lots of cheap costume jewllery which I plan to send home to my 5 sisters and 2 girlfriends in the uk. The cost in total was about £150 for everything I have bought and I reckon it weights about 3kg. They do have about 15 pieces each though. I figured, buy them lots of cute little fashiony bits, rather than something wonderfully authentic which they wont actually use.

Now I'm not sure how to get them back to the uk. I've heard the postal system is unpredictable at best and alhough there not really worth much I would be upset if it just disappeared as I took alot of love and care choosing them. I was planning to send it all in a padded envelope which was seperated into individual gift packs inside. I was also thinking of including a nice peice of silver for each as a x-mas pressie at the same time, but would be careful to make sure it can all fit in an A4 padded envelope. Would this make any difference

My question is, can this be sent through the normal thai post, preferably signed for delivery. How much is it likely to cost and will I be liable for some sort export cost although the overall amount of the goods was very cheap and the true value obviously much cheaper.

Can this get through from normal post _ I see EMS often referred to but don't know what that actually means.

Anyway any advice much appreciated, I did look st other threads but was unable to find what I was looking for.

Thanks

[ukrules]

EMS is the courier equivalent offered by worldwide post offices, Express Mail Service, it's not cheap but is fast. An alternative would be Fedex or DHL, also not cheap.

[dr_Pat_Pong]

EMS is the courier equivalent offered by worldwide post offices, Express Mail Service, it's not cheap but is fast. An alternative would be Fedex or DHL, also not cheap.

But the only way/s to go IMHO.

[chiangmaibruce]

duplicate thread here: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Sending-Lots...nt-t291196.html