postage

[willfreeman]

a canadian mate left some stuff with me whilst he travelled on through south east asia and now looks like he wont be heading back this way and hes asked if i can post it back for him,its a backpack and a tent.

he said just fed ex it, ive only seen one fed ex building out by makro is there any in town - im near kad san keaw

or would it be cheaper, better, more reliable to go through thai post office?

any input appreciated as i seen people complaining about using fed ex, not sure if that was for goods coming into thailand not goods going out

thankyou

[elektrified]

Use the post office. Send it Economy (by sea) or SAL otherwise it will cost a lot of money. (I expect a backpack and tent to be very heavy). Even then, it could be expensive. I just sent a 3 kg. package to Canada and it was about 2,100 THB by air. I think a backpack and tent would be much more than 3 kg. FedEX would be at least 3X that.

[hellodolly]

Fed X will send it straight to customs in the country you send it to. Thereby taking longer to receive and a possibility of being taxed.

Never never never have any thing Fed X to Thailand we had a parcel that sat in customs for over a week while they sent back to a cousin of mine who was sending it to her girl to get the value.

Fed X charged an extra 1,350 baht for handling it I forget what the duty was but it was higher than the product. It was an ATM card and a little package of marshmallow bunnies. It was Easter time.

[MESmith]

Thai postal rates to worldwide here

[Mapguy]

Use the post office. Send it Economy (by sea) or SAL otherwise it will cost a lot of money. (I expect a backpack and tent to be very heavy). Even then, it could be expensive. I just sent a 3 kg. package to Canada and it was about 2,100 THB by air. I think a backpack and tent would be much more than 3 kg. FedEX would be at least 3X that.

Don't know the exact difference in cost, but I believe this is very good advice.