Shipping personnal belongings from Canada to Thailand

[tool84]

Hi,

Just wondering if anyone can recommend a good company for this. I looked online a bit and found Seven Seas Worldwide and to ship boat to depot in Bkk for a 32inch tv and a 30kg box for other belongings would be $300 and take 73 days. 2 30kg boxes and we go up to $388.

Thanks

[mogandave]

Buy new stuff.

[JimGant]

for a 32inch tv

Didn't realize Canada used 220-240 Voltage -- is that just in the French sectors?

[Jigger]

for a 32inch tv

Didn't realize Canada used 220-240 Voltage -- is that just in the French sectors?

Serious question... Why would the size impact the power connection?

[boosta]

Sounds very cheap to me.

[JimGant]

Serious question... Why would the size impact the power connection?

Size was irrelevant. The point, lamely put, was that shipping a TV built for 110-120 Volts, 60HZ (which is the standard in Canada), to Thailand, where the voltage is 220-240, 50HZ, might not be sensible. PAL vs NTSC might also be an issue.

As said, better to buy in Thailand.

[tool84]

A voltage converter will do the job, I have plenty at home.

[shepsel]

Make sure that the shipping is door to door, and not to BKK port only. I had some goods shipped last year and the cost was about CDN $900 per cubic metre. Prices vary vastly for the same service so get many quotes. I got a quote from Seven Seas and I found them extremely high.

[mike123ca]

Unless it has some sort of sentimental value, I would leave most of things behind in Canada.

If your here short time it it really necessary to bring here. If your here for a long time, I think you'll be better off buying new and save the Canada post charges.

[Tmymaimee]

When I divorced my Thai wife, I sent 2 pallets of belongings to her for $900. www.intraglobe.ca

Great service, 6 weeks and they shrink wrap it all for you. I compare prices to all the shippers and this company was far cheaper than anyone else and they ship from any city in Canada. From central Canada, they actually send it east through the Panama canal which they told me allows for lower rates.

I compared prices for a lot of things between Canada and Thailand and I found prices pretty much the same for new for household items.

God, I wish there was a Costco in Thailand!

[boosta]

And realize that a lot of the stuff you were planning on bringing on the plane can be bought here more cheaply new, so you can actually use your baggage allowance for the most critical bits of what you would have shipped.

Also some airlines have promotions where they allow greater baggage allowance from time to time.

[mogandave]

A voltage converter will do the job, I have plenty at home.

A voltage converter only changes the voltage, not the frequency. Also as perviously stated the PAL vs NTSC may be an issue.

That said, should be able to check the label on the back of the TV, it may say 100-250VAC, 50/60 Hz in which case he would be okay voltage wise.

The PAL vs NTSC is another issue, and if the TV is not PAL compatible the TV will be useless here.

[Kitsune]

And realize that a lot of the stuff you were planning on bringing on the plane can be bought here more cheaply new, so you can actually use your baggage allowance for the most critical bits of what you would have shipped.

Also some airlines have promotions where they allow greater baggage allowance from time to time.

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