What is the CHEAPEST way to send my belongings from China to Canada, should I just use China post?

Question

Time is not an issue, money and making sure they get there is. These are my personal belongings after a 4 year stay. Nothing too big or heavy though like furniture, biggest is probably sons bike.

Answer 1

I can't see a problem, but I wouldn't trust the honesty of the Chinese post the bike might get stolen. Best to sell the bike and send all the rest

Answer 2

i used china post to ship my things home to the US from China. make sure you pack your things well. somewhere along the way, just about everything in my boxes were broken, and the boxes barely survived. once again, these were China Post boxes. tape the entire thing as much as possible. the tape will probably help it survive a bit better. i had some holes, but would imagine good taping over the entire box would've prevented this from happening.

i work for an import company now, and know that it can be somewhat cheap if you can make good deals with cargo shippers around the wholesale markets (like some mentioned earlier).

Answer 3

First you want to check with the airline regarding baggage restrictions. See how many things you can actually take on the plane, and if there is a premium for larger items. You can usually take a bicycle on most airlines if it is packaged properly.

Usually a registered post is going to be you most cost effective and insured method. shipping internationally is going to require a lot of paper work, make sure you have an itemized list of the contents of ever box for customs purposes. Check out the insurance rates and how much they are willing to cover for damaged or lost items. No shipping method is 100% so it is best to have a safe guard in place.

It wouldn't hurt to check out Courier companies. DHL is a fairly international company and will allow you to ship parcels in lots of I believe 5 boxes which brings the cost down.

Good luck!

Answer 4

I had the same problem last year when quitting Fuzhou. Enquired far and wide and settled on China Post. But, they insisted on repacking everything into the cartons they supplied, at no extra cost, and itemising each article as they went on the customs label, fairly casually. I took one of my students to act as interpreter as my Chinese and their English were not up to the exchange. Charge was by weight and I chose the cheapest option, having them sent by sea. They arrived and were processed through customs (New Zealand) with no problems. One of my four boxes did have a hole punched in it, but I do not think anything was extracted through this. Cannot remember the cost but it was very reasonable. I would baulk at the bike. Good luck.

Answer 5

If u r expat working in China, ur company should pay for ur shipment back home. If not, at least cover part of it.
I used to live in China few years. Each time when i had to pack and 'back' home, i usually use SANTA FE, DHL, and some other well-known movers. Good for its reputation, safe and efficiency, and recommended by company too. Trusth worthy, i have to say.
i did shipped back (Singapore) furniture too. they do very good job in wrapping those bulky size thing.
if u choose the cheapest way, i guess 'by sea' is cheaper than tat of 'by air'. go ask them the cost difference.
Good luck.

Answer 6

China post will be the cheapest way - maybe you should order a railway - not by air - but really slow

good luck!

Answer 7

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Answer 8

go find a logistic company around the wholesale clothing market, kidda that, and you could get a fairy reasonable price to send your stuff back ~ (by air:>)

Answer 9

CHINA FREIGHT
Before using this company you may be interested in my experience.

China Freight is not a direct associate of DHL as implied on its website, and as stated to me by its employees. In my case China Freight used a dress company in Hong Kong (Maili Dress Ltd) to send my personal belongings, purporting to be a bona fide freighting company in partnership of shippers of world repute. Dress Ltd stated that my belongings were: ‘Sample of clothes – no battery – sample of shoes – no battery- sample of book bag no battery.’

On 25th June, China Freight’s staff member, ‘Ivy’ sent an electric moped to collect my three very large, heavy, suitcases and five boxes of books and assorted personal items. Yes, an electric moped, which already had three large boxes attached. When I complained, I had to wait another five hours for a van to come for my belongings. I was later charged some 700+ RMB for this van. That was after I had already left the country and China Freight were able to hold my belongings hostage.

I was charged for 154 kg though the Airway Bill stated 126 kg.

I was further charged an additional 274 RMB for ‘distant location’ which is an entire fabrication. I am not at a distant location in the UK and DHL UK clearly states that NO SUCH CHARGE is ever levied in my location. This means that either Ivy or DHL Hong Kong have lied about this. My kind friend in China had to provide the excess charges from his own pocket, at at much inconvenience, as China Freight kept changing bank details.

After much stress, emails, Skype discussions, my shipment was delivered on 19th July, not 2 – 5 days following collection as advertised, but more than four weeks late, by which time I had missed my onward flight to my next job at a loss of over £200 for air ticket changes.

China Freight charged me for insurance but gave me no documentation for such and made me no recompense when some of my belongings were stolen whilst in their custody and before they were passed on to DHL, Hong Kong.Various items were stolen from my shipment BEFORE it was passed to DHL. I tried to claim for this on the ‘insurance’ but ‘Lydia’ the apparent supervisor of Ivy, ignored my email making a claim for loss.

DHL had no record whatsoever of my shipment until the last few days, when it was picked up in Hong Kong, and later delivered to my address in UK. As it had been falsely labelled as ‘dress samples’ by Maili Dress Ltd of Hong Kong, UK customs wanted to charge me import tax, so there was a delay. Customs and Excise did accept my explanation, after some dispute, and I was not forced to pay for my own used belongings.

DHL does not accept any responsibility for companies holding accounts with them who may choose to falsely represent themselves to clients such as myself. I am not, therefore, covered by DHL for any of the losses which I incurred by using China Freight’s dubious services.

Answer 10

messenger pigeon Those mother f'ers will poop on theifs