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Shipping - costs? Tips? Boxes? Words of wisdom?

Posted by Uncle John on December 1, 2014 at 9:48am in Performances, How to Play, Lessons, Concerts

What does it cost to ship a CBG?   UK to USA?   USA to UK?  

Same thing: USA/Canada, Canada/USA?

USA/Australia  - Australia/USA ?

Australia/UK   UK/ Australia - ?

Holland/France/ to USA and vice versa?

 

Tricky tariffs?  

 

Tips?

 

Where do you get your boxes?

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  • Uncle John December 2, 2014 at 7:51am

    Thanks for the responses and good tips.  I 'should' get busy and reduce my hoard.  Thanks again and this info will help a lot.

  • Slowpaw Steve T December 1, 2014 at 12:08pm

    it costs £41 to send a CBG to European countries from UK because of the length,USA could be double.

    I bought a Lowebow off John Lowe last year, the whole thing including shipping and customs duty cost about  £400....

  • Richey Kay December 1, 2014 at 11:59am
    I sent a CBG from the UK to California for £50 - it's all done by volumetric weight here so having the smallest box you can, while still having enough room for padding is important! (The original quote I got was about £150, but that was with a bigger box)
  • Scott aka Farmer Ted December 1, 2014 at 10:32am

    When I ship cbgs or other guitars, costs between $45 to $65, depending in locale. I've shipped to Canada and USA from here in Canada. Tariffs, import duties, etc. are always left to the buyer to deal with, and therefore I don't add that cost to his or her invoice. They pay for the guitar and shipping only. Here in Canada, export paperwork to send out to USA has gotten a slight bit more complicated, but not a big deal. For shipping boxes, I go to a local guitar retailer and get their cardboard boxes that come with their received instruments, for free. Those are usually semi-triangular in shape, and I then cut to size and re-shape to a slender rectangle to fit the specific guitar I am shipping. Size and weight matters in shipping, so I get the box as small as I can, making just enough room for the guitar and a protective layer of bubble wrap. I also keep styrene foam packing bits from any retail items we happen to buy. Those make good, light corner protectors.

    For taping the box, I skip the clear packing tape and use Tuck Tape. It is red, sized like regular packing tape, it will stick baby shite to a diaper, and its color adds a bit of "hey, be careful with me, I'm fragile" accent to the box for those lazy "box-tossing" postal workers.

  • Dan Sleep December 1, 2014 at 10:30am

    I get my boxes from Uline, they are 36x12x4 and most of my CBGs fit just fine and there is plenty of room for bubble wrap and other padding material.

    I have sent quite a few overseas, and the post office is the cheapest and is usually under $50 USD. Australia may be a bit higher.

    Tariffs are usually paid on the recipient's end. Most people get around that by marking the item as Gift on the customs form.

    If an item is under 4 pounds, you will need to fill out the small customs form. If the item is over 4 pounds, you have to use the larger form instead.

    I

    It takes roughly 10 to 14 days to arrive, sometimes less.

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