Shipping wheels internationally (UK to Portugal)

[pemdp]

Hello,

I am negociating the purchase of a set of wheels which are located in UK and I need to arrange the shipping to my country, Portugal. Does anyone have experience with shipping wheels internationally from UK?

[bosbon_be]

Hello,

You can use http://www.shiply.com

Regards,

Peter

[CHANGES]

Hi Pedro,

When ever i ship internationally i use Cars.

They ship all over the world some of the most expensive cars.

I use then because i have 100% confidence that all eventualities are covered.

I also find even with their fantastic service the rates are competitive, especially

if you have no time constraints..  Try them ...www.carseurope.net

This is the sort of truck they use.... Not a pretender in the industry...  

 

 

 

[Bibs]

Not sure that'll be very economical for wheels Dave! I always use FedEx, you can get a good deal via parcels2go.com if you've not got an account with them.

[CHANGES]

DOOH..!!!    Its because up here in yam yam land we refer to a car as a set of wheels..!!!!

                   ya no were i comin frum...

[Günter]

lol..

Bibs, there was a car missing then ..on our deal for 'a set of s350 wheels'

Anyway ..Pedro, I can echo what Bibs said, as it works fantastic ..those big international transporters (like FedEx, DHL, UPS) have a network with the smaller regional partners, and so it doesn't matter who is in your region -all the goods will come to your home as long as the stuf still fits into those small 3.5- 5ton Transporters. You even get the typical 'tracking ID codes' with most of them

Edited January 1, 2013 by Günter

[mikec2126]

I recently bought an S2 Europa via ebay, used Shiply.com for quotes  to collect it and got a good deal from transcars.com

[pemdp]

Thank you for your advice it was very helpful. I have managed to ship the wheels from UK to Portugal, and here is my experience.

After contacting a few major carriers (TNT, DHL, UPS, FedEx...), it soon became apparent that the best way would be to order through a retailer like the suggested Shipply.com. There are several of these, and most offer online simulators to check the shipping costs with several logistic companies. Online reviews of these companies are very misleading as people tend to give feedback only when something goes wrong. I ended up choosing p4d.co.uk for being a small company with real people behind (no anonymous call centre), and having very good deals with TNT. There is a TNT distribution site where I live, so TNT was my preferred carrier.

Initially I intended to just ship a set of 17 inch wheels.  To ship them safely I would need to get large enough boxes and bubble wrap to protect them. I got these from an online office store called boxesandbubbles.co.uk .

Later I decided to also ship 4 tires. As these were already detached from the wheels, and the wheels were already packed, they had to come separately. Tires do not need to be packed in boxes, but they are required to be covered. The easiest way if plastic film is not available, is to wrap them with plastic trash bags.

After having everything ready I booked the collection from P4D website. TNT requires that the collection is done from a business address. The previous owner then took the wheels and the tires back to the local tire shop and they kindly kept them until TNT collection. A few days later they were delivered at my door.

Unfortunately the story does not end here. The TNT driver who collected the wheels in UK thought that the tires were not included in the transport and refused to receive them. After some emails with P4D the error was acknowledged and a new collection for the tires was booked. One week later the tires were safely in my garage.

 

Edited January 27, 2013 by pemdp