Author Topic: Anyone try to ship stuff with DHL?  (Read 562 times)

Offline Chalenge

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Re: Anyone try to ship stuff with DHL?
« Reply #15 on: July 20, 2008, 02:00:04 AM »
DHLd some old rudder pedals to a squaddie when I bought new ones. They were just 7 year old CH Pro pedals and still have a lot of life in them. DHL got them there no problem.
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Re: Anyone try to ship stuff with DHL?
« Reply #16 on: July 20, 2008, 02:37:35 AM »
Been shipping spare parts from Europe to Iceland with DHL.
Was okay, but the mail is just a tad slower.
Now there is another one called TNT, and that one works together with the mail. They were allright as well.
Oddly enough, in the need of a winter job, I've considered to try offering a service like that, i.e. going and getting things from abroad that need to get here FAST. The idea comes from a grudgy experience when I needed spares from Denmark, found them, payd them and waited 10 days only to get the wrong ones. With 2-3 flights a day :furious. I lost some 2000$ because of it, the return flight is some$500.
The thumb rule with imports is that if you want to expect anything within 5 days, you must finish your deal on monday/tuesday.
DHL, TNT and the mail are closed over the week-ends.....
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