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Postby Feisty » Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:58 pm

Oracle wrote:No just a vast amount of presents and traditional Cypriot stuff for my "homes" in various places :lol:

So does one just phone a shipping company?

I was hoping someone had a tried and tested method, as it would be the sort of thing a lot of expats resort to using on a regular basis .... since many keep close ties between the two places ....


Only shipped stuff the other way and keep cursing myself for having sent stuff that I need here eg. my turntable for playing vinyl records when I decided it would be stupid to send the records there due to the heat.
Grrrrrrrrrrr
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Postby tessintrnc » Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:00 pm

purdey wrote:Try TNT. Or ring the port in Limassol and ask for a list of shipping agents.


I thought she wanted to ship the boxes not blow them up?? :lol:
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Postby Oracle » Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:00 pm

purdey wrote:Try TNT. Or ring the port in Limassol and ask for a list of shipping agents.



OK .... I guess I need to look it up myself :lol:

Now where is that Yellow Pages .....
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Postby purdey » Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:01 pm

Quick today Tess, it's the excitement of having Aidan back..
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Postby purdey » Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:02 pm

Unless ONE has Jeeves in tow, what say you .
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Postby Oracle » Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:03 pm

Feisty wrote:
Oracle wrote:No just a vast amount of presents and traditional Cypriot stuff for my "homes" in various places :lol:

So does one just phone a shipping company?

I was hoping someone had a tried and tested method, as it would be the sort of thing a lot of expats resort to using on a regular basis .... since many keep close ties between the two places ....


Only shipped stuff the other way and keep cursing myself for having sent stuff that I need here eg. my turntable for playing vinyl records when I decided it would be stupid to send the records there due to the heat.
Grrrrrrrrrrr


Well I want to find a reliable easy service that does door to door from one place to the other and vice versa too ...
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Postby denizaksulu » Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:05 pm

tessintrnc wrote:
purdey wrote:Try TNT. Or ring the port in Limassol and ask for a list of shipping agents.


I thought she wanted to ship the boxes not blow them up?? :lol:



You did mention Northern Cyprus and carriers. What did you expect? :lol:
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Postby Feisty » Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:13 pm

Oracle wrote:
Feisty wrote:
Oracle wrote:No just a vast amount of presents and traditional Cypriot stuff for my "homes" in various places :lol:

So does one just phone a shipping company?

I was hoping someone had a tried and tested method, as it would be the sort of thing a lot of expats resort to using on a regular basis .... since many keep close ties between the two places ....


Only shipped stuff the other way and keep cursing myself for having sent stuff that I need here eg. my turntable for playing vinyl records when I decided it would be stupid to send the records there due to the heat.
Grrrrrrrrrrr


Well I want to find a reliable easy service that does door to door from one place to the other and vice versa too ...


I think it depends what port in the UK is nearest to where you're shipping to as transport this end could be expensive if it's a long distance. Mine went from Liverpool and can look them up if you think that might be useful.
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Postby purdey » Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:18 pm

To be honest you need a courier the likes of TNT. Otherwise you are going to incur expense on freight and then courier at port arrival. Another one I have used is air freight, but again you need pick up at airport.
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Postby CBBB » Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:21 pm

You could try sorting it out as unaccompanied baggage by air to travel just before you do. The charges are reasonable I understand.
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