I want to post a parcel, and the delivery time is very important, what post I can use?

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hadi

My friend's birthday is next month, I am living in US and my friend is in London (UK).
I want to send a birthday gift, and I need it to be on time, exactly on my friend's birthday. so what kind of post I can use? or is there any kind of company that I can order Online from US, and the gift delivered in UK?! I mean they bring the gift to my friend.

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I suggest Fed Ex or UPS rather than the postal service.

However, ensuring an exact delivery day for international shipments is not always easy, so don't count on it. The big problem is clearing customs, because you never really know how long it will take.

So - call the Fed Ex customer service number, for example,
http://www.fedex.com/us/customersupport/call/index.html
and ask them about doing this.

It _might_ be possible for you to send it many days in advance, to ensure that it clears customs in time, then have it held in a local depot until the day specified for delivery. Give them a call.

This is the UPS contact info:
http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/contact/index.html?WT.svl=SecNav

DHL also ships internationally:
http://www.dhl.com/en/contact_center.html

where can you buy Simple Skincare products in US online or in store?

Zeynep

simple.co.uk only delivers to UK so where can you buy the products in US?

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Anyone know the legalities of shipping wine to UK?

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hartgurl70

I want to send a gift parcel to my mum-in-law in England. I always send her parcels via USPS, but the information they provide as far as what is legal and what isn't is very vague. Has anyone out there done this before? If so, any advice as to how to go about getting it to her it without any issues?

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The only legality regarding UK law is payment of UK tax. We have no problems in personal wineshipping.

If it is just one wine bottle I would get a single polystyrene bottle mailer and send it via regular mail as an 'unsolicited gift'.

If you want to send more, then I suggest you make quite certain that the same wine is not already available on the UK market. If it is, it will be cheaper all round to order via the web from a UK company for delivery to your mum-in-law.

The problem is UK taxes on wine are high, and you don't want your mum-in-law to be hit by a tax demand from the shipper (who will also add on a huge 'administration fee.' UK tax is not only duty plus wine tax, but then 17.5% VAT is added on top (including the other taxes, i.e. its a tax on tax)

Look at sites like www.majestic.co.uk, www.vinappris.com and www.oddbins.co.uk & www.everywine.co.uk for wine vendors that deliver nationally

If you want discuss suitable wines etc feel free to contact me via my profile

Anyone have gift ideas for a family member moving to Italy for school?

Charles

My brother and his family are moving to Italy to go to school. We would like to get them a gift that would help them while they are there. Gift cards are a consideration, but what kind, and where do you get them? Amex, Visa and others say in the fine print that they will only work in the U.S.

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How about an Amazon gift card? If they're going to school they'll need books, and Amazon will deliver Europe-wide. They can order from the Amazon UK or Amazon France shops online and have the goods delivered to them in Italy three to five days later.

Another thought is, if they don't already have one, buy them a headset / microphone / webcam so that you can call each other for free while they're away. Skype works really well, we use it all the time from Italy to contact relatives in the UK.

And another is to make them a scrap-book / photograph album / DVD of family, friends and places they love to take with them. You could ask other people to give you photos and written messages to go in it.

When we moved to Italy, someone did that for us and it was the most meaningful of all the gifts we received and something we look at often.

What a lovely thought on your part - I hope your family are very happy in Italy - it's a wonderful place to be.

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