[ginhk]

hello all
will move to hong kong this june.
planning to ship most of my stuff thru post.
most of my stuff are books... and clothes.

has anyone done this before via shanghai post?
did u encounter any issues? how long did it take for the boxes to arrive?

thanks!
g.

[adahc]

Seem like we will be passing eachother somewhere midair! We are going to SH soon. I head alot of people post their stuffs but with this Olympic year I heard horror stories mostly i.e. they go through your belonging and it takes a longe time for you to get your things. I'm not sure if this is the true story because it's mostly word of mouth, it happened to someone they know.
So does anyone has any 'real' experience? We might post some of our things to SH too.

[wtbhotia]

use SF express, they are quite good.

[hktraveller]

Originally Posted by wtbhotia

use SF express, they are quite good.

We use SF all the time and there are unbelievable restrictions in force that hit them as well.
So check what you can and what you can't send. And those limits apply for all air shipments even within China.
An alternative is to truck things to Shenzhen which is very cheap and normally takes 4 days. Then from Shenzhen to Hong Kong with another forwarder. Takes another 2 days.

adahc: The other way round it is way more expensive, since customs in involved.