Sending a fishing rod abroad

[CaptainBlue]

Anyone got any ideas about the most economical way to send a fishing rod abroad ? It will be in a tube but there’s length restrictions wherever you look. Would the post office or parcelforce do it ?

DHL sends costly.

 

Thanks for your help.

[Tony U]

I sent one to Cuba via Parcelpost at the Post office it was about 3'6" long it did not cost too much about £10.00 and it got there despite a small error in the address.

[CaptainBlue]

I sent one to Cuba via Parcelpost at the Post office it was about 3'6" long it did not cost too much about £10.00 and it got there despite a small error in the address.

 

Price was good. Mine's an 11' rod so it's 5' 6" plus.

[Dick Dastardly]

Quite often (especially on heavy items over 2kg) courier services are a lot cheaper than the postal service.Ive not tried these for rods in tubes but might be worth trying the "Get a quote"-

 

http://www.interparcel.com/quote/

[CaptainBlue]

Quite often (especially on heavy items over 2kg) courier services are a lot cheaper than the postal service.Ive not tried these for rods in tubes but might be worth trying the "Get a quote"-

 

http://www.interparcel.com/quote/

 

Hi Budgie,

I went through the motions of getting a quote on the interparcel website but before I could actually see the cost, the step before was to send an email to the courier to book the pick up !

 

UPS wanted like £75 ! Thing I can't understand is that on ebay, you can get a rod sent to you for £7.50 by Royal mail 2nd class standard. Although on the website they say the max.length is 150cm (5').

[Severn Wolf]

Try Transglobal Express mate. They use DHL but for some daft reason are cheaper!

 

Been using them a lot this year sending rods all over the place and not had a problem at all. Just make sure the dimensions you enter onto the wensite are accurate and things will run smoothly.

[CaptainBlue]

Try Transglobal Express mate. They use DHL but for some daft reason are cheaper!

 

Been using them a lot this year sending rods all over the place and not had a problem at all. Just make sure the dimensions you enter onto the wensite are accurate and things will run smoothly.

 

I checked the Transglobal website and it looks like they could do it for around £20 + vat with free pick-up. Brilliant. Thanks for the tip.