US - Bundlebox Mail Forwarding Service Closing in April

I pay the import tax when Fedex delivers the parcel (actually Fedex pays for me, based on my declaration, and I reimburse). That's the system with the Tax Administration in France, not sre it is the same in the UK.

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Permalink Reply by Holden on March 16, 2020 at 1:43am

Hi There,

Thats the first Ive heard Bundlebox are closing -I've been using them for years, and they were very reliable. Shame.

The other company I have used is Boxinus.com. It's been couple of years since I have used them but they were good. They used to ship with DHL.

I have used is Box.com - But, I had a nightmare getting my parcels sent. So my advice is avoid them.

Hope you find a company and get your parcels.

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Permalink Reply by 5816nick on March 16, 2020 at 1:47am

Thanks Holden, yes Bundlebox are definitely closing, I emailed them as I thought it was some sort of scam - ive been using them for years too...

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Permalink Reply by Holden on March 16, 2020 at 1:52am

Hi,

Please let us know which company you go for and you're experience with them.

I'm taking a look at Stackry, but it is not clear if you can pay import taxes in advance (like you could with Budlebox). Similary I remember you couldn't pre-pay import taxes with Boxinus.

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Permalink Reply by 5816nick on March 16, 2020 at 1:58am

I think I will try stackry, I just signed up and it’s roughly $13 to send a cd, not checked on LPs yet, even with Royal Mails ridiculous £8 handling fee it works out cheaper than Bundlebox - I’ll let you know how i get on

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Permalink Reply by Holden on March 16, 2020 at 2:09am

Thanks. As a Bundelbox user I would be interested to hear what you think of Stackry's service.

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Permalink Reply by Hervé on March 16, 2020 at 2:30am

Very good as far as I am concerned. One important issue though: if you have many parcels, and some heavy, they tend to put everything in a "big" box, which reduces the shipping cost. But the box tends to burst out... One solution then is to opt for keeping the original sender packaging (otherwise they open everything and put it in the big box...).