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Postage home from SE Asia

  • 10-11-2008 8:29am
    #1
    m*pp*t
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 155 ✭✭


    Hi folks

    I'm just wondering if anyone has experience of posting packages home to Ireland from either Bangkok or Hanoi? Any ideas which one is cheaper/easier/quicker (although time isn't really an issue to be honest)?

    I'm flyign into Bangkok soon from India but only stayign there long enough to organise my Vietnam visa and do a bit of (cheap!) family present shopping really so I'm wondering which would be a better bet for posting from?

    Any help would be great - thanks.


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  • #2
    The_Conductor
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 32,285 Mod ✭✭✭✭The_Conductor


    From experience- packages from Thailand are far more likely to attract the attention of Customs and Excise, irrespective of what is in them- as its assumed that electricals and other goods may not be declared on the R1 form attached to the package. EMS from Thailand is about 2 weeks- and quite reasonably priced. Is there any way you might get back the taxes on the goods and then ship them from elsewhere (the old Singapore trick!)?


  • #3
    m*pp*t
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 155 ✭✭m*pp*t


    Thanks smccarrick. To be honest, I cant imagine I'll be spending a whole pile of money on family presents so there won't be much there to claim tax back on. I'm thinking arts and crafty kind of junk!

    But if I did buy some electrical goods could the "Singapore trick" you refer to be translated to a "Hanoi trick" I wonder? I'm sure I'll figure it out when I get there. Two weeks is far quicker than I was expecting to be honest so that's good. Thanks for the info.


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