Parcel forwarding to abroad

[dgadee]

Anyone used a company such as UK parcel forwarding service | forward2me I have just sent something to someone abroad who uses this service - shop and forward, kind of - and he says it has worked well. Just wondered about it for future use.

 

[AndersG]

Never heard of or seen the need for a parcel forwarding company but could be useful for those companies that won't ship to UK after brexit.

 

[Graham376]

Algarve Express, Algarve Freight and Direct Transport do the same to the Algarve. Just have parcels posted to their UK depot and they arrive a week later. Not sure if suppliers can zero rate VAT though, as they're not sending direct to overseas address.

 

[sailaboutvic]

My last package was sent on the 19 th of the month just checked its still in the UK .
Sent express to arrived within 10 days

 

[Koeketiene]

Interesting side note:
amazon.co.uk have started dispatching parcels for the EU from Northern Ireland.
Thus no need for customs declaration and VAT payments.

Couple of books/bluray I ordered arrived within 4 days.
Sticker on the package to clarify it was shipped from Northern Ireland.

 

[lusitano]

Algarve Express, Algarve Freight and Direct Transport do the same to the Algarve. Just have parcels posted to their UK depot and they arrive a week later. Not sure if suppliers can zero rate VAT though, as they're not sending direct to overseas address.

Not anymore !
All parcel deliveries stopped in January due to complications with customs declarations etc etc.
Unlikely to resume apparently.

 

[Graham376]

Not anymore !
All parcel deliveries stopped in January due to complications with customs declarations etc etc.
Unlikely to resume apparently.

Will have to phone them to see what's happening. I picked up a parcel from Algarve Express in January and they were still operating then.

 

[GHA]

Will have to phone them to see what's happening. I picked up a parcel from Algarve Express in January and they were still operating then.

Sounds like a nightmare
More information about the changes to our service
Business as unusual

 

[lusitano]

Will have to phone them to see what's happening. I picked up a parcel from Algarve Express in January and they were still operating then.

Still do-able in theory but no longer cost effective.

Example - Couple had 3 new mattresses sent over early January. Took several weeks to clear customs in Lisbon and cost an additional 1100€ in charges including agents fees and storage etc.

Almancil supermarket had several pallets of perishable goods from UK lying rotting in a Customs shed in Lisbon"awaiting clearance" all being charged storage fees at a day rate of course !
Good ol Brexit

 

[Graham376]

I used to be surprised at some of the stuff they brought out from UK, much of it available cheaper locally. Now there are Tesco, Iceland and Waitrose stockists in Almancil and Gaia, that must have reduced Algarve Express weekly UK shopping baskets. Interesting that much of the chilled supermarket stock is now ex Ireland due to Brexit restrictions.

 

[nortada]

I used to be surprised at some of the stuff they brought out from UK, much of it available cheaper locally. Now there are Tesco, Iceland and Waitrose stockists in Almancil and Gaia, that must have reduced Algarve Express weekly UK shopping baskets. Interesting that much of the chilled supermarket stock is now ex Ireland due to Brexit restrictions.

And Portimao but it is a Covid hotspot??

 

[25931]

And Portimao but it is a Covid hotspot??

I don't think that chilled supermarket stock is to blame, but one nevr knows.

 

[sailaboutvic]

My 4# posting , it's arrived in Italy at last , still don't mean I get it any time soon .