Shipping to Australia

[Hutton]

Does anyone have any idea of how much it costs to ship a bass to OZ? Anyone done it?

[mike257]

Not a bass, but shipped an SVT3 in a rack case to Oz recently, cost about £120 I think. I let the buyer arrange the courier so he could pick out insurance etc he was happy with.

Make sure you pack it to survive a nuclear war as it'll get tossed between a few planes and probably see some rough handling. I bubble wrapped it inside the flight case, then surrounded it with foam pieces, bubble wrap and those little polystyrene wotsits so it had a good few inches of packing each side - ended up a LOt bigger than the item so probably bumped the shipping up but got there safe and sound so worth doing.

[Mr. Foxen]

I shipped a transformer to Aus, basically a solid lump of laminated metal. On the way it was x-rayed (didn't tell them much) and impounded as a possible explosive device (they called for an invoice copy, when I pointed out that there were 4 attached, they told me they were not prepared to go close enough to it to retrieve one) and when it arrived they'd still managed to damage it.

[Hutton]

Thanks for the posts chaps. My son is in Melbourne for a year and is looking for bassplaying work. He is really intending to buy a bass there and then sell it before he comes home. I was just wondering if it would be worth sending him out one of his own basses from here. Buying a bass in Melbourne is probably going to be his best bet.

[pete.young]

Weekend in Japan, trip to Ishibashi!

[mike257]

I bought my Stingray over there, from Allan's in Adelaide - got a good price at the time (back in 2004) but from what I hear things are pretty steep over there now.

[Hutton]

Conclusion to story - He's bought a G&L Tribute L2500 from Oz eBay. It was practically new and he was able to do a local pickup. All's well that ends well.

[Big_Stu]

[quote name='Hutton' timestamp='1333788290' post='1606375']
Thanks for the posts chaps. My son is in Melbourne for a year and is looking for bassplaying work.[/quote]

Years ago I shipped a Vamp head & a Vamp separately; strangely enough to Melbourne. If your son sees a T.Rex tribute with "Marc" playing Vamp amps over there chances are it's him. The buyer arranged FedEx to come for them - and for my part I double boxed both, with about 4" or more of bubble-warp all around.
The only "damage" was the mains indicator lamp was missing, but it was in the pics I took when packing, so it must have been loose in the packaging.

[TheGreek]

I know that this is resolved now but for future ref it cost me about £80 to send my Warwick Dolphin to Oz - stopped at customs so Tax also had to be paid...