Freight forwarding from the US to the UK

[Ruiner]

Hi all,

 

Does anybody have any experience of dealing with freight forwarding companies?

I'm looking to purchase a bass that is only currently available from Guitar Centre and Musicians Friend, neither of whom will ship it to the UK, presumably due to licensing restrictions imposed by Fender as this model was exclusive to BAX in Europe.  Sadly BAX have sold out and confirmed they can't get any more.

There's no rosewood or anything like that involved so I think it's just red tape preventing the US stores from shipping it directly so I'm looking for any recommendations from anybody who has used freight forwarding companies to do something similar.

Thanks.

 

EDIT:  Managed to get one after all, and without the messy freight forwarding. Move along. Nothing to see here.

Edited February 28, 2020 by Ruiner

[CameronJ]

I’m interested in this too - plenty of sellers over on Talkbass who only ship to the US & Canada so I’ve considered freight forwarding services in the past. Always been slightly scared to go through with it though!