[78-L] high cost of shipping to USA from rest of world

[RUSSELL BARNES]

Hello,
 
I have found a company based in Troon, Scotland, to be first class when handling deliveries.   They trade world wide.
 
They are:-
 
CCL - Logistics  (Mr. Callum Bastock)
Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland.
01292 310510
http://ccl-logistics.com
 
I required four hundred Pianola rolls delivered from the southern UK to Glasgow - some four hundred miles.  They were already packed in three containers.
 
I spoke to Mr. Bastock on the phone.  He asked how fast I wanted them collected - to which I replied as soon as possible. 
 
Within five minutes he rang back and told me a collection van was on the way.
 
WITHIN FIFTEEN MINUTES (I'm not joking) they were in the back of a Van and on their 
way to Scotland.    Seems they operate a radio/computer truck contact system.
 
 25% cheaper than any others who quoted.
 
RB
 
 

  

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 From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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Sent: Monday, 16 April 2012, 2:53
Subject: Re: [78-L] high cost of shipping to USA from rest of world
  
I used to be able to do that when ordering records from English sellers by 
having them shipped to Living Era's offices, where they'd then go with the next 
shipment to Canada. It still involved a fair time lag and my driving to the 
Canadian distributor north of Toronto once the items had arrived, but it saved 
a lot of money. Then was then (and that was a favour, and Living Era no longer 
exists).

dl

On 4/15/2012 9:47 PM, Thomas Stern wrote:
>
> The high costs of shipping a SINGLE item (e.g. a record, or video) from Europe or Asia to
> the USA is making it difficult to acquire material from outside the US unless multiple
> items can be purchased at the same time.
>
> Has anyone found a way to overcome this problem?
>
> For instance, are there any "freight consolidators" who would be able
> to collect items from different sellers, then ship the accumulated
> material to the USA when a specified threshold has been reached?
>
> Any ideas welcome.  Thanks.
> Best wishes, Thomas.
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