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Post# 345518 , Reply# 2   4/29/2009 at 15:51 (5,447 days old) by johnny (Jacksonville, FL)   |   | |
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if you find a way to ship washer from US to EU tell it to me please. Im trying to find a way to get a toploader the last 3 years :P |
Post# 345545 , Reply# 3   4/29/2009 at 18:06 (5,447 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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As one who has been attempting to have a kaltmangel sent from Germany to the United States, here is some advice: forget it! *LOL* Unless you know of someone moving house and can add your appliance to their shipping crates, costs and proceedures involved in trans-Atlantic freight shipping are just too dear and time consuming. The only things it makes sense to ship out of Germany are items which will meet that countries postal regulations for "large" package. Anything else is VERY expensive. Trick for any cross ocean shipment is to find an appliance that is not very heavy nor very large. Know of spin driers sent from the UK and France, to the United States, but that is about as large as it's got. If you truly, truly, truly wish to have an appliance shipped, you are going to have to contact a freight shipping company,or a moving service licensed to engage in such transactions. You will need someone experienced with customs and such otherwise it has happened for parcels to be kept dockside while papers are sorted out. Whatever you do remember this, unless the object is very carefully packed, crated and so forth, there is a good chance it may arrive on your shores damaged. So it is wise to make sure whomever the seller is, knows how to properly to the thing. |
Post# 345546 , Reply# 4   4/29/2009 at 18:10 (5,447 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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There are companies who sell standard American appliances such as washing machines, dishwashers, and so forth that have been converted to 220v/50hz or at least will run on said power. Remember seeing several in the NYC "Yellow" pages months ago. Such appliances are the normal Whirlpool, GE and so forth, and besides American military familes, are sold to persons living in countries such as Israel, who want large washing machines for their large families, and aren't happy with puny front loading washers. Since these companies are listed under "export-import", wonder if they will handle shipping as well? L. |
Post# 345714 , Reply# 5   4/30/2009 at 10:04 (5,446 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 345740 , Reply# 7   4/30/2009 at 13:17 (5,446 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Problem comes from it being VERY expensive to freight ship just one item anywhere, and large appliances must go via freight. Freight always involves a container, so unless one can fill up said container with one order, the thing will sit until whomever can do so can. For shippers such as UPS, and FedEx, this is not usually a problem, but then the item will usually go via air, and for a large heavy item, that is costly. IIRC, there are companies, and perhaps even UPS and FedEX that do "ground" shipping overseas to the extent containers are loaded onto ships versus airplanes, but there again you are talking big money and a long, long time before things arrive. Only persons who truly bother shipping appliances and such are those moving house on someone else's dime. Even then persons such as diplomatic and military posts are advised to leave large appliances where they are, and purchase new upon arrival. One can find large Amercian top loaders for sale near or on US military bases, or purchase from a family that is shipping out and wants to sell theirs. Every now and then one will see European laundry appliances that never were sold in the US on eBay or elsewhere. We can only assume such applinaces came when someone moved house and brought them over. |