hey... first off... just discovered this thread researching for forwarders... Crazy.SoT.Gila, got a question for u, so u've tried shipito's consolidation service?... is their repacking good?... i'm asking because i'm buying toys MOC... u knowlah how us toy collecters are worried about packaging being mint.. ;p i'm just worried if they just simply throw in the big box when repacking?...

also... for those asking about borderlinx... here's the answer...

BORDERLINX SUCKS!!!... the first time I used them and I ordered quite a lot of stuff from ebay, first off, they charge me sky high shipping prices. But since I had no choice, I paid it since my items were already stuck at their warehouse. And guess what?? when it came time to send me my items, They LOST one of my packages!!! This was an item that is irreplaceable which I had waited a long time to appear on ebay, and now it's LOST! The process of back and forth (their live chat are all people from india!!!) to find out what happened to my item was also painfully slow and long and basically they pushed the blame on DHL. Now they're telling me they might not even refund me my money as I had submitted documents they needed LATE when in our communications they made no mention of any deadline whatsoever!!!

So, SKY HIGH SHIPPING CHARGES, LOST ITEMS and NO REFUND!... BORDERLINX SUCKS!!!

solsekuin44: yeah... i'm a citibank card holder... kinda dissapointed that citibank would partner with such a crappy service...

ok guys... just want to share my experience here... for the past few months i've been using shipito... so far so good... i did my research and finally settled on them... the pros?... they do consolidation... not repacking mind you... if u send them a few packages, they can actually open them all up and put it all in one box... so it saves quite a lot on shipping... the other thing i like is they also have a few options how they consolidate... and u can also put in a special request (which cost 8.50) for example if u want your items to be handle extra careful etc...

now, for some cons.... just watch out for their storage fees!... each item has a a certain amount of time u can store at their warehouse depending on which package u sign u for... and they only give u a 3 day notification before it expires, which i think is not enough time, if u forget, then they start charging u storage fees, which can be from 1-5US dollars... which can add up to a lot...

the other con is that so far all of my packages form them kena tahan at kastams... i suspect is because they do things too 'proper' and they fill up pro forma forms which states that they allow customs to open and check... also my boxes so far has been quite big lah... but my value has been low, but still, kena tahan...

anyways, just wanted to share my experience.... also, BORDERLINX SUCKS!... their fees way too expensive...

then your solution is a forwarder who can repackage boxes into one box... so if u buy a few items they can repackage all into one box which saves quite a lot on shipping... i use shipito and they have that service... some other forwarders might have that service too...

so hsg has repacking sertvie too?.. cool... will check them out... anybody got experience with UK forwarders to reco?...

so who has a GREAT experience with a UK forwarder?... been looking for a good one... anybody tried bongo before?...

thanks desert praise... i'm trying out one shipment now with forward to me... but they're kinda bare bones aren't they?... don't even have any kind of interface where you can check details of your shipment or anything like that?...