So I totally forgot until the amazing Samala reminded me.
My boyfriend should be working at FexEx still during PAX AUS, and he’s okay with getting us discounts with shipping. It’d just be nice to get some more info such as customs, box dimensions, etc. Obviously, if everyone in Seattle could just give me the cookies to send off, that’d be the most ideal.
Our current estimations are
for 20lbs: $85
40lbs: $140
60lbs: $176
My concerns are as follows
Price: This is still pretty darn expensive, even with the discounts (original price is $350< for 20lbs). Is this still something that we might do knowing the price, or would we rather save the funds to focus on another project, such as Fitz’s AUS cookie fund?
Time: The shipping estimation is with a shipping date of 10/20, the cookies would arrive on 10/28. 10/21-10/29, etc… This still equates to a shipping time of 7 days. ouch.
Customs: I’m just going to copy and paste. He tried to explain it to me, I was like wat.
"I’m going to assume cookies are coded by Australia as arrow 1905.31 sweet biscuits cause apparently they don’t have cookies, however selecting 1905.31 sweet biscuits produces the error
The shipment of this product is prohibited
- by FedEx, or
- by the origin country, or
- by the destination country using the FedEx services offered in this Transit Time application. For additional shipping options contact Customer Service.
has this been done before? shipping these cookies this distance?"
Would it be a better idea if anyone is traveling by air to Australia to just pay the extra bag fee?