@@ulysesss6814 yeah, it’s kind of chaotic sending a container and a bit stressful. But, all in all it’s about the same cost as purchasing everything over here
Hey there, thanks for posting. But I cannot find the first video you mentioned. What company did you use for the shipment and such? Company's we are speaking with say they have to "paper wrap" the furniture and use their boxes to inventory everything. It looks like the company you used did it differently. Did your Asawa used the duty free returning Filipino exemption? Our house will be ready just after the first of the year and we are getting ready to bring a few things over from Vegas to Bataan. Will mainly buy new here. Cheers and thanks.
James, just for the record, it's a pain in the ass to send a container. Just be ready for some frustrations. I went through www.freight-calculator.net/ I was my own broker. I worked in the industry and some of the stuff was still hard to figure out. Long story short I would go through a professional service and pay a little more and have them do everything. And yes we used the duty free exemption. That was also a pain in the ass. All I'm saying is be ready for some head aches if you go the container route. My container was 10K to send until customs flagged my container (random inspection) and held it for 3 weeks. I had to pay for the trucker to take it off site and for demerge (storage fees), not to mentioned customs took all my housed hold goods out of my container and inspect.. By the time I got my container in the Philippines (4 months later) my final bill was about14K and my container was over a month past it's original estimated arrival. Also your wife will need to be in the Philippines to receive the container.
10k I think either way I would have spent the same if not more. That being said, it was a pain in the butt coordinating to get container to my Philippine address.
@@cryptoPI1234 I could see doing maybe 10 boxes. But furniture seems like something I would buy new in the Philippines. It looked like you still had room in the container though. I'm going to the Philippines Thursday 😀 From Minnesota to Iligan city Mindanao.
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Thank you for the video, I am planning to do this as well when I retire.
@@ulysesss6814 yeah, it’s kind of chaotic sending a container and a bit stressful. But, all in all it’s about the same cost as purchasing everything over here
Hey there, thanks for posting. But I cannot find the first video you mentioned. What company did you use for the shipment and such? Company's we are speaking with say they have to "paper wrap" the furniture and use their boxes to inventory everything. It looks like the company you used did it differently. Did your Asawa used the duty free returning Filipino exemption? Our house will be ready just after the first of the year and we are getting ready to bring a few things over from Vegas to Bataan. Will mainly buy new here. Cheers and thanks.
James, just for the record, it's a pain in the ass to send a container. Just be ready for some frustrations. I went through www.freight-calculator.net/ I was my own broker. I worked in the industry and some of the stuff was still hard to figure out. Long story short I would go through a professional service and pay a little more and have them do everything. And yes we used the duty free exemption. That was also a pain in the ass. All I'm saying is be ready for some head aches if you go the container route. My container was 10K to send until customs flagged my container (random inspection) and held it for 3 weeks. I had to pay for the trucker to take it off site and for demerge (storage fees), not to mentioned customs took all my housed hold goods out of my container and inspect.. By the time I got my container in the Philippines (4 months later) my final bill was about14K and my container was over a month past it's original estimated arrival. Also your wife will need to be in the Philippines to receive the container.
Don't want to be a party killer, but I would avoid sending a container if you can.
Seems like something I would never do. I know the boxes are around $100 each to send over. How much did this cost?
10k I think either way I would have spent the same if not more. That being said, it was a pain in the butt coordinating to get container to my Philippine address.
@@cryptoPI1234 I could see doing maybe 10 boxes. But furniture seems like something I would buy new in the Philippines. It looked like you still had room in the container though. I'm going to the Philippines Thursday 😀 From Minnesota to Iligan city Mindanao.
@@stevesilver7437 same thing for me if I were to do it all over again. Enjoy your stay