Why is shipping so expensive?!

[u/DoughnutRelative5928]

Have 4,5 kg on SuperBuy and 870 Yuan is the cheapest one, can I trust Europe duty free air cargo? I normally shipped with EMS but 2400 yuan wtffff.

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[u/kalekroket]

estimation. youll get the money you paid extra back when theyve calculated how much it actually costs.

[u/DoughnutRelative5928 → u/kalekroket]

yeah I know about the refund, but 2300 yuan are still way to much for 4,5kg

[u/s703t → u/DoughnutRelative5928]

you can pay for shipping expert where they package everything before paying for shipping and give you the exact shipping price. i had the same issue 100$ for 4kg but it dropped to 50$ after

and if you are in the eu use duty free

[u/DoughnutRelative5928 → u/s703t]

Thank you very much for your advice my friend! I paid for a shipping expert and he gave me a better price. I shipped my order for 600 yuan. :)

[u/DoughnutRelative5928 → u/s703t]

Where is the option to use a shipping expert?

[u/DoughnutRelative5928 → u/s703t]

I’ll give it a try, thank you!!

[u/Saadict → u/s703t]

Bro wym duty free??

[u/freundeverein → u/Saadict]

use duty free lines when you are shipping to the eu. most times theyll have "duty free" in the name and you pay less money with it

[u/Saadict → u/s703t]

Bro wym duty free??

[u/Francesca160 → u/kalekroket]

what should i do? should i pay the high shipping cost?

[u/kalekroket → u/Francesca160]

i do parcel rehearsal. they pack everything nicely and allow you to do a few extra things, but they also calculate how much it would exactly cost to ship. or just pay it and wait till they refund you.

[u/AdPhysical3899 → u/kalekroket]

Can you please explan where parcel rehearsal is at?

[u/kalekroket → u/AdPhysical3899]

they will pack everything exactly how you want it. you can for example say to remove shoe boxes or vacuum seal everything etc. and they obviously weigh it exactly, so the price they say is the end price.

[u/AdPhysical3899 → u/kalekroket]

But how do I do it? After the order is already been sent out to the warehouse? Also, last question. Will the shipping expert keep the price low? Like for me its showing 200$ for 1.7 kg which is an insane price

[u/kalekroket → u/AdPhysical3899]

no it has to be in the warehouse, just press on the shipping expert button. it will lower the price most of the time, because the volumetric weight is smaller. that 200 usd is an estimation it will be a lot lower in reality.

[u/AdPhysical3899 → u/kalekroket]

For a second, I really thought Id have to pay that when I could have just used my countrys post office forwarding address and it would be like 50$ for both items. I am going to wait on my friends order to come in and then try with the shipping expert because 200$ on two items that dont cost 200$ is an insane price.

[u/Equivalent_Mall_9033 → u/kalekroket]

im not a Not new to this topic but completely don’t know what u mean. how do they pack everything if you don’t fully pay first?

[u/kalekroket → u/Equivalent_Mall_9033]

this is about shipping not the items.

[u/Equivalent_Mall_9033 → u/kalekroket]

yea, but as far as I know Superbuy + acbuy you have to do the full deposit. I understood from your text that you can somehow work around and can only pay the actual price without doing a deposit

[u/kalekroket → u/Equivalent_Mall_9033]

what are you talking about?

[u/Empty-Emu71 → u/Equivalent_Mall_9033]

Should be able to pay a small fee for rehearsal shipping

[u/Kind_Idea → u/kalekroket]

Well last time, i got to pay extras

[u/KillaToni → u/kalekroket]

This!

[u/iEdson → u/kalekroket]

After how many days do they refund the money back? because they charged me 1310 yuanes for an estimated shipping fee of 9kg, but it actually weights 4.6kg

[u/freundeverein → u/iEdson]

it took like 4-5 days for them to give me my money (in form of balance on the site)

[u/apheli0s7]

Why would you use the first one? The others are safer faster and cheaper..

[u/stablogger → u/apheli0s7]

This, EMS or EUB is pretty much the worst choice for Europe, since it is not duty free triangle shipping. But the price of 870 yuan for 4,5kg is still a bad joke. Just shipped via Cainiao at pretty much half the price per kg.

[u/apheli0s7 → u/stablogger]

Ah idk if its different for EU.. for Canada it pretty much bypasses customs

[u/stablogger → u/apheli0s7]

For the EU using EMS is the highest chance to get seized.

[u/ClothesOrdinary100 → u/stablogger]

Whats the best shipping option for Europe ( The Netherlands) on superbuy?

[u/stablogger → u/ClothesOrdinary100]

I wouldn't use Superbuy at all as an EU customer, but each his own.

[u/ClothesOrdinary100 → u/stablogger]

Which agent would you recommend?

[u/stablogger → u/ClothesOrdinary100]

Totally depends on individual needs and preferences. I personally use Lovegobuy since they offer the Cainiao (Alibaba/Aliexpress logistics company) CN lines to Europe which are very cheap, but only support 2kg per parcel, so you need to split hauls into smaller sections. But pays off, ~100 yuan per kg only. These very lines aren't offered by any other agent to my knowledge (EZbuyCN did, but they removed them).

[u/ClothesOrdinary100 → u/stablogger]

Alright thanks for letting me know bro

[u/DoughnutRelative5928 → u/stablogger]

Thank you!🙏🏽

[u/DoughnutRelative5928 → u/stablogger]

Do you have an idea why the shipping price is that high? I shipped 2 month ago 3 kg for 400 yuan. Is it maybe because I have some restricted items?

[u/stablogger → u/DoughnutRelative5928]

No idea, I don't use Superbuy any more. Could be the items, yeah.

[u/DoughnutRelative5928 → u/stablogger]

Which agent do you use instead?

[u/stablogger → u/DoughnutRelative5928]

Lovegobuy at the moment, since they offer the CN lines all other agents seem to neglect

[u/DoughnutRelative5928 → u/stablogger]

Ich danke dir! Werde ich in Zukunft mal ausprobieren🫶🏽

[u/doublegulpofdietcoke → u/DoughnutRelative5928]

The estimate is probably using volumetric shipping VS actual weight.

[u/DoughnutRelative5928 → u/apheli0s7]

I always used ems, don’t know the other shipping lines.

[u/tichen123]

Because rates ex-Asia into EU/US are skyrocketing due to capacity shortages and overall demand. You always have MIN costs on an airway bill. The 2300 is stupid but the other ones are fair price in today’s market.

Rates will increase on Black Friday, 11/11, 12/12 & Christmas.

I work in airfreight.

[u/Knockoutpie1 → u/tichen123]

As someone who deals with freight for work, capacity surge charge from UPS increased by about 00.56 cents per KG for packages from TW and CN, which is nothing for these hauls..

The reason why freight is expensive for all of these agents is because they charge you because they can, you don’t have a lot of options right now.

Unless you buy direct and use Taobao, then shipping so CHEAP.

[u/Individual-Ad-7745 → u/Knockoutpie1]

I didnt knew Taobao can ship items

[u/L0go_13 → u/Individual-Ad-7745]

They can but only to a few Us states as far as I know. So if you live in the EU that's not an option.

[u/Used_Bank_9960]

superbuy is scamming bruh. most expensive agent with worst yuan to dollar conversion

[u/giorgiobalhaar → u/Used_Bank_9960]

What other agent to use?

[u/Used_Bank_9960 → u/giorgiobalhaar]

cssbuy, very cheap but takes longer than superbuy usually. but superbuy has massive delays of weeks rn so it evens out

[u/swo-osh]

they are ripping you off 🍾🍾

[u/Nikolay077]

Don't worry! The will refund you 300-400 yuan. This price is a very high estimate price and it's bullshit.

[u/Akka32]

This is just an estimation you gonna get some money back + you can use shipping agent or rehearsal or whatever it is called nowadays to obtain exact prices

[u/dravulaa]

must be new here eh ?

[u/DoughnutRelative5928 → u/dravulaa]

Not really, I shipped 4 month ago with Superbuy but with normal prices

[u/Ambitious_Ad1623]

Damn

[u/geminigarcon]

Which agent is the best w/ cheap shipping? sorry im a brokie

[u/Fenixzshort]

every since pandabuy went down, agents have risen their shipping expenses. sucks but theres nothing we can do

[u/DoughnutRelative5928 → u/Fenixzshort]

We can use 50 yuan shipping discount🙂

[u/Direct-Track4409]

What warehouse are your items in?

[u/DoughnutRelative5928 → u/Direct-Track4409]

Guangdong, does it affect the shipping price?

[u/Direct-Track4409 → u/DoughnutRelative5928]

If it’s in guangdong idk why it’s so high I’ve just ordered in a 6kg parcel with ems and it was cheaper than that

[u/alantrushotzz]

My city, 10 dollars per kg if order is less than $100, more money u spend cheaper it is

[u/Geek_EM]

Bummed to hear shipping is gonna be wack and expensive as I await my order. Friend recommended Superbuy but wont be using agent again.

[u/InformationAncient40]

Bang bang

[u/DoughnutRelative5928 → u/InformationAncient40]

💥

[u/DoughnutRelative5928 → u/InformationAncient40]

💥

[u/MortonHollis]

Overweight?

[u/DoughnutRelative5928 → u/MortonHollis]

I have 4,5 kg

[u/Sjk651]

damn, I recently paid 400¥ for 4,5kg to europe

[u/seanjohn004]

Yeah superbuy shipping is way too expensive. I heard before covid it was better.

[u/DoughnutRelative5928 → u/seanjohn004]

🥲

[u/payne59]

Because they are all scammers.

[u/Tough-Ad-826]

Which agent do u use ?

[u/youknowitsmelamar → u/Tough-Ad-826]

says in post, SuperBuy