<p>I shipped a coat to my D (who is studying in Moscow this semester) and have had nothing put problems with UPS–her coat is sitting at a UPS office in Moscow and can’t be delivered to her until the question of duty fees is resolved. I was complaining to a friend, who said everyone knows that Fedex is best for international shipping and that I shouldn’t have used UPS. </p>
<p>Question: anyone have experience shipping packages overseas? What carrier should one use? Is it stupid to consider using USPS? I’d like to ship D a small care package, but don’t want the hassle and expense. D could have purchased a great coat in Moscow for what I spent to send her the one she left here.</p>
<p>I’ve used both FedEx and DHL. FedEx has been great to Asia but I’ve never sent anything to Russia. The cost wasn’t even that much.</p>
<p>Bromfield - I agree, next time send her money. The foods and the clothes in modern Russia are amazing (judging by what we’ve seen in Saint Petersburg).</p>
<p>Last spring, my H sent a bunch of small electronic gadgets (multimeters and such) to our Russian host via USPS priority mail. He specified on the customs declaration form that the package was a gift. The recipient had no problems claiming the package at his local PO.</p>
<p>Here is a link to the USPS rates:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.usps.com/prices/priority-mail-international-prices.htm[/url]”>http://www.usps.com/prices/priority-mail-international-prices.htm</a></p>
<p>we actually used US postal service to ship to India.</p>
<p>UPS couldn’t find the postal code and they were very confused and gave up.( it is very rural), but the post office in our neighborhood was able to locate it right away.</p>
<p>. D could have purchased a great coat in Moscow for what I spent to send her the one she left here.</p>
<p>Our D spent that much in surcharges for overweight baggage on the trains and planes when she could have mailed that stuff home.
Something to keep in mind- mail their souvenirs back home.</p>