Sounds like lots of work ..................

I'll pass

On ebay someone does that same thing,they buy-{they have 8 or so Ebay I.D.'s}-The they ship the part's out to who ever...If you P.M. i have no problem shipping part's to you if i have them,have shipped to forum member's were you are..Mikey

Google is your friend. There are several commercial services available which give you a USA address and do the forwarding.

One example of many: http://www.ipsparcel.com/intcust.cfm

I haven't used them and I can't vouch for the "low shipping prices". I've never seen a "low shipping price" for shipping to this side of the Pacific. :D

No Kidding,

I tried to ship a 14" FT to OZ,and it was $400 via the P.O.!

Wonder what Neil Finn paid for the shipping on the 26,13,16 RK kit and snare+cymbals ( 3 big boxes) to Auckland (Parnell) recently? Must have been $1,000- $1,500 or more!

The only economical way to do it is to find a way to share space in a container with other shipments going by sea. The trouble is that this method is more a "wholesale shipping" method which isn't available to humble retail users. The USPS subcontracted out parcels some time ago to the likes of FedEx, UPS, etc, so actually going by slow boat doesn't seem to be an option any more through USPS. And prices went up when the subcontracting happened, and volumetric pricing came in which made matters worse, then fuel surcharges were added on top of that...sigh.

What ever you do, DON’T USE viabox.com!!!! I was using Viabox.com for just over 3 months, I had purchased $889 worth of goods from the one supplier in the USA. I had those goods sitting in my unit at the forwarding company in the USA waiting for the right time to get it shipped when I could consolidate it with a smaller lighter parcel to get value for money. I had parcels continually coming in and out of the unit but waiting for the right parcel to consolidate with this heavy parcel. I did not realize that the shipping company had a 90 day storage policy. I ordered a small amount of goods that would be perfect to ship the heavy parcel. When I went to consolidate and ship the 2 parcels, the goods were missing from the display. After more than 7 days of emails back and forth and them telling me they didn’t know where it was. I called every day leaving voice messages expressing my concern. They finally emailed me after 7 days stating that my goods had been disposed of. I couldn’t believe it, I have used other forwarding companies and they have sent out reminder/warning emails to let you know that in 7 days your goods will be removed. That way you can take action, as time slips away from you. Viabox.com sent no warning email at all. I had parcels coming and going the whole time, so they unit was clearly active.

They destroyed nearly $1,000 worth of my goods and then I had to spend the next week calling them and asking where the parcel was before they told me. This is probably the worse service I have ever had. I get people asking me on a weekly basis who I use to get my stuff from the USA to Australia and Viabox.com have definitely been the worst!!!

I ship to Australia and I build 1/2" treated plywood crates which allows for a container just 1" larger than the drum shell's rim (or hoop ) and safely ships the drums without issue. I am about to ship a 28" bass kit and a 26" kit...all stripped and nested in one 30x30x20 crate...except for the 12x15 tom which has to ride alone...and shipping cost is at a little over $500. Duty and import taxes not included.

Ipsparcel.com is a good shipping broker. I ship vistalite kit to me as the size exceeded usps volume limit.

The price I paid for a 26x26x20 box was ca. 320$.

it is tough for buyers in Australia/New Zealand and places like that. ive been a middle man for at least a half a dozen guys in that neck of the woods. ive always done it just to help them out. its always been smaller stuff with me though., mostly parts and snare drums. I'm always glad to help out like that when I can.

mike