W.J.Elverding Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Hello everybody, I'm a new member, so let's start with a introduction. Since Since a couple months I'm a proud owner of a Ford F150 Flareside truck. And I live in the Netherlands. Now I am in the restoration phase and I found the LMC website to order the components. I started the ordering process, but there are two issues. And LMC is not really willing to help. So that is the reason to reach out to you. Due to the sizes of the goods, they cannot ship the goods directly to the Netherlands. And international shipping the shippingscosts are also very high. But besides the high shipping costs, I think it is strange. So my question is if somebody within this forum, has expierience with this. I understand that most members live in America. But I hope you can advise me. Is there a cheaper other way to ship? Do you know an organziation where I can ship the goods to in America, and that they ship the goods to the Netherlands? Many thanks in advance! Best regards, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Welcome to the forum! Gary will ask you for your postal code in order to add you to the membership map. http://www.garysgaragemahal.com/members-map.html Perhaps you might find an answer to your dilemma from one of them? I can't offer much advice on oversize shipping to Europe, but we do have a Dutch member,-Andre- plus a few in Germany and Scandinavia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rembrant Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Greetings W.J. I am in a similar situation living in Canada. Shipping costs from the US are also very expensive for me. Although LMC will ship to Canada, I have found that many vendors in the US refuse to ship internationally, at any cost. There are a couple reasons for this, but as outsiders there's not much that we can do about it. Shipping costs within the US are very inexpensive compared to shipping just outside the US border. Adding a trip across the Atlantic just makes it worse. A big deal right now is that due to Covid-19, thousands of flights have been cancelled, international shipping has become much more expensive. Through my work, we buy a lot of equipment from Europe and Asia, and the freight costs that we are quoted are sometimes only good for 24 hrs, where prior to Covid they were good for 30 days. I can't offer much help, but my suggestion would be to locate a Dutch broker that can receive items in the USA for you, and then transport to Europe. In Canada we have a lot of these companies...but I don't use them very often unless there is a savings in the international shipping. What items are you trying to order exactly? Are they large/over-sized? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rembrant Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Greetings W.J. I am in a similar situation living in Canada. Shipping costs from the US are also very expensive for me. Although LMC will ship to Canada, I have found that many vendors in the US refuse to ship internationally, at any cost. There are a couple reasons for this, but as outsiders there's not much that we can do about it. Shipping costs within the US are very inexpensive compared to shipping just outside the US border. Adding a trip across the Atlantic just makes it worse. A big deal right now is that due to Covid-19, thousands of flights have been cancelled, international shipping has become much more expensive. Through my work, we buy a lot of equipment from Europe and Asia, and the freight costs that we are quoted are sometimes only good for 24 hrs, where prior to Covid they were good for 30 days. I can't offer much help, but my suggestion would be to locate a Dutch broker that can receive items in the USA for you, and then transport to Europe. In Canada we have a lot of these companies...but I don't use them very often unless there is a savings in the international shipping. What items are you trying to order exactly? Are they large/over-sized? How about something like this? https://www.shipito.com/en/buy-from-US-ship-to-Netherlands https://www.parcelmonkey.com/destinations/europe/netherlands https://www.myus.com/where-we-ship/netherlands/ I know in Canada a lot of people use a service called Kinek, which gives you a USA shipping address to ship to, and then they handle the transfer into Canada. I sometimes use a similar service, but not very often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Welcome, WJ! Sure glad you joined! Jim is right, if you go to our map you'll see that Andre is in Amsterdam. You can click on his "pin" on the map and it'll bring up a link you can use to email him via the forum. I know he's had a lot of things for his Bronco shipped there, so should be able to help you. He's headed to Spain for the winter soon, but you might be able to catch him if you email now. And he just posted pics of his Bronco this morning in the picture gallery, including this one: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W.J.Elverding Posted November 6, 2020 Author Share Posted November 6, 2020 Welcome, WJ! Sure glad you joined! Jim is right, if you go to our map you'll see that Andre is in Amsterdam. You can click on his "pin" on the map and it'll bring up a link you can use to email him via the forum. I know he's had a lot of things for his Bronco shipped there, so should be able to help you. He's headed to Spain for the winter soon, but you might be able to catch him if you email now. And he just posted pics of his Bronco this morning in the picture gallery, including this one: Many thanks! I have send an email to Andre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Welcome, WJ! Sure glad you joined! Jim is right, if you go to our map you'll see that Andre is in Amsterdam. You can click on his "pin" on the map and it'll bring up a link you can use to email him via the forum. I know he's had a lot of things for his Bronco shipped there, so should be able to help you. He's headed to Spain for the winter soon, but you might be able to catch him if you email now. And he just posted pics of his Bronco this morning in the picture gallery, including this one: Jochen is just across the border in Germany too. Though, I don't know where in the Netherlands WJ resides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W.J.Elverding Posted November 6, 2020 Author Share Posted November 6, 2020 How about something like this? https://www.shipito.com/en/buy-from-US-ship-to-Netherlands https://www.parcelmonkey.com/destinations/europe/netherlands https://www.myus.com/where-we-ship/netherlands/ I know in Canada a lot of people use a service called Kinek, which gives you a USA shipping address to ship to, and then they handle the transfer into Canada. I sometimes use a similar service, but not very often. Hello Rembrant, Many thanks for yout help. I will check it out. I need a lot of parts. 103 different items. But I see that the window, tank and dashcover are the oversized parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W.J.Elverding Posted November 6, 2020 Author Share Posted November 6, 2020 Jochen is just across the border in Germany too. Though, I don't know where in the Netherlands WJ resides. Hello ArdWrknTrk, I live in Soest. This is small city nearby Amsterdam. Germany is close by. Many thanks for your reply! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Hello ArdWrknTrk, I live in Soest. This is small city nearby Amsterdam. Germany is close by. Many thanks for your reply! You are now on the map, EJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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