Can I Post a Laptop to Germany?

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#296145 25-May-2022 10:02

I have a friend in Germany whose laptop is dying, I have a spare one here I want her to have. Is it possible to post a laptop to Germany given the internal battery situation? What's my best option here?

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#2918271 25-May-2022 10:08

By Post, NO.

Its possible by courier, but you'll have to jump though a bunch of documentation and packaging requirements,

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#2918278 25-May-2022 10:11

Last time I had to send a battery with NZPost (Kindle to the USA about a year ago) I had to use express courier and do a battery declaration.

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#2918285 25-May-2022 10:42

And probably work out cheaper to send her $$$ the way shipping charges are these days.

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#2918289 25-May-2022 11:06

I had a Withings Horizon watch sent from Brussels to Wellington. That cost me about US$ 100 on DHL, double that for the FedEx quote.

I suggest you check the courier prices but it won't be cheap.

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#2918557 25-May-2022 18:12

xpd:
And probably work out cheaper to send her $$$ the way shipping charges are these days.

Or find a decent used laptop on eBay Germany and get it sent to her address, so reverse the cheap laptop / expensive shipping to expensive laptop / cheap shipping.

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#2918588 25-May-2022 19:49

Don't bother, recipient in Germany will have to pay duty/taxes.
Since their customs de mininis is EUR0. So regardless what value you declare it for customs, the receiver will end up paying some form of duty/taxes.

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#2918690 26-May-2022 08:23

neb:
xpd:

And probably work out cheaper to send her $$$ the way shipping charges are these days.

Or find a decent used laptop on eBay Germany and get it sent to her address, so reverse the cheap laptop / expensive shipping to expensive laptop / cheap shipping.

While this could work, eBay might raise flags as this is also the way scammers use stolen credit card numbers - buyer located in a country, destination in a different country. It may end having the transaction cancelled or losing the money.

Sell the laptop in New Zealand, transfer money using Wire.

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