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#296145 25-May-2022 10:02
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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  #2918706 26-May-2022 09:11
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Book a holiday and take the laptop with you. Use it as an excuse to go see your friend.

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  #2918707 26-May-2022 09:19
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Senecio:

 

Book a holiday and take the laptop with you. Use it as an excuse to go see your friend.

 

 

 

 

A less than useful reply but I got the info I needed earlier in thread thanks all

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  #2918708 26-May-2022 09:24
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Hi, my dislexic self read the heading of this thread, "Can I post a lampost to Germany" 😂

 

Which my mind responded with WtheF?

 

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  #2918713 26-May-2022 09:39
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A post about post.

 

 




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  #2918739 26-May-2022 10:52
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xpd:

 

A post about post.

 

 

A post about a post about a post

 

:-)

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#2918751 26-May-2022 11:24
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1101:

 

xpd:

 

A post about post.

 

 

A post about a post about a post

 

:-)

 

 

But which post are you talking about now? The lamp post or the postal mail? 🤪




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  #2918752 26-May-2022 11:25
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1101:

 

xpd:

 

A post about post.

 

 

A post about a post about a post

 

:-)

 

 




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  #2920248 30-May-2022 03:35
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Brauchen sie eine deutsche Tastatur?

 

QWERTZ + ß Ü Ö Ä €

 

 

 

 

 

 

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