jaycad Posted October 15, 2015 Posted October 15, 2015 Hey everyone, I've been living in Cebu for a month now, and i'm loving it! My girlfriend is trying to get some products shipped to us from the United States, and i'm unsure how that process works here. We're staying in a residence, but i'm not confident that if we give them our address here, the mail will make it. I am looking at DHL as a possible solution, but i'm not sure how that works either with incoming shipments. Can anyone help me out? Thanks! Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Peterson Posted October 15, 2015 Posted October 15, 2015 Hey everyone, I've been living in Cebu for a month now, and i'm loving it! My girlfriend is trying to get some products shipped to us from the United States, and i'm unsure how that process works here. We're staying in a residence, but i'm not confident that if we give them our address here, the mail will make it. I am looking at DHL as a possible solution, but i'm not sure how that works either with incoming shipments. Can anyone help me out? Thanks! Jay Whichever company you use, get if for Collection,the Sender can put a cell number on the Paper work for you to be Informed of its Arrival and go Fetch it. Make sure though you know which office as there may be Several, but Hopefully the one Nearest you. Jack :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaycad Posted October 15, 2015 Author Posted October 15, 2015 Hey everyone, I've been living in Cebu for a month now, and i'm loving it! My girlfriend is trying to get some products shipped to us from the United States, and i'm unsure how that process works here. We're staying in a residence, but i'm not confident that if we give them our address here, the mail will make it. I am looking at DHL as a possible solution, but i'm not sure how that works either with incoming shipments. Can anyone help me out? Thanks! Jay Whichever company you use, get if for Collection,the Sender can put a cell number on the Paper work for you to be Informed of its Arrival and go Fetch it. Make sure though you know which office as there may be Several, but Hopefully the one Nearest you. Jack :thumbsup: Thanks for the reply Jack! If I go with DHL (there's a location at SM mall, which is nearby), do I need to go in and arrange anything with them first? Or do I just have the sender mail to that address? Thanks again, Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jollygoodfellow Posted October 15, 2015 Posted October 15, 2015 My girlfriend is trying to get some products shipped to us from the United States, and i'm unsure how that process works here. Not sure what the products are but if they are for commercial reselling etc you might find a customs bill waiting. If you have someone in the states who can send you a Balikbayan box then you can fill it with lots of stuff. Another option again depending what your girl is after is my-shoppingbox. Some info here but there are other topics that can be found in this forum, http://www.philippines-expats.com/topic/17993-my-shoppingbox-johnny-air-cargo-etc/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Peterson Posted October 15, 2015 Posted October 15, 2015 Hey everyone, I've been living in Cebu for a month now, and i'm loving it! My girlfriend is trying to get some products shipped to us from the United States, and i'm unsure how that process works here. We're staying in a residence, but i'm not confident that if we give them our address here, the mail will make it. I am looking at DHL as a possible solution, but i'm not sure how that works either with incoming shipments. Can anyone help me out? Thanks! Jay Whichever company you use, get if for Collection,the Sender can put a cell number on the Paper work for you to be Informed of its Arrival and go Fetch it. Make sure though you know which office as there may be Several, but Hopefully the one Nearest you. Jack :thumbsup: Thanks for the reply Jack! If I go with DHL (there's a location at SM mall, which is nearby), do I need to go in and arrange anything with them first? Or do I just have the sender mail to that address? Thanks again, Jay Best to Check but what i did with LBC was to have my Address on it as well but marked Clearly "To be Collected." If DHL is your route they will tell you what to Do :thumbsup: It never Hurts to be doubly sure on these things. Jack :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Methersgate Posted October 15, 2015 Posted October 15, 2015 Out of four DHL packages to K, three acquired Customs bills. It is also quite expensive to use DHL. If you can wait a few weeks, go with the balikbayan box. We had good results with LBC. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaycad Posted October 15, 2015 Author Posted October 15, 2015 Out of four DHL packages to K, three acquired Customs bills. It is also quite expensive to use DHL. If you can wait a few weeks, go with the balikbayan box. We had good results with LBC. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Thanks for the replies everyone. The Balikbayan box isn't an option unfortunately, as it's a company that is sending her products to do a review video for (she's a YouTuber). What do we need to tell the company when they ship the product? What address do I give them? Thanks again everyone! Jay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Hounddriver Posted October 15, 2015 Posted October 15, 2015 What address do I give them? I usually ask that question to my landlord if unsure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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