How to get 1-2 qm stuff from MI USA to Germany in June 2019

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7 years ago

Does anybody know, what`s the cheapest way to get some personal stuff (ca. 1 qm/ 100 kg) moved from Michigan to Germany?
We live in southwest Germany. Our daughter`s high school exchange ends after 10 month this June and we will pick her up from Detroit. We fly and are afraid, all her stuff (like heavier/ bigger presents) is too much to get on the plane for a reasonable amount of costs. Every person has 1 suitcase with 23 kg included. 1 additional suitcase is around 100$ each person. Another suitcase is 150$ each person... And we wanted to shop too during our 3 weeks stay in the US...
I was checking USPS and found 200$ for a 32 kg parcel.
Than I was checking different transport companies for getting a box, 1-2 qm/ 100 kg by see to Germany, but either they didn`t answer at all or ship only from NJ or it was much higher costs.
Great would be, if somebody would move anyway about the end of June from Flint, MI/ Chicago/ Detroit or similar and we could add our 1 qm stuff into his container and pay this person.
Or has anybody a smart idea for that problem?

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beppi Germany/Singapore Expert

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7 years ago

For such small amounts of cargo, the postal service is usually the cheapest option.
From about 1/3 of a container load, shipping a full container is often cheaper.
But since you want to send from USA, why don't you post on the USA forum?

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