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I really want this amp that's in the UK/London. The guy said he'd ship it but quoted 220 pounds via UPS. I thought Royal Mail would be the cheapest? Has anyone shipped an amp from the UK to wherever? Price approximations/companies? I'm almost prepared to sell up all my gear one by one till I can afford it. I really do need a decent amplifier. Since selling my AC15 I've been unable to keep up in both volume and clean toanz. It's depressing mang and earns me glares from accompanying drummer (not that their feelings matter).

What amp is it?

Sorry, I don't know much about shipping but £220 sounds pretty expensive.

shipping an amp from UK to Australia is going to be very expensive for sure. Not sure if 230 BP is high, but I would easily expect it to run 200. What type of amp are you looking for?

That quote sounds about right to me. I once looked at shipping an amp to Portugal and it was way expensive, even shipping pedals is costly - I just sent a Digitech Expression Factory to Sp3k in Portugal and that cost £32. Amps are heavy after all and I wouldn't trust it not getting broken while travelling to the opposite side of the world. Do they not sell amps in Australia?

That postage to Sp3k is borked, though: I've sent guitars to mainland Europe for less that that. Find out the weight and dimensions of the amp and use the Royal Mail postage finder.

The pedal weighed 2.3kg and it was via Parcelforce, too heavy for regular Royal Mail. A courier may have one it for cheaper but that would involve me entering into a whole new world of pain.

johnnyseven - you answered my question with your post, thanks man

I'm going to bite the bullet and save/hope that he keeps it. I just can't get value like this here and I've tried most others in it's price range (Blues Junior, etc). Have tried this amp and we get screwed by our middle-man here (probably 3x the price they sell for in the UK). Thanks again.

cost me over £50 to send a musicmaster body to haze. we get raped if it's going outside the EU or if it exceeds 10kg.

It took 20 Pounds or so to get an Ampeg J20 (should be about the size and weight of an AC 15) from Scotland to me. I didn't think that was too expensive. Australia is a different stoy maybe. A US amp builder quoted me 100 $ for a chassis without cab and speaker.

Surely you can find another amp inside Aus?

Sounds about right to me as well. I doubt Parcelforce Worldwide will be cheaper, they charged me £50 to ship a Marshall Combo to Manchester.
The weight is the first problem, i think if an item is over 30kg(?) the cost jumps up significantly. Secondly the insurance will bump it up if its an expensive item.

All sorted fellars.

Thanks for all who've helped... aside from a few aesthetic things the amp is perfect. I'm working on having that rectified.
Thanks again and new pics to come.

The British are awesome! He had so many cool stories/studio photos/etc to share and I'm just glad I got a new map!

Map? I thought you were buying an amp. A map will be much cheaper than £200+ to post from the UK.