HELP PLEASE!

[gethere 0]

DHL or FEDEX??????????? We need to send documents in days? Any ideas fast fast fast, money no object!

[pushbrk 13,568]

DHL or FEDEX??????????? We need to send documents in days? Any ideas fast fast fast, money no object!

DHL for international adn FedEx for domestic would be my choices but to South Africa USPS Global Express would be good too.

[Paul & Evelyn 0]

DHL or FEDEX??????????? We need to send documents in days? Any ideas fast fast fast, money no object!

I will be using DHL to send vital K-1 documents to my fiancée in Senegal. Originally, I thought FedEx was the way to go. I had planned to use FedEx to send documents from Senegal to Nigeria, and return. Then I learned that FedEx had limited delivery between Senegal and Nigeria, but DHL does it daily with guaranteed delivery in 2 business days, but always plan for delays in customs. I asked the US Embassy in Dakar, and they do not endorse one company over another, but they have used DHL in the past with good results. The only thing I know is they the US Embassy in Dakar has given me advice a few times in the past, and they have always been right. Good luck.

[Kwagga 0]

DHL or FEDEX??????????? We need to send documents in days? Any ideas fast fast fast, money no object!

DHL for international adn FedEx for domestic would be my choices but to South Africa USPS Global Express would be good too.

Agree with DHL or even UPS for international US to SA. I would not recommend USPS to South Africa. Our mail system here is not very reliable. Leaving the US is fine, but when it touches ground here it has a good chance of getting lost.

[john_and_marlene 162]

DHL or FEDEX??????????? We need to send documents in days? Any ideas fast fast fast, money no object!

DHL for international adn FedEx for domestic would be my choices but to South Africa USPS Global Express would be good too.

I was surprised last week to find out that the USPS no longer has Global Express. I had to use a regular priority mailer and pay the priority mail rate for the international destination.

[Paul & Evelyn 0]

DHL or FEDEX??????????? We need to send documents in days? Any ideas fast fast fast, money no object!

Here is an update on what I used for shipment to Dakar Senegal. I went to a place called the "Postal Center", which serves as a shipping drop-off location for UPS, DHL and FedEx. I specified DHL for my package. The clerk looked at his computer screens for DHL, and was having trouble figuring out the cost and the timeline for delivery to Dakar Senegal. Finally, he got it: 2.7 pounds is rounded up to 3 pounds by DHL and the cost would be $151.92. Ouch!! He then recommended FedEx. I was reluctant, but he said it would get there quicker and cost less - $112.00. Ok, hello FedEx. I completed my transaction at 12:30 PM Friday 3/6/09 in Manchester NH. The package was hand-delivered directly to my fiancée this morning 10:00AM Wed 3/11/09 in Dakar. According to FedEx, it sat in Senegal Customs for 30 minutes on 3/9/09. It would have been delivered yesterday, but that was a holiday in Senegal, so the Delivery Agent was not open for business. I am very pleased!!

[pushbrk 13,568]

DHL or FEDEX??????????? We need to send documents in days? Any ideas fast fast fast, money no object!

Here is an update on what I used for shipment to Dakar Senegal. I went to a place called the "Postal Center", which serves as a shipping drop-off location for UPS, DHL and FedEx. I specified DHL for my package. The clerk looked at his computer screens for DHL, and was having trouble figuring out the cost and the timeline for delivery to Dakar Senegal. Finally, he got it: 2.7 pounds is rounded up to 3 pounds by DHL and the cost would be $151.92. Ouch!! He then recommended FedEx. I was reluctant, but he said it would get there quicker and cost less - $112.00. Ok, hello FedEx. I completed my transaction at 12:30 PM Friday 3/6/09 in Manchester NH. The package was hand-delivered directly to my fiancée this morning 10:00AM Wed 3/11/09 in Dakar. According to FedEx, it sat in Senegal Customs for 30 minutes on 3/9/09. It would have been delivered yesterday, but that was a holiday in Senegal, so the Delivery Agent was not open for business. I am very pleased!!

Great. Now that you know FedEx is the way to go, you'll save a lot of money taking packages directly to them. The "Postal Center" marks up the shipping fee. That's how they make their money.

[Paul & Evelyn 0]

DHL or FEDEX??????????? We need to send documents in days? Any ideas fast fast fast, money no object!

Here is an update on what I used for shipment to Dakar Senegal. I went to a place called the "Postal Center", which serves as a shipping drop-off location for UPS, DHL and FedEx. I specified DHL for my package. The clerk looked at his computer screens for DHL, and was having trouble figuring out the cost and the timeline for delivery to Dakar Senegal. Finally, he got it: 2.7 pounds is rounded up to 3 pounds by DHL and the cost would be $151.92. Ouch!! He then recommended FedEx. I was reluctant, but he said it would get there quicker and cost less - $112.00. Ok, hello FedEx. I completed my transaction at 12:30 PM Friday 3/6/09 in Manchester NH. The package was hand-delivered directly to my fiancée this morning 10:00AM Wed 3/11/09 in Dakar. According to FedEx, it sat in Senegal Customs for 30 minutes on 3/9/09. It would have been delivered yesterday, but that was a holiday in Senegal, so the Delivery Agent was not open for business. I am very pleased!!

Great. Now that you know FedEx is the way to go, you'll save a lot of money taking packages directly to them. The "Postal Center" marks up the shipping fee. That's how they make their money.

That's the funny part of this. Originally I thought I would use FedEx, and the Kinkos/Fedex store (much closer to me than the Postal Center) would charge $108. But I went to the Postal Center with the idea that I would use DHL, because it seemed DHL was better in that part of the world. In fact, the frequency of Fedex routes between Nigeria and Senegal are very limited, while DHL is daily. Combine that with the US Embassy Senegal saying they had used DHL in the past with good results influenced me in that direction. The Postal Center charged $112 for FedEx. I never would have gone to the Postal Center if I had stuck with my original plan to use FedEx. THis whole process has been an amazing learning experience, and not cheap either.