Originally Posted by
Rainbows&Roses
Take it there herself?
Seriously, bulky winter clothes are going to be heavy and expensive to ship.
I ship a lot overseas (although never to China) and USPS has always been the cheapest. But they have a definite size limit to the boxes you can ship. For adult clothes, I might get vacuum/space bags or something to compact them in order to get everything in one box.
I would not split up packages though because you pay an expensive base price and once you get to a certain weight, it is only a few more dollars per pound. They no longer have surface mail, so everything is air and gets wherever I have sent it quickly.
As a reference, I have sent about 18 lbs of kids clothes to Australia via insured express mail for a little over $100 (this include printing my label on-line discount.)
I have the same advice. International shipping has gotten outrageously expensive. And when it gets there it may be assessed a lot of import taxes. USPS Priority mail seems to be less likely to go "missing" in my experience.
Could she find someone who is going over and send the clothing with them? You are usually allowed 2 suitcases for an international flight and a lot of folks don't take 2. When I was an exchange student my parents sent me clothing that way and we routinely send stuff over to South Africa with friends.
Otherwise it might be just as cost effective to have her buy stuff over there.
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