I've ordered books from Amazon's US store several times. The only shipping option that I've seen available is "Priority International Courier," which in my experience has always been UPS. It's pricey, but delivery has always been quick (i.e. under a week).
Be warned, however, that since UPS is technically a freight carrier (as are FedEx and DHL), you will owe customs duties if the total value of the order, including shipping, exceeds 5000 rubles -- as opposed to the 10000 limit that applies to regular post. If this is the case, UPS will hold your books at their customs brokerage facility in Moscow Region, and it can be a huge hassle (and significant expense) to retrieve your package. In that case, you're probably better off splitting your order into chunks. I'm not sure if the process is any easier with FedEx or DHL, but either way, Amazon won't let you choose the carrier ahead of time. Antonio On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 9:55 PM, Olaf Koens <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Expatniki, > > I'm about to order around 20 books at Amazon.com and wonder about the > best way to ship it to Russia. I'm afraid the simple postal-services > will deliver it by the time I'm supposed to have read most of it. I > hear that even DHL and UPS don't always come through and might take up > months for delivery. > > Anybody has experience in bulk-shipping books? Any tips? Or might I be > better off having the books delivered somewhere in Europe and picking > it up? > > Thanks! > > > > > // Olaf > > -- > Olaf Koens _journalist > > _mobile Russia +79057315337 _ http://olafkoens.nl > _______________________________________________ > Expat mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ > _______________________________________________ Expat mailing list [email protected] http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat http://www.expat.ru/forum/
