Best way to ship furniture from USA to UK (reasonably)

[kazino]

Hi all, a friend of mine has seen an item of furniture he would like to purchase from amazon in the usa

http://www.amazon.com/Real-Flame-Frederick-Enterta...

They will not ship abroad so we have been looking into how to have it sent to the UK.

We tried the forwarding services e.g borderlinx and a couple of others, quotes came in around $500-$900
I guess it is due to the weight which is 129pounds (60kg ish).

What would be the best way to have it sent over at a reasonable price do you think?

I have a friend who lives in Florida whom I could ask a favour of if need be eg if it needs to be shipped to him and he could give it to courier.

[Monkeylegend]

Am I missing something, the advert says "free shipping" in bold black letters.

[kazino]

It is indeed free shipping within the United states, but then for the onward shopping to United Kingdom that is what he needs help with finding a reasonable option for

[Monkeylegend]

Silly question but presumably Amazon don't sell it in the UK?

[kazino]

I don't think so hopefully, else he's going to make me look like a right twit for posting on the forum.
Also I think there are other things he might want to order from there, this may just be one of the items.

[camelot1971]

The other issue will be the fire is 110v most likely so wont work in the UK without a mammoth transformer.

[Saleen836]

Looks like these ship to the UK...
http://www.topographyhome.co.uk/Frederick-Entertai...

[Vaud]

camelot1971 said:

The other issue will be the fire is 110v most likely so wont work in the UK without a mammoth transformer.

Plus will it conform to electrical regs, etc?

[Jim the Sunderer]

One of these things will generate more heat than the bloody fire
http://www.beststuff.co.uk/store/Goldsource-2000-W...

[Evoluzione]

I ship stuff all over and would advise forgetting it. It'll cost more in shipping, insurance and duty that it's worth.

[TTmonkey]

camelot1971 said:

The other issue will be the fire is 110v most likely so wont work in the UK without a mammoth transformer.

This.

I guess the flame effect will work fine, don't suppose your friend really needs it as a heat source?

[duckwhistle]

Find someone to make a copy. It's just a box with standard moulding profiles tacked on. Plenty of 240 volt Led fires available.

[Petrol Only]

Lots of sensible posts above.

My main concern would the taste police confiscating it.

[kazino]

All excellent points and suggestions. I shall forward them to him.

For manufacturing something in the UK would you be able to suggest a good craftsman for him (he is based in Northwood area of London)

[davepoth]

kazino said:

All excellent points and suggestions. I shall forward them to him.

For manufacturing something in the UK would you be able to suggest a good craftsman for him (he is based in Northwood area of London)

The link above for the UK website with a GBP price is probably the best way to go. It looks expensive, but if you take off the VAT, the cost of shipping, and the cost of altering it to work on UK voltage it's about right.