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Atomix · 07-25-2010, 05:25 AM

Hello,
I would like to share my experience shipping nook over-seas.
I am from northern Europe, Latvia, so probably everyone knows that barnes&noble do not ship to Europe yet, but as far as I have heard they are planning an international expansion.
So to get the nook across the Atlantic ocean, I used www.shipito.com services, first I compared several of these mail forwarding services (such as usunlocked.com; priceusa.com.au; buyusa.co.nz and many others) and this one gave the lowest estimated shipping & service costs.
I am sharing all this information, because it was quite difficult for me to find all the necessary details on nook's shipment for people outside U.S., so this might come handy for others.
I must add that I ordered nook wi-fi only version for $149. In total it cost me $163.53 (including sales tax). I used their free shipping option, which is standard delivery by DHL globalmail with a tracking number.
Well, DHL services weren't that slow, but it takes a long time for them to update their tracking website.
It took them 4 days to deliver the package from barnes&noble warehouse to shipito.com warehouse.
I ordered the item on July 19, 2010; it was shipped on July 20, 2010 and delivered on July 24, 2010, 11:47 am

Now about shipito.com shipping services - I used USPS Express Mail (5-6 business days), which cost me $34.65. Here is the screenshot for all of the available shipping options, prices are included:

As you can see, you can also use the USPS priority mail, which is a little cheaper - $27.6.
Do not forget that is not the total cost for everything, you also have to pay their service fee ofcourse.
So here is another screenshot of the total cost and everything:

Remember, those $44.64 are the total cost for using shipit.com services (shipping+service fee+bank fee). But you can get a lower total cost, if you use USPS priority mail, I used express, which is a little more expensive, but faster.

The only thing I couldn't find anywhere on the Internet was the actual nook's package dimensions, those are important values, if you want to use these mail forwarding service calculators that estimate the costs of shipping.
So here is the exact nook's package dimensions: 12 x 9 x 3 (inches)
Weight: 1.7367 lbs (by DHL globalmail), but shipito.com rounded those numbers to 1.80 lbs.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask

07-25-2010, 05:25 AM	#1
Atomix Enthusiast Posts: 33 Karma: 23 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Nook	My experience on shipping Nook over-seas. Hello, I would like to share my experience shipping nook over-seas. I am from northern Europe, Latvia, so probably everyone knows that barnes&noble do not ship to Europe yet, but as far as I have heard they are planning an international expansion. So to get the nook across the Atlantic ocean, I used www.shipito.com services, first I compared several of these mail forwarding services (such as usunlocked.com; priceusa.com.au; buyusa.co.nz and many others) and this one gave the lowest estimated shipping & service costs. I am sharing all this information, because it was quite difficult for me to find all the necessary details on nook's shipment for people outside U.S., so this might come handy for others. I must add that I ordered nook wi-fi only version for $149. In total it cost me $163.53 (including sales tax). I used their free shipping option, which is standard delivery by DHL globalmail with a tracking number. Well, DHL services weren't that slow, but it takes a long time for them to update their tracking website. It took them 4 days to deliver the package from barnes&noble warehouse to shipito.com warehouse. I ordered the item on July 19, 2010; it was shipped on July 20, 2010 and delivered on July 24, 2010, 11:47 am Now about shipito.com shipping services - I used USPS Express Mail (5-6 business days), which cost me $34.65. Here is the screenshot for all of the available shipping options, prices are included: As you can see, you can also use the USPS priority mail, which is a little cheaper - $27.6. Do not forget that is not the total cost for everything, you also have to pay their service fee ofcourse. So here is another screenshot of the total cost and everything: Remember, those $44.64 are the total cost for using shipit.com services (shipping+service fee+bank fee). But you can get a lower total cost, if you use USPS priority mail, I used express, which is a little more expensive, but faster. The only thing I couldn't find anywhere on the Internet was the actual nook's package dimensions, those are important values, if you want to use these mail forwarding service calculators that estimate the costs of shipping. So here is the exact nook's package dimensions: 12 x 9 x 3 (inches) Weight: 1.7367 lbs (by DHL globalmail), but shipito.com rounded those numbers to 1.80 lbs. If you have any questions, feel free to ask Last edited by Atomix; 07-25-2010 at 05:27 AM.