How do i get my "shit" back to America after graduation?

[arealsinner1]

I'm fairly certain that i have more stuff than anyone in st andrews and need to, in the next three months figure out how to get it all home. i figure i have about 8-12 70lb suitcases full of stuff and only plan on going home twice between now and the end of june so how the hell can i get it all back? from what i've heard shipping is ridiculously expensive and i cannot part with this stuff! the only thing i can think of is try to find other people who are going home with extra luggage allowance and try to pay them. any other ideas?

[novium]

freight forwarding instead of straight shipping?

[johness]

munchingfoo helpfully adds 'most people tend to leave their shit here. although, if you must take some back with you, the normal method would be using your intestines'. king of the random post

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[Zombie Sheep]

King of the random indeed.

[Prophet Tenebrae]

Surely the real question here is - [deity] how the fuck did you manage to get 560-840 lb of stuff?! I'm pretty sure that the sum total of all my worldly possessions is easily half of that.

[Scully]

Are you parents or anyone coming over for graduation or whatever- can you not get them to bring empty suitcases with them?

[falach]

sell some more livestrong bands to make up the shipping costs?

[ribs]

R u leaving altogether? If not u can rent a space a warehouse 4 the summer


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If you care to call those spasmodic
Tricks of radiance miracles.

[LonelyPilgrim]

Ship it surface freight. It'll not be cheap, but it won't cost you an arm and a leg. Of course, it will take up to three months to get there, but if it's just 'shit' then I assume you don't have a pressing need for it? Besides, it's always nice to send your stuff on a boat trip...

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[Guest]

[s]arealsinner1 wrote on 12:01, 6th Mar 2005:
I'm fairly certain that i have more shit (by shit i mean stuff that i won't ever use or wear, but cannot part with) than anyone in st andrews and need to, in the next three months figure out how to get it all home. i figure i have about 8-12 70lb suitcases full of stuff and only plan on going home twice between now and the end of june so how the hell can i get it all back? from what i've heard shipping is ridiculously expensive and i cannot part with this stuff! the only thing i can think of is try to find other people who are going home with extra luggage allowance and try to pay them. any other ideas?




You're a complete idiot for bringing that much stuff with you to university. Did you really need all of it?

Americans..

[Guest]

i think the "after graduation" part gave away that he won't be back....

[Buffy]

[s]Unregisted User wrote on 22:14, 6th Mar 2005:
[s]arealsinner1 wrote on 12:01, 6th Mar 2005:[i]
I'm fairly certain that i have more shit (by shit i mean stuff that i won't ever use or wear, but cannot part with) than anyone in st andrews and need to, in the next three months figure out how to get it all home. i figure i have about 8-12 70lb suitcases full of stuff and only plan on going home twice between now and the end of june so how the hell can i get it all back? from what i've heard shipping is ridiculously expensive and i cannot part with this stuff! the only thing i can think of is try to find other people who are going home with extra luggage allowance and try to pay them. any other ideas?




You're a complete idiot for bringing that much stuff with you to university. Did you really need all of it?

Americans..
[/i]

Bull. You're just jealous.

[Guest]

[s]Buffy wrote on 22:39, 7th Mar 2005:
You're just jealous.



HAHA!!

Jealous? About what? Him being a twit and bringing more luggage than what was necessary?

Silly girl..

[Campbell]

don't know if this has been said, as can't be fucked reading, but other than my flat probably weighs less than that - Sea Mail is the way forwards.

takes months and months but is cheap as fuck compared to anything else and if you're in no rush for your shit it's the best option

that or oxfam

[novium]

[s]Unregisted User wrote on 08:31, 8th Mar 2005:
[s]Buffy wrote on 22:39, 7th Mar 2005:[i]
You're just jealous.



HAHA!!

Jealous? About what? Him being a twit and bringing more luggage than what was necessary?

Silly girl..
[/i]
It fairly obvious he didn't BRING the stuff over, otherwise he would already know how to get it back.

Dollars to donuts it just accumulated. I probably have three times as much stuff as I did when I first arrived. And most of it is stuff I needed and didn't bring with me because I couldn't. i.e. more coats, cooking utensils, a bike, etc etc etc etc.

[arealsinner1]

in first and second year i went home for nearly every vacation with empty suitcases and brought back full ones. that's 140+lbs each trip. it wasn't that hard to bring a few hundred lbs worth of stuff here, and it was all necessary as nothing i have/want can be bought in this country (at least not without costing me an arm and a leg). so, now i have a lot of stuff. Most of it is fairly unimportant, so a few months on a boat would not do me any harm but i can't pay more than 25p/lb...any idea who i should/can contact in regards to the boat you are all speaking of? anyone ever done it? price? thanks for the helpful replies.
and yes my parents are both coming for graduation and each taking 2 bags home....it makes a dent but still plenty left

[Rrrr]

I would say you probably need some serious "life laundry" style clearing out. Really take stock and then cull cull cull.

[hr]Splat!

[Campbell]

yes... nobody needs that much shit

[flossy]

You could have a garage sale and use the money you make to pay for shipping of the most essential 10% (by mass) of your "shit".

[hr]Fare thee well eyebrows