Retail Shipping information:
1. All retail shipments
are free of shipping cost.
2. Allow 3 - 5 days for delivery.
3. All your paintings
will be shipped from Bali, Indonesia.
4. All your paintings
will arrive unframed.
Please click here to find a picture framer in the USA
Wholesale Shipping
information:
Usually
our clients ship with 20ft. or 40ft. container with orders
worth approximately US$ 5,000.00 to US$ 10,000.00 and US$ 12,000.00
to US$ 20,000.00 respectively -- sometimes even smaller for orders
worth US$ 2,000.00 to US$ 5,000.00.
Our
clients understand that there are great savings in freight costs
if they using container to ship, while there are still some
clients who repeatedly order by LCL (less than a container load).
We want to make our clients aware, that they can waste lots
of money by shipping their merchandise due lack of information or
lack of sufficient funds to order larger quantities.
Should
you place an order and want delivery before the next container ships
from Bali, we can ship crated via a "Consolidated" shipment to any place you wish. Here, your items are wrapped
and wood crated to be placed in a container that will deliver to
where you are.
Shipping
costs are all required to be paid at the point of origin (Bali)
before items are shipped. (Shippers requirements - not ours).
5
ways to ship your cargo from here to you
-
20ft. Container
(32 cubic meters)
-
40ft. Container
(66 cubic meters)
-
40ft. High Cube
Container (72 cubic meters)
-
LCL Sea Cargo
(less than a container - charged per cubic meter)
- Air Cargo
LCL
& Full Containers
LCL
is basically the most expensive way to ship your merchandise from
here to your place. Cargo companies are not very happy to deal
with loose crates and charge for this pleasure a fortune.
After
your merchandise is properly packed and official government documentation
is completed the shipment then is going to be trucked to the port
of Surabaya, East Java (which is the closest international shipping
port to Bali.)
In
case your LCL shipment is just a few wooden crates and doesn't fill
a container, then it must wait at the port while the cargo company
"consolidates" your order with other small orders going
in the same direction. (Specifically, that means your crates are
on hold while the shipping company waits for enough orders to combine
with yours and fill a container. The usual waiting time is 2
to 4 weeks.
On top of this LCL is much more expensive per cubic meter than a
container!
Another
major disadvantage is : in a sealed 20' or 40' container, you get
the full use of the cubic meters inside that container -- with
LCL wooden crates you lose about 25% of the useable space due to
the wood crate and lack of flexibility when packing large products,
means you're actually paying 25% more for lost space.
Last
but not least transit time is usually double that of a sealed container
-- for example, a container to the US west coast takes about
30 days, while an LCL order to the same place more likely will take
up to 45 to 60 days.
To
think about this, here an example:
Ship to Seattle,
WA, USA
LCL
- US$ 162.00 per cubic meter -- so if you shipped 10 cubic meters
(maybe $2,000.00 of products), you would pay about US$ 1,620.00.
A 20ft. container (32 cubic meters including all the related trucking,
handling, documentation & miscellaneous charges) to the Seattle
port is US$3,200.60 (or about US$106.80 per cubic meter). Compared
to 30 cubic meters via LCL (US$4,860.00), that's a savings of about
US$1,660.00 -- about 30% less.
Generally
we can say, as larger the container as higher your savings. Calculate for yourself.
Another
advantage of using container is that we not have to use wooden
crates which needs more space and are higher charged than cardboard
boxes which we usually use to pack any goods. Fragile goods
are of course better of in wooden crates.
Shipping
by container means also are better schedule for your merchandise.
We can pre-plan with the Cargo company on which ship the container
will be on. Practically no chance for delays.
Containers
going to the US get there in 30 days or less; to Europe it takes
usually 3 to 4 weeks.
Our advise, plan your order as good as possible and you will get
the best deal for your money.
By
any means, a half filled container is cheaper than shipping by LCL.
Air
Cargo
Still
the fastest way to ship, but also more expensive. It is the right
way to ship if time is a important factor.
Most
clients believe that air cargo is charged by the kilogram, but it
doesn't go that way. Airlines, in fact, do charge by the kilo,
but in addition, also by volume, whichever happens to be
greatest. A standard carton box is 50 x 58 x 33 cm (20 x 23 x 13
inches). According to the airlines calculation , that carton's volume
is equal to about 15 kilos (33 pounds). If there is less than
15 kilos of product in that carton box, then you still will pay
for 15 kilos. If there is more than 15 kilos, you pay the greater
amount.
Let's
say the air cargo rate for you is about $3.00 per kilo, which means
that carton costs you in cargo expense at least $45.00.
In some cases you will have paid more for
the cargo than you paid us for the merchandise!
In
general we say that small products with high retail value work fine
to ship by air. And in
most cases it is always time which matters for our clients. Receive your goods in 5 days in Seattle, WA, USA instead of 30 days
by container or worse…
Cargo
Rates/Quotations
If
you want us to take care about your shipment, we will. We have all
the necessary connections here to reliable Shipping companies and
it is our service to get the best available Rates/Quotations
for requested destination. After receiving your request for
an order we will check for Cargo Rates with different shipping companies
and forward you only the best deal we can get. You always
can check for yourself, if you intend to do so.
Insurance
for your shipment can
be purchased in Indonesia from the cargo company, but you can check
with your local insurance agent/broker where you usually buy your
insurance's, like for your house or car.
Total Insurance: 3%
of total goods value + 3.50 (min 25.00)
Generally,
when we receive an order, we will estimate costs for the shipment,
which is not always very easy because the weight of paintings may
vary. Sometimes we also advise to up- or downgrade the volume of
your order(wholesale) to get the best deal for your shipment.
Hopefully all this
gives you a better spectrum for your decision making. Our Team is
always working hard to improve the way to work efficient and cost-effective
for our clients.
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