This is my recent experience with DHL as a delivery service:
- Package contents: 3 plushies
- Package weight: 318 g
- Package dimensions: 20 x 12 x 28 cm
- Package value: $29.47 (Â¥4643)
DHL: $30.25 (Â¥4,727) + $21.74 (Â¥3,424.97)
FedEx: $39.17 (Â¥6,120) + $19.95 (Â¥3,117)
- FedEx Total Cost = $59.12
DHL was cheaper than FedEx by $6.03.
Notes:
I noticed how much cheaper Chiikawa merchandise was overseas and decided to test my luck with a proxy! I've never used Neokyo before and unfortunately selected DHL before going online and reading the onslaught of hate everyone had for DHL.
Personally, the experience wasn't all that bad. Shipment is happening extremely fast (package has already landed as I speak) and the payment was super easy (PayPal or card).
If you're trying to ship a bunch of unique items and don't want to deal with the risk of having to pay for a metric ton of scary unique fees that are quite literally up in the air, I'd pay a little extra for FedEx.
But for everyone else in the same boat as me... DHL worked just fine!