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Be careful when using Shop&Ship for High-value items or big ones.

I wanted to get a shipment from UAE and after contacting Shop&Ship offices in Beirut and Dubai I couldn't do that because of the "Maximum Allowed Shipment Dimensions"

Here you can find all the details you need, and you can contact the Beirut office at this email: beirut@shopandship.com

https://www.shopandship.com/en/service-updates/53569/HVHW

Also, S&S protect is not available in Lebanon even if your account is Flex. This is the reply from Shop&Ship:

"
Dear Valued client

Kindly note that SNS protect is not available in Lebanon and our liability will cover the amount of 100 $ by cheque in case of damage caused by Aramex since we don’t pack or repack orders

Regards
"
yea not ideal for expensive items
100$ cheque, how amusing
They get paid at 3900, why would they pay you in fresh dollars for your damaged items, if you don't want the risk then ship with DHL and pay with fresh dollars
They shouldn't, but why 100 usd cheque if my item costs more, what kind of insurance is that?
24 days later
It looks like dbrand can ship skin for 5$ delivery to Lebanon, anyone tried?
Does it take long to arrive to Lebanon? I guess at this price it will be with Libanpost

There is also xtremeskins that deliver to Lebanon but with ''international tracked shipping'' so most probably something like Fedex for 10$ , I wonder if they take customs if they send the skin in an envelope?
infiniteloop wroteIt looks like dbrand can ship skin for 5$ delivery to Lebanon, anyone tried?
Does it take long to arrive to Lebanon? I guess at this price it will be with Libanpost

There is also xtremeskins that deliver to Lebanon but with ''international tracked shipping'' so most probably something like Fedex for 10$ , I wonder if they take customs if they send the skin in an envelope?
I bought from dbrand multiple times, I tried priority shipping and it arrived in around 2 weeks with aramex.

There's customs and everything like a normal package.
nosense wrote
infiniteloop wroteIt looks like dbrand can ship skin for 5$ delivery to Lebanon, anyone tried?
Does it take long to arrive to Lebanon? I guess at this price it will be with Libanpost

There is also xtremeskins that deliver to Lebanon but with ''international tracked shipping'' so most probably something like Fedex for 10$ , I wonder if they take customs if they send the skin in an envelope?
I bought from dbrand multiple times, I tried priority shipping and it arrived in around 2 weeks with aramex.

There's customs and everything like a normal package.
So it's something like 21% of 15-20$ at 1500 lbp? Like 5000LL?
infiniteloop wrote
nosense wrote
infiniteloop wroteIt looks like dbrand can ship skin for 5$ delivery to Lebanon, anyone tried?
Does it take long to arrive to Lebanon? I guess at this price it will be with Libanpost

There is also xtremeskins that deliver to Lebanon but with ''international tracked shipping'' so most probably something like Fedex for 10$ , I wonder if they take customs if they send the skin in an envelope?
I bought from dbrand multiple times, I tried priority shipping and it arrived in around 2 weeks with aramex.

There's customs and everything like a normal package.
So it's something like 21% of 15-20$ at 1500 lbp? Like 5000LL?
I remember they charged around 50,000, there's handling and stuff and they estimated it's value more than normal for some reason
11 days later
My friend was looking for a camera lens so I advised him to get it from B&H since they can ship it directly to Lebanon.

The price of the lens is 719$

The cost of shipping 29$ with DHL. They ship it for free because there was a delay from their side. He used his friend's card and put the same address for the shipping and billing addresses so he went with a verification process.

It arrived after 4 days.

Clearance fees were 85$ at 3900LL. I asked DHL about that before ordering the lens. Each price range has different clearance fees.

The custom fees still at 1500LL

The total fees was 563000LL.

Here you can check the invoice:

a month later
Anyone have had any recent shipments recently?
It seems like the customs are holding a lot of packages now asking for 'formal clearance'. The frequency of this was much less before, now I have a lot of incoming packages that ended up with this state (requires extra payment for clearance).
I got an aramex package, to my door as usual.

On the other hand, the enclosure i bought from Ali 3 months ago has yet to appear in libanpost tracking system S000000xxxxx type..
aramex? 2 days ago, but they do the clearing and handling and i paid for it as usual.

last ali stuff i bought 3 months ago and I did not receive it yet nor did it show up in Lpost database.
Nightwing113 wroteAnyone have had any recent shipments recently?
It seems like the customs are holding a lot of packages now asking for 'formal clearance'. The frequency of this was much less before, now I have a lot of incoming packages that ended up with this state (requires extra payment for clearance).
I got a shipment from UAE with DHL last week. 2 days only from Dubai to Beirut with clearance and everything to my door. Also, a few minutes ago I got an update from S&S for a shipment that got cleared and I think I should receive it tomorrow.

How did you ship your packages?
Nightwing113 wroteAnyone have had any recent shipments recently?
It seems like the customs are holding a lot of packages now asking for 'formal clearance'. The frequency of this was much less before, now I have a lot of incoming packages that ended up with this state (requires extra payment for clearance).
All packages through Fedex are getting delivered super fast. However, the regular shipments with Libanpost do take a lot of time and get delivered eventually even if they can't be tracked. I now have a package at customs clearance, I'll update when the status changes.
Looks like my particular items now needs few approvals from ministries, that's why they are taking some time.
5 days later
It took 11 days for the status to switch from customs clearance to sent to distribution office
15 days later
Aramex Shop and Ship sent this email today

As you may be aware of fluctuating rates for the Lebanese pound, we would like to inform you that our shipping rates are set to remain fixed for the dollar. If you choose to pay shipping fees for your S&S orders in LBP cash after August 1, it will be charged at a rate of LBP 6000 per USD.
11 days later
I have a handful of packages from Ali coming to Leb (relatives abroad are a precious help), will share statistics on how long things are taking. Will also note things like "extra" fees or whatever. I've heard rumors of these things lately.

Libanpost has been a class act for years in my experience with the occasional customs hiccup but with the way things are going I wouldn't be surprised if that was no longer the case now. I'm seeing a lot of people mention the tracking numbers not showing up in LiPos's system, honestly I've always used parcel tracking services to scan multiple couriers and give me the full timeline. YMMV depending on shipping provider obviously.

What's interesting is that there are packages from China that are getting to Lebanon within less than two weeks. This was never the case for me in the past. The worst one is the package that spent 10 days in transit with twice that time in customs.


Also, ShopAndShip fees at a 6000 rate sounds like highway robbery. Maybe it's time to make an account?
Honestly shopandship for 3900 is unfair for aramex. (it's a very attractive rate.)
Heck, 6000 is unfair.
If you pay usd for your imports then 6000 won't be a problem.
Try to quote borderlynx and see the difference.

I bought a few 20dollars items in the past month, they would reach lebanon i 3 days everytime.
And i paid like 50,000 lbp. That's really like free.. 2$ for shipping an item across the globe...