How to ship chocolate from Sydney to Shanghai

BruceLee on 20/12/2017 - 17:31
Last edited 20/12/2017 - 17:33

I had a lady friend from Shanghai visit me in Sydney.

She developed an addiction for Aldi organic chocolate.

As it's her birthday, I'd like to earn some brownie points (pun intended) by shipping a stack of this chocolate goodness to her in Shanghai.

What's the best / easiest / cheapest way to do this?

Bear in mind that there's no rush to get the chocolate there (her birthday is months away) and I'd like it to get there without melting.

I'm assuming Australia Post will charge a bomb to do this?

The other alternative is that I will soon be in Singapore for a holiday.

Would it be better to bring the chocolate with me to Singapore and then ship it from Singapore to Shanghai?

And before anyone asks, yes, she is hot, so I'm happy to go the extra mile.

Comments

RockyRaccoon on 20/12/2017 - 17:43

+3

Find a drug courier who is going to Shanghai, and would be interested in a backhaul. They could even trial having the chocolates in condoms up their butt to perfect their skills…

More brownie points … pun also intended
- PJC on 20/12/2017 - 18:54
  
  +1
  
  I'm never doing that again.
loke on 20/12/2017 - 17:46

Any of those shipping stores/places where the 'daigou' go to ship baby formula and other health supplements/groceries w/e? (at least here in Melb they are all over Box Hill, couple in Glen Waverley)

I'd ask there, afaik it's by sea
aggregate on 20/12/2017 - 17:57

Chocolate can melt in heat and go white when it is too cold. And right now Sydney is hot and Shanghai is cold.

Your best bet is to ship it using the fastest method on a cold day and hope for the best.
jelko on 20/12/2017 - 18:27

I've delivered boxes of Truffles to an airport and they were being shipped to Dubai. The truffles were inside a polystyrene box and I think it also had dry ice or something that would keep the truffles cool during shipment.
Aniseed Steed on 20/12/2017 - 21:57

About 20 years ago, someone from the Netherlands sent me a box of truffles (chocolate, not fungus) by regular airmail. The chocolate was in its cardboard box and stuffed into a padded envelope. It arrived in Singapore unscathed, save for a slightly dented box.