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Sending a gift to South Africa

(8 Posts)
kittylester Sun 10-May-20 17:12:21

Thank you vampirequeen, that's just what I was hoping for. flowers

vampirequeen Sun 10-May-20 16:46:49

No post is being delivered in South Africa atm but you can get chocolates and flowers from www.woolworths.co.za/ if you can get a delivery slot.

You could also try
www.loot.co.za/search?offset=0&vprice_min=&vprice_max=&cat=vtw&terms=
or
www.takealot.com/

CassieJ Sun 10-May-20 10:36:44

It depends on what you want to send. If you want to send a parcel from here you could try parcel 2 go, Parcel2Go.com. I used them to send a parcel to Canada. They worked out much cheaper than anyone else. They use Fedex. Parcel took 4 days to get there. Very impressed with them

kittylester Sun 10-May-20 09:31:03

I was hoping that someone would know a reliable online company in SA rather than a uk one! But I will investigate Thorntkns etc as a last resort.

Davidhs Sun 10-May-20 09:10:22

You mean like Interflora do with flowers, do Thornton’s do chocolates by courier delivery?. If it’s in a large town or city it should work

kittylester Sun 10-May-20 08:56:05

Hopefully something via a company eg chocolates.

Davidhs Sun 10-May-20 08:52:52

Are you thinking of sending a package or parcel or just a message or virtual gift.

kittylester Sun 10-May-20 08:31:04

Does anyone know of a good website for sending something nice to my SIL who lives in South Africa and is going through a difficult time.

Thank you.