Philippine Resources — Manila Forwarders
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The title and the idea behind this site was to provide people with the answers to “Frequently Asked Questions” (FAQS) about the Philippines. Sometimes a resource that answer many questions and needs just pops out. Manila Forwarders LLC is one of those resources. Originally a company that provided yet another way to send the ubiquitous Balik Banyan box to friends and relatives in the Philippines, Manila Forwarders has evolved into a whole lot more.
Just to set the record straight at the beginning, I have no financial or business connection with them. I have known, via email, the founder and CEO, Manny Paez for some time and I believe their services to be reliable and a good value, but I make no other representation.
One piece of administrivia always causes a problem as well … the company’s name is Manila Forwarders. Their web site is www.manilaforwarder.com (note no ’s’). http://manilaforwarders.com (note there is an ’s’) is a totally different company. This is a good lesson for anyone interested in doing business on the Web … be very careful what URL you chose and look for others that are commonly misspelled or mistyped … once someone else grabs a similar URL it’s not going to be easy to make sure you business doesn’t get diluted.
manila Forwarders LLC has been sipping Balik Bayan boxes and other freight since 1998. Two services they off in this area are pretty unique:
- The Jumbo Boxâ„¢ service allows you to ship outsize boxes instead of making everything fir in the standard 4.5 cubic foot box.
- The E-Balikbayan Box™ is a service for those folks located in areas where there are no Filipino stores and no one ever heard of a Balik Bayan box. You can order an empty box anywhere in the US, or use you own box and then have it shipped to Los Angeles for standard Balik Bayan container shipment.
Aside from balikbayan box shipping, Manila Forwarders also arranges shipments of:
- Â full container loads of household goods
- automobile shipments to any part of the world
- returning resident shipment to the Philippines
- commercial import / export for US or Philippine based businesses
- Philippine-based Internet users can order on-line from US merchants for Philippine delivery
- Through their sister company, TravelPH.com they offer budget airline tickets and vacation packages from any point in the world.
- Instant gift services
- for US companies who would like to tap on the growing Philippine market in the US, the company accepts advertisement on our nationally circulated Manila Magazine
I have had many, many queries over the years about shipping Philippine goods back to the US. Manila Forwarders does that too. My recommendation is take a look.
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February 14th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
“Their web site is http://www.manilaforwarder.com (note no ’s’). http://manilaforwarders.com (note there is an ’s’) is a totally different company. This is a good lesson for anyone interested in doing business on the Web … be very careful what URL you chose and look for others that are commonly misspelled or mistyped.”
Philly -
You are absolutely right that Manila Forwarders Corporation (MFC) is a totally different company from “Manila Forwarders”!! Have you asked Manny Paez where the name of “his” company originated? I can tell you that MFC actually stands for “Mariano F Castro” who owns Manila Forwarders Corporation. Anyway, did you ask him if he was ever affiliated with this different company? And do you know where all the ideas of Jumbo, Large and ALL if not MOST of his business “ideas” came or COPIED from? I believe the good lesson to say is that always have a written contract with your business partners and that gone are the days of the Filipino “palabra de honor”. …
February 15th, 2008 at 9:25 am
Hi Erma, nice of you to stop by and comment.
Looks like you have a bone to pick with Mr. Paez, though … so please deal with him, and not me. Your comments are very accusatory in tone and not at all in the style we usually use here.
One of the things I kind of get a kick out of in business, especially in online business, are the number of people who make a career out of arguing over “ideas”. “I had that idea first” sort of staements.
Ideas mean nothing. The implementation of ideas mean business. Ideas are not covered by copyrights, trademarks or patents … we all have “ideas” and most of us never get anywhere withthem.
I have no knowledge who originally thought of a “jumbo” box, for example. Nor do I really care. How many other people might or might not think of the idea of offering a different sizer box? It’s hardly an earth-shaking concept.
I only care about who offers the service, not who thought of it . When I find someone who gives good service … which I have personally verified … I give that person credit.
If Mr. Castro or anyone else who offers services similar in scope to Mr. Paez would like to inform me of their offerings, I’d be happy to write about them as well.
As I think I already mentioned, I have no connection with Manila Forwarders except as a satisfied customer.
You’re welcome to come by as often as you like and to make any appropriate comments, but please don’t drag me into what appears to be a urinary Olympiad with a competitor. Life is far too short to spend our time arguing over the size of boxes.
Do you offer a service that is better, or faster, or cheaper? I’d love to write about it.