If you ship to Canada from the US and want the package insured, the large
package rate must be used. That makes the insured shipping very expensive.
/jnm
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mark Dapoz
> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 8:28 AM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] Postage charged by UK eBay sellers
>
>
> On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Andrew Fildes wrote:
>
> > What
> > has surprised me is the inconsistency of postage requested by US sellers
> > (apart from some dealers and their 'handling' fees, a whole new level of
> > added profit margin!) Thus, one day I'll get quite a large
> 'small packet'
> > with a $1.70 stamp on it and the next a smaller packet with a
> $6 stamp on
> > it - this happened last week.
>
> You have to be somewhat careful when someone in the US mails a
> small package
> to an international destination. For packages under 4lbs
> (1.8kg), they can
> be sent using parcel post or letter post. The difference in rates is
> significant! A 4lb parcel post item sent to Canada is $15.11 whereas the
> same package sent via letter post is $9.28. Many sellers don't use the
> letter post rate since they assume that it's for letters only.
> -mark
>
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