Re: [OM] Payments to Australia

[andrew fildes]

> On Thu, 16 Oct 2003, Moose wrote:
>
> >  First a question; he wants AU$15 to ship to US. This is a little 10x10x3
> >  cm box that weighs maybe 30 g, but will need a bit of bubble wrap inside
> >  a larger box. He wanted $AU 2 to ship it domestically in his eBay
> >  listing. My recollection is that Australian International Air Mail is
> >  reasonably priced. Am I being taken advantage of here? Would I be better
> >  off having you reroute it?
> I just received a parcel from Australia today.  It was 12x12x18 and weighed
> 727g.  It was sent Economy Air (about 3.5 weeks to arrive) and the postage
> was AU$14.50.  I'd say AU$15 for your parcel is a bit much.
>                                         -mark
Not really - as I just explained to Moose. I send packages often and 
the minimum for anything that won't go through a 'letter' slot is now 
AU$7.50 Air Mail plus another dollar for the padded bag. The weight 
is irrelevant. I'm considering using a standard Worldwide pack at 
$12.50 to streamline postings under 500g. Now if you factor in the 
time spent going to the post office, filling out the customs slip, 
doing ID verification, etc - it's a bloody bargain! I reckon I've 
lost a good $30-40 lately by miscalculating postage.
AndrewF

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