Odd, isn't it...

[ffutures]

...that when I sell a fairly heavy camera lens on eBay I can get it to the USA in a week, with insurance and tracking, for £17.....

...but if I want to buy a fairly light bit of software from a US vendor on eBay (a disk plus manual in a plastic bag) they quote me up to $50 depending on delivery speed, with delivery at that price still taking up to a week.

Are the US postal options really that crap, or do US vendors just not want to do business with British buyers?

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[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Forgot to say that you're probably at least partially right about the post office thing. In the UK it's different; I can send most of my international stuff (apart from the occasional insured package) without going to the post office, provided it'll fit in the letter box slot, I just have to put the right stamps and a customs label on. I'd have to go to the post office even for an inland insured package.