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?

Comments

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Belated answer - Considerably less than if I buy one of the hundreds of completely illegal copies that are on offer at a fraction of the price.

[heliograph.livejournal.com]

Please consider the phrase "completely illegal." You know what you're doing is wrong, but you're doing it anyway.

[dsample.livejournal.com]

"Illegal" and "wrong" are not synonyms.