Odd, isn't it...
Jun. 26th, 2006 12:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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?
...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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Date: 2006-06-26 02:30 am (UTC)Checking on www.usps.gov, I plugged in 2 lbs for shipping to the UK. 3-5 day Global Express Mail is $30.30. 4-10 day Airmail Parcel Post is $21.30. 4-6 day Global Priority Mail is $15.75.
Unless he or she is wrapping it in gold leaf or the manual is one of those honking huge ones, you are being overcharged for postage, speaking as someone who rarely charges a couple of dollars above the actual cost for packing materials if a lot are needed.