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 09:17 am (UTC)I know we can send things to customers in the States quicker than they can mail order them internally if they're not in a major city - or are mailing from a company on the other side of their country.
We also now handle the mail order of a couple of US firms for everything 'outsid the US' as it's cheaper for us to send (and again usually quicker) globally than it is them - and that includes to Canada!!!