Toni Nikkanen wrote:
> Why is it that ****pping charges to Europe from many american equipment
> shops are so high? The latest example when I was trying to buy a
> Vivitar 285HV flash unit. I found (via Amazon.com) a store that sold
> it for $89,90, a nice enough price. However they wanted $70 for
> ****pping and handling. Through eBay, I found a store in Hong Kong
> that sold the same brand-new unit also for $89,90, but the ****pping
> was only $20. It arrived in a week, so clearly it wasn't even the
> worst possible ****pping option.
Look at the USPS web site. There used to be some cheap airmail package
rates (under $6 for 4 pounds for example), but they all disapeared in
the spring. The USPS figured out that the price point that people will pay
without giving up or using the competition is about half of what the
courier services charge.
Now an airmail package from the U.S. is $20 for the first pound
and $4 each extra pound, unless it fits in a special box, which is
$32.50 for up to 20 pounds. The box is relatively small so you can
stuff a lot of film or a camera or lens into it, but not an enlarging
easel or a box of large size print paper.
Geoff.
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