Chris, that is a very clever way to get the cheap eBay rates for non eBay shipments! I'll have to keep that in mind for sure.
Cheers, Kurt Jacobson 505-303-1933 Sent from Mobile On Fri, Jun 22, 2018, 12:28 AM Chris Albertson <albertson.ch...@gmail.com> wrote: > Shipping price depends on from where it is shipped. Every country agrees > to accept mail from everyone else. So the trick is to ship it from a > country with very low postage rates. This means the people in Europe are > best off buying from China as shipping from China is cheap. > > If if must be shipped from the US then you can use flat rate shipping. > Domestically flat rate has no weight limit but international it does have a > limit. You get the best shipping rate if > 1) You fill the flat rate box rite up to the weight limit and > 2) Ship it using your eBay account as eBay gets a good discount off the > normal US Post office rates. Ship it using the same system you used to > ship sold packages, just change the name on an old shipment and "re-send" > it. I just send a box that would have gone for $4.80 and paid $3.70 > although it is light weight and local. > > There is no way to send it cheap but discounted USPS Flat Rate is the least > bad way I have found, other then buying from China > > > > > On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 4:52 PM andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: dave engvall <dengv...@charter.net> > > Date: 22 June 2018 at 00:19 > > Subject: shipping > > To: andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> > > > > > > Hi Andy, > > > > I'm trying to post on emc-users and getting rejected claiming the my > > isp is a source of spam. > > > > What I'm trying to do is hang a request (OT) on the list looking for > > cheap and not so fast ways of getting alloy steel across the pond. To > > Germany or Austria. Cheap trumps speed. Do you have any ideas and/or > > can you post to the list in my name. > > > > Any help will be much appreciated. > > > > Dave > > > > > > > > -- > > atp > > "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is > > designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and > > lunatics." > > — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1916 > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > > -- > > Chris Albertson > Redondo Beach, California > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
