And they wonder why the global economy is up the Khyber, just the thing get
people trading internationally eh..
Simon
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From: Richard Halegua Comic Art <sa...@comic-art.com>
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Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2013 15:43:49
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Reply-To: Richard Halegua Comic Art <sa...@comic-art.com>
Subject: [MOPO] OMFG: International shipping costs have shot through the roof!!
Holy Schmoley Folks.... I just returned from the post office doing
the weekly International shipping, and I am absolutely flabbergasted.
I'm right now doing recalculations of what shipping was 3 weeks ago &
what shipping is now, but it looks like shipping to Canada has more
than doubled, Shipping to Australia is up 40+% and shipping to the UK
is up also about 40+%
New size restrictions are in, so the 36" long tube I had going to the
UK as Air Mail under 3lbs can now only be shipped by Priority Mail.
Same thing with the 36" tube going to Lebanon (fortunately, we can
cut the tubes down a couple inches and repackage these 2 orders).
Unfortunately, what that means is that I also have to raise my rates
and while previous rate increases were along the order of $1 or $2,
this rate increase is going to startle all of you. A simple 2lb
package going to Canada, which I have been charging $11.00 for
shipping, will be $19.00 (our rates, just as with all sellers,
includes approx $3.00 for shipping materials and labor).
It looks like Australia and Europe will be increasing to $27.00 from
$20.00 for just the basic orders
These new rates make it all the more important to be able to merge
several week's worth of auctions into one package for International
bidders, which our International buyers have known we do all along.
It's more important now..
I can't imagine what this does to the casual seller on fleaBay who
sells a few posters here and there.
Does anyone use Carrier Pigeons??
Rich
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