[lace-chat] Re: (Ship US to UK) knitty gritty, bone weaver's song, lace instruction postcards
it is not now possible to send parcels surface mail from the USA, only by airmail which is massively expensive. That ends my massive book buying when over there. Patricia in Wales *** The postal service here has become very expensive, and service, more and more lax. They give us the reasons why, but huge unnamed contributors are high salaries and pensions (with lots of baby boomers retiring), and poor work ethic from quite a few. I would consider DHL for shipping your books. The cost of shipping a book changes roughly from $50 to $15. They aren't the best for notifying you, as I have had packages I have not been notified of and tracking is lax, but it does get here, and typically faster than USPS. I didn't price out Fed Ex nor UPS for you, but Amazon Japan uses Fed Ex for their book orders which is expensive, but you can get 4-6 books shipped from Japan to the US, for the same dollar amount as one book sent from the US to UK. HTH, Susan To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace-chat] Re: (Ship US to UK) knitty gritty, bone weaver's song, lace instruction postcards
The Canadian postal service is also VERY expensive. Part of the problem is that you have to know where the parcel is going (different rates for different post codes). This is one of the reasons I haven't put some things on e-bay because I can't quote the postage until I know where it is going. I guess I'll just have to take something to the post office and quote the most expensive rate they give me. Malvary in Ottawa, Canada where we have a grey day after a night of thunderstorms. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
[lace-chat] Re: (Ship US to UK) knitty gritty, bone weaver's song, lace instruction postcards
If it's possible see if you can't get the books you are looking for in Germany rather than the us (they tend to have a much better selection than the uk) that's where most of my books and thread come from. postage is ok or even free and arrives about as fast as uk 2nd class. On 4 Sep 2011, at 15:44, Malvary Cole malva...@sympatico.ca wrote: The Canadian postal service is also VERY expensive. Part of the problem is that you have to know where the parcel is going (different rates for different post codes). This is one of the reasons I haven't put some things on e-bay because I can't quote the postage until I know where it is going. I guess I'll just have to take something to the post office and quote the most expensive rate they give me. Malvary in Ottawa, Canada where we have a grey day after a night of thunderstorms. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
Re: [lace-chat] Re: (Ship US to UK) knitty gritty, bone weaver's song, lace instruction postcards
I think this is one reason so many eBay vendors choose the Flate-Rate Priority mail. You figure out which container the item requires, and you know how much the shipping will be. For a tiny little bobbin, the lowest possible rate in Flate-Rate would be $4.95 (I think it's still that... maybe 5.95 now?) So yes, it's expensive. But OTOH, if you can fit two or three books into the next size up, and it ships all the way across the country, you may have a bargain rate. Clay On 9/4/2011 10:44 AM, Malvary Cole wrote: The Canadian postal service is also VERY expensive. Part of the problem is that you have to know where the parcel is going (different rates for different post codes). This is one of the reasons I haven't put some things on e-bay because I can't quote the postage until I know where it is going. I guess I'll just have to take something to the post office and quote the most expensive rate they give me. Malvary in Ottawa, Canada where we have a grey day after a night of thunderstorms. To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
