21 Oct
2022
21 Oct
'22
6:21 a.m.
On 10/21/22 05:55, Peter Corlett via cctalk wrote:
On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 12:15:02PM +1100, Doug Jackson
via cctalk wrote:
[...]
I don't know what it is like currently but the last time I looked
at it it was ridiculous. I bought an item thru eBay.uk. 2 cute
little ceramic animals that you put water in and hang on a radiator
for humidity. Cost about $20 and free shipping. Postage on the
package when it arrived was less than $5. One was broken. They
agreed to replace it if I returned the broken one. UPS was the
cheapest I could find but they wanted over $60 to ship to England.
Needless to say, It was cheaper to just buy another one.
I used to buy parts for a British car I owned from Rimmer Brothers
in England. I never understood why they were cheaper (in cost and
shipping) than any of the American suppliers.
I would never consider shipping anything to Europe any more.
bill
Yet another American seler who doesn't
understand how simple overseas
shipping is.
As far as I can tell, the price to ship anything overseas from the USA is
twice the value of the item, plus fifty bucks, plus ten bucks per ounce.
Whether USPS actually charge this much or it's just sellers trying it on, I
neither know nor care.
So I don't bother even looking at American sellers any more.