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"Kyle D. Jackson" <flightdeck@sympatico.deletethisspamblock.ca> wrote in
message news:G7wG0z.E4t@lugnet.com...
> > Well, Adam, you can rant all you want, but there are certain risks, • costs,
> > and other things that yous eem not to care about, and these reasons are • why
> > some people choose not to ship outside of the US, and sometimes, I feel • the
> > same way, especially after reading some posts in this thread.
>
> As far as I'm concerned people are free to choose where they will
> ship to. But here's how my shipping methods work in Canada. Order
> comes in, I measure up the sets stacked in the smallest volume
> possible. I have learned that *all* LEGO sets will have shipping
> charged by volume and not weight because their density is so low. The
> "minimum density" that gets applied is an internation standard
> so most all countries will calculate the effective weight the same
> way. I calculate this weight in all of 15 seconds..., no scale
Is that only for LEGO packed in the original boxes? I've got a fair bit of
LEGO I'm sorting out and it weighs around 10kg, and it's in a box around
about 40cm by 30cm by 25cm but it's not MISB in original boxes - it's all
bagged, ready for me to send it wherever I want to send it. When I had the
weight checked, Australia Post here never mentioned anything about volume
charges ...
> is required. I then use the Canada Post or UPS or whoever web
> sites and look up the rates. I am almost never wrong on the
> cost when I get it all packed up and to the post office for
> shipping. Thus I can quote exact shipping costs to someone
> in a few minutes before they even have to commit to an order.
> And I've checked..., the USPS have all the same tables/calculators
> on-line as well. So I see no reason for people in the USA to
> say shipping to international is "too hard" or whatever.
>
> But again, everybody is free to do whatever they want :]
Yes, but not all countries have postal rates you can use on them to
calculate shipping costs, so it's sometimes a case of take it to the post
office and see what they say.
As for Australia, I happen to know that Australia Post has shipping rate
tables for overseas shipping, covers air, economy air [1] and surface mail.
They even have a web form where you can put in what you know about your
parcel, and out comes an approximate cost.
Cheers ...
Geoffrey Hyde
[1] Often known in some countries as SAL or surface air-lift. They use a
plane to get it from one shore to another, but it then goes by surface
instead of getting air freighted to the nearest capital city or airport near
the destination.
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