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Re: Airmail vs Economy
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lugnet.market.shipping
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Mon, 7 May 2001 03:20:13 GMT
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From what I noticed with the new USPS pricing, they seem to be really
pushing the "Global Airmail Letterpost", or what used to be called
"Small-Packets Air". I've seen numerous times where the cost for airmail
was actually less than surface, sometimes substantially. This is more
evident with lighter packages than with heavier ones.
This leads me to believe that they probably do send everything over on a
plane, atleast for the small packages. I rarely send anything overseas that
is too large or heavy, so that may be a different story entirely.
Troy
Ray Sanders <rsanders@svic.net> wrote in message
news:GCtrL4.HD6@lugnet.com...
> Recently, I sold some parts to a buyer in Australia. The package was • supposed to
> go airmail, but (apparently) went surface because the USPS clerk forgot to • stamp
> 'Airmail' on the package. Airmail postage was paid for and applied to the
> package. While the local postmaster has agreed to refund the difference, • he is
> still of the opinion that almost all mail from the US to Australia goes • via
> airlift. Although he said that 'economy' packages may go as 'space • available'.
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> So this leaves me wondering, do overseas recipients actually see a • difference in
> delivery times for 'Airmail' vs 'Economy' (surface) ?
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> In this case, the package took 43 days to reach the destination.
>
> Ray
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| (...) Some of the pricing mystery is de-mystified here ... (URL) Economy Letter Post is calculated at flat rate for anything under 16-oz. It appears that Airmail Letter Post is cheaper for small packages (up to 5-oz) because of the rate schedule (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| Recently, I sold some parts to a buyer in Australia. The package was supposed to go airmail, but (apparently) went surface because the USPS clerk forgot to stamp 'Airmail' on the package. Airmail postage was paid for and applied to the package. (...) (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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