[ARC5] [armyradios] [OT] eBay Global Shipping

[J. Forster]

Shipping has little to do with 9/11 IMO.

The real impact has been the discontinuance of surface (ship) mail transport.

I recently bought a WWII tool kit from Australia. It cost about $30
postage for something about the size and weight of a can of soup. I would
have preferred to wait 3 months and save half the postage.

The eBay thing may be using a freight consolidating service, which offers
much better deals.

-John

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> From the point-of-view of some one living in Australia postage costs
> have "sunk" the idea of buying ARC-5 sets from overseas.  About a decade
> ago (before "9/11" influenced things too much) I could buy a "command"
> receiver for $40 to $100 and pay $34.50 for postage.  The fact that
> delivery might take one to three months was just fine in my book.
>
> Postage went up to $70 (approx) and that made any purchase a LOT more
> expensive - doubling or tripling the price of a set.   At the moment two
> "command" capacitors are listed on eB.
>
> Costs are:
>       Tx capacitor      Postage
> #1     $49.oo             $16.oo   (has nice spur gears)
> #2     $11.oo (start)  $24,oo
>
> This increase in postage rates has effectively ended any interest I
> might have in "new" command equipment.
>
> 73 de Les Smith
>   vk2bcu at operamail.com
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 4, 2013, at 3:40, J. Forster wrote:
>> Please report back when you get some actual results. IMO, they have
>> probably made a deal with some freight forwarder to handle the actual
>> shipping.
>>
>> I hope they offer this as an optional service, and using it does not
>> become a requirement, for international transactions.
>>
>> YMMV,
>>
>> -John
>>
>> =============
>>
>>
>> > Hi:
>> >
>> > A few months ago the U.S.P.S. radically raised the price for
>> international
>> > shipping.
>> > Fedex and UPS charge over a hundred dollars for a small package.
>> >
>> > The problem with U.S.P.S. First Class International Air Mail is that
>> > there's no tracking or insurance.
>> > I've been told that even U.S.P.S. Priority Mail does not have tracking
>> > past the customs office in some countries.
>> >
>> > So, I'm looking into using the new eBay Global Shipping Program where
>> I
>> > ship to an address in Kentucky and then Pitney
>> > Bowes will handle shipping and customs.
>> > They claim that it's insured and reasonable cost.
>> >
>> > So I've put a small number of products on eBay and enabled the Global
>> > Shipping option along with International First
>> > Class and International Priority mail.
>> >
>> > If you are reading this outside the U.S. I'd like to know what
>> shipping
>> > options you see for any of my current eBay listings.
>> > http://www.ebay.com/sch/brookebattery/m.html?
>> >
>> > --
>> > Have Fun,
>> >
>> > Brooke Clarke, N6GCE
>> > http://www.PRC68.com
>> > http://www.end2partygovernment.com/2012Issues.html
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
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