[Hallicrafters] USA postage to Australia? Microphone What the?

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Call your local 'main' post office and pose this question. They seem to 
always quote the highest rates, wonder why? (LOL!) Ask if there is a less 
expensive means of shipping the microphone. Nowdays everything going 
overseas goes by air mail, no getting around that. Good luck -

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From: "Peter VK6PM" <peter_may at optusnet.com.au>
To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 9:00 PM
Subject: [Hallicrafters] USA postage to Australia? Microphone What the?


>
>
> Has anyone in the group got any theories on why is would cost
> US$48.25 to send a normal sized microphone to Australia from the USA?
>
> I would have thought an item like this would be slipped in a padded
> post-it bag, shouldn't be anymore than $5>$10.
>
> I've actually stopped buying from USA at the moment.
>
> You should have seen what someone in the USA was charging to post a
> single crystal to VK land, another obvious rip-off.
>
> I've emailed the seller to query the postage price, however I'm not
> expecting a positive outcome, my experience in the past has been
> "that's the price, take it or leave it".
>
> The item is a Drake 1525EM DTMF microphone, the link is:
> http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Vintage-Handheld-Microphone-by-DRAKE-Model-1525EM-w-Keypad-/291093817626?ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:AU:3160#shpCntId
>
> I would send a screen grab of the Australian pricing, but I know it
> won't get through the mailman.
>
> It's just getting plain stupid!
>
> Peter VK6PM
>
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