[Milsurplus] Cost of parts these days

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

Meir & Ben,

Partial Post no longer exists as an international service.  Last May, USPS 
changed everything.  Air Letter Post became First Class Mail International and 
goes in 1 oz and then 4 oz increments up to a max of 4 lb.  Cost isn't too bad. 
 But the down side is that it can neither be insured nor tracked (or at least 
the tracking info is not available to customers.  Air Parcel Post and Global 
Priority Mail were replaced with Priority Mail International which is 
moderately expensive except in rare cases.  It goes in 1 lb increments and except 
Canada, 1 lb to anywhere is in the $21 to $25 range.  But it has some tracking and 
carries weight based automatic insurance included, or if the package value 
exceeds that, you can pay extra for insurance to cover the value.  All surface 
mail out of the USA was discontinued.  A few places still have it coming this 
way, like Holland.

If the switch supplier didn't quote UPS or etc. ($30 sounds cheap for them) 
then they probabably quoted PriMail plus handling.  PriMail requires the 6-part 
customs form which takes a while to do.

In a message dated 12/22/2008 9:46:16 AM Central Standard Time, 
wf2u at ws19ops.com writes: 
> 
> I'll check - maybe USPS Parcel Post minimum charge is "up to 1 lb".
> 
> I'll let you know.
> If you're interested, I don't mind posting it to you.
> 
> 73, Meir WF2U
> 
> Quoting Military1944 at aol.com:
> 
> >
> >In a message dated 22/12/2008 15:34:36 GMT Standard Time, wf2u at ws19ops.com
> >writes:
> >
> >Ben,
> >They're probably quoting shipping by a freight company like DHL  or
> >FedEx or UPS.
> >I'm sure a US Postal Service parcel would cost  much less...
> >Would you like me to find out?
> >73, Meir  WF2U
> 

Robert & Susan Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480
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