[Test-Equipment] Shipping from Australia to US?

[Carl]

There hasnt been surface mail from the US to ANY foreign country since May 
2007.

That change has really hurt many in the US that regularly shipped 
international.

Even with gas prices I can drive to Eastern Canada cheaper than using USPS 
and deliver family presents. Its ridiculous.

Carl
KM1H

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>
> I don't think surface mail to Australia is available anymore.  I was 
> shipping packages down there every couple of months and then all of a 
> sudden everything changed.
>
> The main restriction is the dimensions.  Going to OZ you were allowed 79 
> inches,  H-W-D.  Any more than that i don't think the post office will 
> handle.  It wa eiether 79 or 89,inches, forget which so you might ask the 
> PO about it.  Over that and i think it was also 40 lbs, they tell you to 
> repack or take it someplace else.  Ran into that more than once also.
> Might ask one of the Aussies on the list for help here.
>
> Larry
> W0OGH
>
>
>  -------------- Original message from davec 
> <davec2468 at aim.com>: --------------
>
>
>> Need to have items shipped to me here in the USA. Box will probably
>> be 9x5x24 inches (21x12.5x60 cm) and weigh about 10 lbs (4.5 kg).
>>
>> Is Austrailan mail an inexpensive and suggested means to get this box
>> to me? Or should I use UPS?
>>
>> Or...?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dave
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