[Test-Equipment] Shipping from Australia to US?

[Carl]

Well, I wouldnt call Australia and Canada 4th world pits but they both still 
offer surface mail.

I didnt bother looking any further.

Carl
KM1H

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <WA5CAB at cs.com>
To: <test-equipment at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 7:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Test-Equipment] Shipping from Australia to US?


> Actually, I'm pretty sure that USPS was the last major postal service to 
> drop
> Surface.  A bit over a year ago when USPS announced they were dropping it,
> comments showed up on a lot of these lists and I seem to recall Australian 
> and a
> number of European collectors commenting that their postal services had
> already dropped it.
>
> It did really cut into some of my business.  The only bright side was that 
> I
> discovered one item that I sell a lot of would fit into one of the Flat 
> Rate
> boxes and go Air to Australia for only about $3.00 more than it had 
> previously
> cost for Surface.  Otherwise it was a business stopper.
>
> In a message dated 6/29/2008 6:09:50 PM Central Daylight Time,
> km1h at jeremy.mv.com writes:
>> 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.
>>
>
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