Just wanted to see how can I check the cost on shipping cost out of the usa for a little bubble mailer that weighs under 1-3lb with tracking
Is there a web site I can go too or ???
I need to ship sinkpads to the buyers that did not receive them, some lives in Greece,new Zealand ect…… So what method of shipping should I use ?
USPS website. Just select the country that you want at the "calculate postage" web page.
^ This worked for me last time I tried it for shipping to Canada.
What method did u use to get tracking with it ?
Is it first class ? Because what I have is like a 4x5 inch involope that I mail the sinkpads out in and I need to add tracking so they don’t get lost again
For Canada, whatever you did last time was good enough, gave a tracking number of some kind.
Canada is not bad it’s like
Grease
France
Belgium
The far away places that might get lost
You can usually do tracking with the number on the customs form! May not work for all countries, though. Should at least get you tracking to when it left the country.
Select shape “Large Envelope” (envelopes that are not uniformly thick will be automatically classified as packages, once you admit that there is more than 1/4 inch variation in thickness). This will get you the first class rate, which is the cheapest. Your envelopes must be in these size ranges:
http://ircalc.usps.com/PopUps/LargeEnvelope.htm
In addition, your envelope has these further restrictions: (this is the part about the thickness variation)
http://ircalc.usps.com/LargeEnvelopeProperties.aspx?country=10156&m=2&p=0&o=8
Please note that “Large envelopes that are rigid, nonrectangular, or not uniformly thick pay package prices.” You can ship in an envelope, but if it is not uniformly thick, you will pay the package price. You can help yourself by somehow making the envelope “uniformly thick”, but that may not be in agreement with “too Rigid”.
After you know the price for shipping, you need registered mail to get tracking. That cost is $12.95 (to Greece) additional to the shipping cost. Look here for each country:
http://pe.usps.com/text/Imm/immctry.htm
Click on the number after the country
Go to the bottom of the screen for “Extra Services”
“Registered Mail” gives you a tracking number.
I sent a doa light back to China. The postage was $3.78 plus an additional $11.75 for tracking. That did track the package all the way to delivery in China. The post office clerk told me that was the cheapest for tracking. That was before the price increase (August last year).
Not exactly a walk in the park.
Thanks for posting all that, may be I should limit few country’s from buying sinkpads unless they pay for tracking or to agree on a buyers agreement
Or maybe you can find a reliable user in the country you send all sinkpads with tracking number to him and he send each sinkpad to the other members in his country. Of course you send him the postage money via Paypal…
Maybe he can send the sinkpads with a cheaper way to other countries (within tracking number) as you can. For example: To send sinkpads with tracking number from Germany to every country in the world would cost round about $8 inside of Germany round about $6.
I think this will be a cheaper way for you.
I just wanted to clarify that you can mail a 4x5 inch padded envelope (Letter Size). However, if your thickness is over 1/4 inch or weight over 3.5 ounces, you will pay the “Large Envelope” price. I don’t know how you package the sinkpads in the envelope. I think you mentioned that your weight was under 1/3 lb (5 ounces?). The maximum thickness for a Large envelope is 3/4 inch. Given the shape of sinkpads, you may not have a problem with thickness variation.
http://ircalc.usps.com/PopUps/Letter.htm
The tracking will still be pricey.
I am in Amsterdam and I received two 20mm sinkpads from Matt (Vestureofblood) in a common envelope, the boards wrapped in thin bubblewrap (@Matt: thanks!), don't think that has costed him much (he asked for $4 shipping world wide). For a few boards I don't care for tracking much, just put in an envelope is fine to me.
I think the tracking is to protect Nitro.
For me, this is always costly, since they used to weigh the envelop and accordingly charge.
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