Ebay Postage rediculous

[ozone1]

I'm looking at a cycling top on ebay - how the f**k can the postage be $29.95US for a bloody cycling top to nz ???

US Ebay sellers really limit their buying audience by the crazy postage costs they offer - given a choice I would always buy out of the UK as the postage is far more reasonable, and stuff is normally here in 4 days - not like the up to 2 weeks from the states

rant rant etc etc

 

[yo-Nate-y]

OZ and NZ are always really expensive to ship. Suprisingly so.

I always list a price a bit higher than I expect to be, and refund the difference. That said, they could just be using a lazy calculator.

 

[NeilM]

This happened all of a sudden.

I was ordering some K2 seals for my Girvin forks, listed postage to the UK was $14. When I placed the order for two sets of seals, they came back with a combined postage charge of $104 ($52 pr packet). Needless to say, I cancelled the order and found a bike shop in the US who was happy to send me the kits for about $15.

Not sure what the game is, but it seems a lot of ebay.com stuff now has ridiculously high postage.

 

[poweredbypies]

Talking of stoopid postage bart (stumpjumper1990) bought some forks off the bay and the seller wouldnt post abroad so he had them sent to me. Have to admit I was expecting postage to be rather steep couriers were asking quite a bit so popped to the local P.O. Imagine my suprise when they said £7.50 air mail :shock: . Around half what others were asking. Cost the original seller £4.90 to send them to me.

 

[NeilM]

UK postage overseas is based on size. Someone asked me to help, when they could not get a Team Cagiva pit umbrella sent to them in the US. I spoke to my local PO, and sure enough, it was too long!

Had a courier take it in the end, and the buyer paid from the US.

 

[ozone1]

Is it a scam by US Post? or is it the fact that some sellers are just lazy? I can send a reasonable size package to the US (bit smaller than a shoe box) for about $20 NZ - which is about $16 US - and yet the same package the opposite way is more than twice the price,

Crazy thing was that the top I was looking at was at a shop! :?

 

[Groundoggy]

An item under 4 lbs that can fit in a standard flat rate box should cost $16.95 and take 6-10 days from the US to Australia. Same price to the UK.

http://ircalc.usps.com/

 

[FMJ]

Is it a scam by US Post? or is it the fact that some sellers are just lazy? I can send a reasonable size package to the US (bit smaller than a shoe box) for about $20 NZ - which is about $16 US - and yet the same package the opposite way is more than twice the price,

Crazy thing was that the top I was looking at was at a shop! :?

Don't even ask about Canada Post (someone has to pay for their corporate skybox at the Rogers Centre).