postage to the USA

sirboz

Anyone any experience of this I am selling something a PS2 memory card. Its about 1 1/2 inches x 1 x 1/2 inches , made of plastic (lightweight) and had an e-mail asking the postage price to the states. I have no idea what to reply, any ideas anyone ?

nightswimmer

You'll can find out about sending stuff abroad here.

As it's small and light weight, you will probably need to send it airmail using "Small Parcels". You can get extra cover by using Airsure, or International Signed For, but it might not be worth using these if the item isn't that vauable, and the buyer seems ligit.

tomstickland

Air mail is best option, as above.

freebie_junkie

just pop to your post office to get a proper price?

OllieLong

If you can find out the weight go here and you can work out the price: http://sg.royalmail.com/servlet/acedispatcher?funcId=100&AceApplication=consignia&pageId=frameset

Contains_Mild_Peril

I'd tend to overestimate weights if I'm not sure, that way you won't have any nasty surprises when you post it. A 200g package would cost £2.32 to post airmail to USA, so I'd probably quote around that amount, although I guess a PS2 memory card in a Jiffy bag would probably weigh considerably less.
If you have kitchen scales, try packing it and weighing the package, add about 20g to allow for any inaccuracy, then use the links others have provided above to check the price.

superscotsman

freebie_junkie wrote:

just pop to your post office to get a proper price?

You can get a brochure from the post office giving all the overseas prices. If youare sending lots of stuff abroad (I do), and I get lots of inquiries about postage, it might be a good idea to get your own scales. You could adapt a kitchen scales, but - especially with overseas mail - it will have to be pretty accurate. You can buy purpose-made scales at a large stationer like office world, but beware of the cheapo scales. I can tell you from experience that where postage scales are concerned you do get what you pay for.

jaffa30

Hi
You can get a cheap set of digital scales from the likes of Home Bargians and TG Hughes.


I got a set and they are spot on


Jaffa

bleugh

BE CAREFUL,

about 60% of the items i post to the USA without a tracking number go 'missing'

the ONLY way you're covered posting abroad with paypal is AIRSURE
AIRMAIL IS NOT ENOUGH!!!!!

trouble is, airsure only covers 28 countries :-)

sirboz

thanks for the tip off. Will include the additional cost £3.30, nice one , thanks

heatherw_01

Airsure is the best to use and not much more than Airmail.