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The Most You Have Paid For Shipping

A co-worker of mine frequently sells items on Ebay. He told me that he has recently been getting frequent inquiries as to whether he is willing to ship overseas. I was surprised when he told me that the cost to ship a single shirt overseas is about forty dollars. Wow! I immediately thought of the heavy audio equipment that many of you here on audiogon have shipped great distances. What is the most you have ever paid for shipping? Where did you ship from and to?
mordenmail
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gawdbless
1,235 posts
 
Your friend is probably making good money on the shipping, which seems very typical of Ebay sellers.
A bone of contention for me and probably others also.
I sent a handbag to the EU for $7.
mags5000
73 posts
 
I recently sent a 21 lb. package to Cape Town, SA via UPS Worldwide Saver (Express). It arrived in 4 days in perfect shape, but, and this is a huge but, at a cost of $331.50. This, believe it or not, included a significant discount which I receive from UPS for shipping about 900 packages a month. How's that for being stupid? BTW, this was with no additional insurance purchased.
slikric3000
638 posts
 
Shipping has sky rocketed so high there should be a congressional investigation. I shipped a phono pre, 19 wide, to tiawan @ $100 a few months ago. A 100 pk. of cdr blanks is $9.39 to ship, two price hikes for shipping this year, use to be under $4 if I remember.
samhar
1,048 posts
 
Shipped a Pass X-150 amp ( 59 lbs) to Croatia USPS Priority Mail $275.00 USPS charge!
photon46
1,089 posts
 
Most expensive shipping I pay is for the tea I buy from China! Shipping a kilo of the good stuff from Yunnan runs about $40 for registered airmail.
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