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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
porschecab
336 posts
 
Try shipping 2,000lb pair of speakers to Australia. Now THAT was expensive, about $4,900 - discounted!
1,200lbs pair of speakers to Russia, $6,800 (didn't happen - too pricy).
Triad Platinums to the North Pole - $4,100. Told him to wait for Santa to bring them back with him.
mordenmail OP
23 posts
 
REALLY like the Santa crack!
objective1
95 posts
 
Large amps coast to coast in the US have been between $190 and $275 (Plinius SA 250, Levinson ML336).

My Martin Logan ReQuests came from LA -> Phila, 235$.

....and that was at least 4 years ago.

Shipping ain't cheap.
oregon
834 posts
 
Shipped a crate with Avalon speakers to Italy from Oregon- $450!
Shipped a box of LPs (50) to Thailand- $150!

Felt bad in both instances, so I sent them a couple of their favorite LPs as a surprise. Now I have open invitations to visit both places.
Could be a trap though???
musicfile
341 posts
 
I shipped a speaker from Canada to Greece
Total cost $535.00
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