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
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.
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???
Oregon, You're right. The trap is that the cost of flying to Thailand (even getting tickets through a bucketshop) has skyrocketed.