From: | XaOs [David Goth] xaos@*****.net |
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Subject: | [META] T-shirt shipping rates and speed |
Date: | Wed, 7 Apr 1999 23:33:00 -0500 |
on weight, size, and destination....
http://ircalc.usps.gov
I used 1 pound as a basis, and Australia as a destination, with no insurance
and unregistered.
All prices and dimensions are in U.S. units, natch.
Here's the table that it spit out (hopefully it's coherent, or at least can
be figured out by the time you get it in your Inbox. I used colons to split
the columns):
Service : Speed : Cost : Dimensions
Express Mail Int'l Svc - On Demand : 2 - 3 Days : $18.00 : Max. length 36",
max. length plus girth 79"
Global Priority Mail - Flat-rate Box (single) : 3 - 5 Days : $30.00 :
12-5/16" x 9-1/4" x 2"
Global Priority Mail - Variable Weight Envelope (single) : 3 - 5 Days :
$12.50 : 7-1/4" x 3-9/16"
Global Priority Mail - Flat-rate Envelope (large) : 3 - 5 Days : $8.95 :
9-1/2" x 12-1/2"
Global Priority Mail - Flat-rate Envelope (small) : 3 - 5 Days : $4.95 : 6"
x 10"
Small Packets - Airmail : 4 - 7 Days : $9.25 : Max. length 24", max. length
plus girth 36"
Small Packets - Surface mail : 4 - 6 Weeks : $3.73 : Max. length 24", max.
length plus girth 36"
So, as you can see, it is a fallacy to assume that a t-shirt sent by an
individual by a non-surface mail method will take months to get to someone
in Australia. In fact, it appears to be 1 week, tops. Naturally, people
could probably save money by putting more than one shirt in the mailing. (I
did find a place earlier that figured rates for mailing more than five of an
item, but unfortunately cannot now find it).
http://pe.usps.gov/cpim/ftp/manuals/Imm/Immtc.pdf is the "International Mail
Manual"
-XaOs-
xaos@*****.net
-David Goth-
-Mr.G.D.-