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Message no. 1
From: XaOs [David Goth] xaos@*****.net
Subject: [META] T-shirt shipping rates and speed
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 23:33:00 -0500
Here's the US postal service's calculator for figuring shipping rates based
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.-
Message no. 2
From: Airwasp@***.com Airwasp@***.com
Subject: [META] T-shirt shipping rates and speed
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 10:00:55 EDT
In a message dated 4/7/1999 11:42:19 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
xaos@*****.net writes:

Okay, I'm butting in now ...

> Here's the US postal service's calculator for figuring shipping rates based
> 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"

Guys, this envelope is useful and can hold one or two shirts, depending on
how good you are at packing things in. And if anything else, you can
separate the shirts as long as the cost stays under $30, otherwise you may
want to try using the Single-rate Box.

> Small Packets - Airmail : 4 - 7 Days : $9.25 : 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).

Yeah, on the beginning of the calculator page (the one given above), click on
the Volume Mailing link for information on how to.

-Herc

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