on โ17-07-2017 12:29 PM
I puchased a book for 3.00 and was charged 3.50 for postage in one order. In another order with a different seller, I bought 4 books for 8.00 with free shipping. Both Australian sellers. They were thick books and wouldnt go close to being large letters so I wonder if the sellers just made a mistake or whether there is something I am missing. Other sellers seem to charge very low postage rates for books and they must surely be losing money.
I thought books should go as parcel post.
on โ17-07-2017 12:46 PM
I can't think of how to explain that, unless the seller somehow has access to a company's mailing account or something. I had a seller send me something like that once.
on โ17-07-2017 12:49 PM
The seller is probably dropshipping the books from the UK where they have special media rates.
I buy from a UK book seller and get free postage.