Wildly disparate postage estimates US to AU | Buying

petravk · 2025-05-01T23:58:38.375000Z

I'm wondering why there are such wildly disparate postage charges to send a book to AU from US. One has quoted US$40.16. It appears to be very high in comparison with other postage estimates for other (similar) copies of the book on eBay that would ship to AU. Others with similar copies (dimensions, weight et cetera) are quoting US$15 - US$25 for ostensibly the same postage method (eBay International Shipping) even though some are having to travel a greater distance such as from E coast v W Coast USA. The particular copy I'm interested in is on W coast, so shorter distance to AU, yes, I'm aware that *some* shipping companies have extremely convoluted & weird routes to AU, but those are mainly from EU/UK. I enquired from the vendor & their response was "eBay sets the postage price." The vendor appears to have only sold a few items & appears to be relatively new (2023) to eBay. Is this something that has changed over the past couple of years? Any views?

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