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Calculating postage and help with Lebanese buyer (language problem)

cat_kitkat — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:24:40 GMT

Hi,

I have two questions here:

1) How accurate is the Austpost postage calculator? Sometimes I use it to calculate approximate postage only to find out it costs much more to send when I go to the post office to send the item.

2) I have a buyer in Lebanon who could not understand when I asked for his address. I explained that I needed a house number, street name, suburb, postcode etc but all I got was directions to his house.

If anyone in the community speaks Lebanese can I give you his Ebay name and ask you to explain to him how his address should be written so I can send his item?

Many thanks.

Re: Calculating postage and help with Lebanese buyer (language problem)

kopenhagen5 — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 02:57:33 GMT

Duplicate thread.

Re: Calculating postage and help with Lebanese buyer (language problem)

cat_kitkat — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 06:59:10 GMT

is it? Where is the other thread?

Re: Calculating postage and help with Lebanese buyer (language problem)

cat_kitkat — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 07:00:44 GMT

Sorry I found it - there was an error loading.

Re: Calculating postage and help with Lebanese buyer (language problem)

austeam — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 10:42:29 GMT

Has he given you the name of his village?

Re: Calculating postage and help with Lebanese buyer (language problem)

*new2vintage — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 13:41:29 GMT

Address it to the Village People......

Re: Calculating postage and help with Lebanese buyer (language problem)

thesoulyearns — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 14:37:21 GMT

1) For parcels, it seems fairly accurate. I haven't found a way to get large letter rates to show up on the calculator for international, though. It might be best just typing in a flat rate for some things.

2) If they paid by PayPal, just use that address or ask them to pay again by PayPal (refund if need be so they can pay again.) Try Google translate as they have Arabic listed there.

Re: Calculating postage and help with Lebanese buyer (language problem)

austeam — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 22:17:58 GMT

I have a cousin visiting from Lebanon at the moment who speaks perfect English. If you message me your buyer's delivery instructions I will ask him if that is adequate as an address. In Lebanese villages not all streets have names and house numbers. They can be known as the house of (insert name) which is the name of whoever built the house generations back.

Re: Calculating postage and help with Lebanese buyer (language problem)

peggotty103 — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 22:13:26 GMT

Check the Australia Post website for overseas postage as it's just gone up today (if you haven't already).

Ebay's postage calculator is still showing the old rates. I've just been stung - US buyer paid using Ebay's old rate of $17.25. It will cost me $28.90 to post at today's new rate X -(@!!@