How's this for postage

[imastawka]

And it's not even GSP

item # 291170829907

I think they are hand delivering

[digital*ghost]

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@imastawka wrote:

I think they are hand delivering

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No, just using UPS for whatever reason (courier service - cost looks pretty accurate for the selected service, anyway, as I got a quote of just over US$100 for a small, light package suitable for that item, without any extra services added). 

[imastawka]

I have had the same type of article delivered USPS for $7.50!

[digital*ghost]

You could always ask the seller if they're willing to use USPS instead, even with all the bells n' whistles (delivery confirmation, insurance etc) it's bound to cost less.

[twyngwyn]

I have asked them to advise the weight of the item....

[davewil1964]

Sprung!

And I always thought your were straight up, Michelle.

Disappointed

[imastawka]

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@digital*ghost wrote:

You could always ask the seller if they're willing to use USPS instead, even with all the bells n' whistles (delivery confirmation, insurance etc) it's bound to cost less.

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 I really don't want them.  Just came across the listing and my eyebrows

went to the back of my head.  Why would they even think someone would pay

that much for postage for a double deck of cards?

[digital*ghost]

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@imastawka wrote:

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  Why would they even think someone would pay

that much for postage for a double deck of cards?

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Maybe they don't - no idea why they've chosen UPS, but it might be to specifically deter purchase (I know that begs the question why offer it worldwide in the first place, but I have this niggling thought in the back of my head that international postage options increases visibility / rankings, even domestically, in the same way something like free postage is supposed to. I don't know where I heard that from, could be completely fabricated. Maybe it's the only way they know how to opt out of the GSP. It looks like they're using calculated so might not have checked how high the P&H is, or even selected UPS in error).

[audistarelectronics]

Wow, would want to be a collector item, what are they collecting....cash it appears. I just paid that same postage cost to have an 12kg accordion sent from Bulgaria, makes my postage look like a bargain.

[imastawka]

Not a collectors item at all, they're modern.

It sure makes the GSP pale into insignificance though

GSP  would charge about $45 and I reckon that's steep