registered letters international post

[clickbaitoz]

ii have not been selling much over the last few years so i'm not sure about the newer prices & rules for Aust Post, which i used to almost be an expert on  So on the website i can only find the prepaid large envelopes for $24.60, theres notthing there for being able to use my own envelope to send a registered large letter, does anyone know if i can? thanks

[kopenhagen5]

You can use your own sending it normal post then add signed for registered on top.

Don't know if it works out cheaper though.

I just sent one to Ireland registered letter (the smaller prepaid one) $15.90.

Edit - Just saw your listings, guess you need the larger one.

[digital*ghost]

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@clickbaitoz wrote:

ii have not been selling much over the last few years so i'm not sure about the newer prices & rules for Aust Post, which i used to almost be an expert on  So on the website i can only find the prepaid large envelopes for $24.60, theres notthing there for being able to use my own envelope to send a registered large letter, does anyone know if i can? thanks

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As far as I know, no.

The pre-paids are for documents only, and while you can send a large letter containing merhcandise overseas, you can only add insurance, but not signature on delivery (insurance is a massive $9.60 for the first $100, and apparently only applies while Aus Post are handling the article, so I don't know how they justify the huge charge). 

For that price ($24.60), you'd usually be better off sending as a parcel - you can either add SOD to an economy parcel, or pay the extra for tracking (eg a <500g economy parcel to the US is $15.85, plus $4.99 for SOD, while fully tracked is $23.70-odd (you can still add SOD to those if desired). It gets a bit more expensive if sending to Euro countries, a little less expensive if sending to NZ or Asia. 

[digital*ghost]

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@kopenhagen5 wrote:

I just sent one to Ireland registered letter (the smaller prepaid one) $15.90.

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What did you send? If you don't mind me asking, that is, as that (and domestic express prepaid envelopes) are the two things I've understood as definitely documents only. 

Edited to add: prolly shoulda checked what OP was selling first  Pretty sure magazines are considered documents. 

[kopenhagen5]

DG, I have packed registered documents myself in the past, but maybe you are right and they ended up being put into the pre-paids anyway for SOD.

I send brand new banknotes, in this case a 5, 10 and a 20 as collectable documents.

[clickbaitoz]

sorry, yes magazines which i need the larger envelope for. You're right it would be cheaper as a parcel at $20.84 total with sod, but extra cover for loss/damage is another $9.60 (woah) =total $30.44. BUT i just realized the registered letter does not include extra cover anyway i thought it used to? Seems a bit has changed since i last posted stuff overseas which needed sod/insurance, pretty sure letter always worked out cheaper than parcel, even with the extras.

For items over about $30 I like to provide extra cover for the buyers peace of mind & sod in case i get an 'item not received' paypal claim. Oh well, will just have to offer it as an optional extra i suppose. Trouble is i think alot of buyers see the word 'registered' & still think that means it includes insurance like it used to.