Craig, I don't know the specifics, and I don't know if there is a better price from any of the three main shippers (although I do know there is no more "surface mail" anywhere), but they are absolutely destroying international commerce with their endless price increases.
When my non-U.S. customers get their shipping quotes, they often also think there "must be a mistake", and they often say, "but I just payed half as much X years ago for the same size package". And very large packages and tubes are the worst. I don't see a bright future for selling heavy or large items internationally. It sounds like the perfect solution IS for you to go, and I very much hope that can happen. On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 9:09 PM Craig Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Folks > > As some of you know, I wrote a recently released book called "Star Wars > Memories: My Time in the (Death Star) Trenches). It's about the years I > worked on the marketing of *Star Wars* and *The Empire Strikes Back*. > > I have two international requests for copies of my book. They could, of > course, just order from Amazon in their home countries but they want signed > copies so they have to get them from me. > > Case 1) A guy in Australia (and possibly a couple of his friends) want > signed copies. I went to the Post Office and the cheapest rate they quoted > me -- the clerk admitted she didn't really know how to look this up -- was > $24 to ship a 2.1 pound envelope. That would be one copy of the book. > Media Mail apparently can't be used overseas. > > Case 2) A Star Wars convention in Norway wants to buy 30 (!) copies, some > personalized and some just signed. They'd like to bring me in as a guest > (in which case they could buy from Amazon locally and I'd sign on site) but > I don't know if my wife, Genny, whose still recovering after two and a half > months in the hospital from a nerve-destroying ailment, will be well enough > by March for me to travel like that. Thirty copies of my book, which is > large and fairly heavy, would require two boxes weighing about 32 pounds > each. I'm getting quotes for shipping from USPS, UPS, and FedEx ranging > from $500 to $1100. > > $24 for one copy or $1100 for two boxes of copies is nuts. There must be > some cheaper way to ship books overseas. > > What am I missing? > > Thanks, > Craig. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 310/995-1252 (mobile) > https://www.facebook.com/cfmiller > https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-miller-990b2719/ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > -- Bruce Hershenson and the other 29 members of the eMoviePoster.com team P.O. Box 874 West Plains, MO 65775 Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 when we take lunch) our site <http://www.emovieposter.com/> our auctions <http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/all.html> * Complete Buyer Protection <http://www.emovieposter.com/unused/20120625ad_emovieposter_no_buyer_beware_buyer_warranty.jpg> - *No time limit on our guarantees & *NO* buyer beware * Hershenson Help Hotline <http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/20120906_mcw_ad_hershenson_help_hotline_forsite.jpg> - *Direct line to Bruce (our owner!) for urgent problems Also, please read the following three pages of in-depth* Customer Reviews *of our company * - Page 1 <http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_page1.jpg>, Page 2 <http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_page2.jpg>, Page 3 <http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_page3.jpg>*, which shows you in our customers' own words exactly what makes our company and our auctions so very different from all others! Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
