Fee Hike Imminent for International Shipping


On January 4th the United States Postal Service is implementing yet another rate change: for those in the US, prices will remain mostly unchanged (and amazingly, in the instance of Flat-Rate Priority Mail packages, actual go down a smidge); for those outside the US however, there will be increases to the already absurdly expensive shipping fees. An average 4.1% increase across the board will mean that for Canada and Mexico flat-rate envelopes and boxes will be increasing 47¢ and 95¢ respectively to $10.87 and $25.60; for the rest of the world, flat-rate envelopes and boxes will go up 48¢ and $1.33 respectively to $12.78 and $41.28.

If you were planning to order and want to save a few dollars, the deadline for ordering with the old rates is Noon, Pacific Time, on Saturday, January 2nd. After noon, all orders will be shipped at the new rates.

sethrichards said,

January 2, 2010 @ 1:54 am

this is not cool for the people overseas wanting to order

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