Re: [N8VEM: 15526] USPS significantly increases international shipping rates

["Anders Carlsson" <anders....@sfks.se>]

David (vk5dg) wrote:

> I noticed last year they didn't even deliver on Saturday's leading up to 
> Christmas as they have in recent years past.

Here in Sweden, they did the opposite: delivering mail on Saturday before 
Christmas for the first time in 10 years or so. Regular mail delivery on 
Saturdays was so long ago that I don't know without looking it up.

As for the increased overseas postage costs, most buyers should have an 
understanding for that as it costs just as much to send items from e.g. 
Europe to the USA as it now will cost to send from USA to Europe. The actual 
prices will differ some depending on which European country you compare 
with, but I'm not surprised if the postage costs go up. It leaves only Asia 
and in particular China with near zero postage costs, which I'm not sure how 
they finance but it is good for us importing stuff from there...

Best regards

Anders Carlsson