Re: Shirts:Please Read This

[dlangs@sunstroke.sdsu.edu (Derek Langsford)]

Mary Helen Sowell (mhs3c@darwin.clas.virginia.edu) wrote:

: The cost is $11.00 each, plus $4.00 for postage for 1-2 shirts
: within the United States.  

OK, 2 shirts, priority mail ($2.90) plus mailer ($0.75) round to nearest
dollar - $4.00 - fine.

: For postage from other points on the globe:
: Place        one shirt's postage       two shirts' postage

: Canada           $4.85			same 
: Australia        $10.70			$16.70
: New Zealand, Finland  $10.70            $16.70
: Sweden           $10.70			$16.70
: Great Britain, Germany, Netherlands:  $9.25  $14.25

: This includes the cost of the envelope, tax, etc.

Ouch!  How are you sending these shirts - letter rate?  Are you using
the US Postal Service?  Postal rates to all points outside North America are 
the same, whether it be the UK, Slovenia, Botswana or Vanuatu.  In my
experience you should be able to mail a t-shirt in a small jiffy bag for
under $5 including the cost of the bag and that's air mail, small packet
rate.  Two shirts would go for probably less than $7 including the mailer. 
How do you get $10.70 and $16.70?  

Just curious,

Derek
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Derek H. Langsford                                          Dept. of Biology 
dlangs@sunstroke.sdsu.edu                         San Diego State University 
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