immemother

Thank you all so much. I thought the prices were reasonable compared to what we would pay in Australia. And thanks for the tip of the plastic inside the box, will absolutely be doing that now!

GingerK

If what you wish to ship is soft, you can put it in a plastic bag and smoosh as much air as possible out of it, then seal the bag--ind of like the vacuum storage bags you see advertised on TV. Therefore it would take up less space. I have never had anything develop a smell in a plastic bag in only a week or two--unless it was damp to begin with.

Janette

A note of warning. I just sent a quilt as a gift by UPS from Florida to Canada. I valued it at $50US (under the value but I didn't want the recipient to pay duty). I have done this before and the recipient didn't have to pay duty. This time, the recipient had to pay $35Cdn in duty fees. I called UPS and was told that current policy is that Canada does not charge duty on gifts up to $60Cdn. If I had valued it at $45US I would have been fine but the $50 took the value just over the line with current exchange rates. Expensive lesson learned!