Originally Posted by butterflywing
in the link that was supplied to us the page with the prices to europe was missing.
here's a question that nobody ever asks and answers: is it cheaper to discard the priority mail boxes altogether and wrap stuff ourselves? i think it is. not everything has priority. so if we're not selling, but just sending, that may be the way to go. i don't care how long it takes for me to get a piece of fabric or a book from someone. if it costs measurably less, that's what we should do. also, book rates are often cheaper than priority. does anyone know the answer to that?
Except now I have to go find a box or an envelope and hopefully have packing tape on hand in order to ship it to you via Parcel Post. And at a certain point and weight, the prices sort of converge. Then as the weight increases, the price difference expands again.
I only ship Priority, unless it's 3 FQ's or less, as I already have 500 envelope that I can cram that in to go 1st class.
And that goes for personal stuff or things I'm selling. The convenience is worth it to me. YMMV.