nativetexan

Wow, i just mailed an envelope with a spiral bound quilt pattern and two acrylic templates. $39.00 to England!! why does it costs so much? Now my friend thinks she must mail me some quilt mags. I will be happy to get them but it isnt' necessary. I sent her a pattern and rectangle template, like the one for Diamond Dust I just did. plus a square one that does a similar pattern. She wants to make a quilt like the one I did. I am burned out on that one and may never do it again, so she is welcome.
sad things overseas cost so very much. It certainly curtails mailings back and forth. Luckily I can email for free. (shuuuush).

Mousie

I ran into the same situation . I once sent a pkg. to France that
cost more than the contents!
I have things I would mail here in the usa, but cost of postage is
prohibitive and I just want to give some things
free. Makes me sad,...could have been a win-win.

Chasing Hawk

I had three video cards for sale on eBay a while back. I had one person ask if I would send one card to China where he lived. I checked postage it was anywhere from $50.00 - $75.00, Priority mail was on the higher end versus 1st class.

Moira in N.E. England

It’s the same from here in the UK.

When my grandkids in Canada were young I used to knit for them. The cost of postage was was often similar to the cost of the items. It would have been better value to have sent them money to buy clothes - but hand-knit items were always appropriated.

cashs_mom

Canada is almost as bad from the US. I bought a cute little sign for my friend for her new house. It could $22.00. The postage to send it to NS cost almost as much.

KalamaQuilts

Partly because all mail goes air now. And we have to pay for all that technology that follows our envelopes around the world. And minimun wage is higher now than 20 years ago. It does make me sad about postal cost now though because we have friends in the UK and every year we would send each other a big box at december holiday time, so many goodies.

SusieQOH

I don't know as much about overseas mail but I sell on Ebay and shipping has gotten out of hand. It's ridiculous. I used to sell worldwide but now I just sell within the states and the prices are driving me crazy.

Prism99

We quit exchanging gifts internationally with family. The postage cost was often more than the gift cost.

Flossie Fewcloes

Here in Western Australia we find that ordering fabric from America is not the saving in cost that it used to be. Fabric is about half the cost in the USA that we pay here. Now that the postage rates have gone up, it ends up costing almost the same. The main reason I still buy fabric over there is that I see something online that I haven't seen here and it's so lovely when a parcel arrives.

Dodie

I don't use the post office much anymore as just can't afford the postage I think most of all I miss the neat Christmas cards we use to get and I made place mats out of many of mine glad I did