shipping fabric
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That's a good point, about the gift thing.
When I sent my star blocks over I had to fill out the customs form and just ticked "gift". Never realised that the reason was for tax purposes.
A friend of mine went to Australia last year and bought so much fabric that she had to post it home, it was cheaper than paying excess baggage. I don't think she got charged tax for it.
When I sent my star blocks over I had to fill out the customs form and just ticked "gift". Never realised that the reason was for tax purposes.
A friend of mine went to Australia last year and bought so much fabric that she had to post it home, it was cheaper than paying excess baggage. I don't think she got charged tax for it.
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Originally Posted by butterflywing
sanpat, when you say 'flat rate box' do you mean the one that's about 3" - 4" high? does it matter where it goes, like australia or new zealand? and can you squeeze in as much as you can load?
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Originally Posted by butterflywing
you claim that fabric is a gift if it is? how do you prove that? by enclosing a gift card?
do they take your word for it? huh?
do they take your word for it? huh?
However, I would do as sandpat recommends and Google VAT/country to find out what the legal limitations are for taxable value.
If I am remembering correctly, when I was overseas and shipped stuff I bought home to myself, there was either a value limit per box or a value limit per day I could send. It was quite generous. But, that was shipping to the U.S.; other countries may be much more interested in collecting tax on things coming into their territory.
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I'm not sure about the envelops (flat rate), but I know that the boxes, you can send up to 20 pounds for the flat rate internationally at one price. I'm still trying to get 20 pounds into one. Have gotten up to I think 13 pounds at the most. lol
Customs forms can be a pain in the arse, but yes, make sure you read the fine print about them. The forms have changed too. It used to be this nice form where you could write in big letters, now it's smaller blocks (I don't like that).
And yes....I have to fill them out from here (Guam) going to the US even tho Guam is a territory of the US. Go figure.
Customs forms can be a pain in the arse, but yes, make sure you read the fine print about them. The forms have changed too. It used to be this nice form where you could write in big letters, now it's smaller blocks (I don't like that).
And yes....I have to fill them out from here (Guam) going to the US even tho Guam is a territory of the US. Go figure.
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I got curious about how much fabric weighs, so I pulled out my postal scale and some one-yard pieces of batik I bought the other day. Four yards of batik weighed about 1 lb.
The $12.95 flat rate international priority box has a limit of 4 lbs on it. I'm not sure how much the box weighs, but theoretically it would be possible to ship about 15 yards of fabric that way. I'm just not sure that 15 yards of fabric would fit into the box.
If I think of it, next time I'm at the post office I'll see if I can pick up one of those boxes to see how much fabric will fit inside.
Edit: I just realized the same flat rate boxes are used for both domestic and international use, and I have one of the boxes here. I'm going to see how much yardage can be packed into it and post later!
The $12.95 flat rate international priority box has a limit of 4 lbs on it. I'm not sure how much the box weighs, but theoretically it would be possible to ship about 15 yards of fabric that way. I'm just not sure that 15 yards of fabric would fit into the box.
If I think of it, next time I'm at the post office I'll see if I can pick up one of those boxes to see how much fabric will fit inside.
Edit: I just realized the same flat rate boxes are used for both domestic and international use, and I have one of the boxes here. I'm going to see how much yardage can be packed into it and post later!
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when i shipped to france, i shipped a squishy - that is i took a heavyweight plastic bag and put it into another heavyweight plastic bag (the kind you get when you order clothes through a catalog) i thought it would weigh less that way. i stuffed just under 4 lbs in it and off it went. it cost around $20. so guess what wins. it's almost cheaper to send TWO flat rate boxes.
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you are all being so helpful. there are issues that i never would have
thought to bring up at the post office.
on the flat rate boxes is there ANY limit on weight? can you stuff in whatever you can?
thought to bring up at the post office.
on the flat rate boxes is there ANY limit on weight? can you stuff in whatever you can?
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