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Professor Black
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Luckily I am in Chicago and about 50% of my business is face-to-face sales at gigs or record fairs. No paypal and no shipping!
I feel sympathy for those who are more dependent on mailorder to stay alive.
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bitewerks
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| Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 10:24 am Post subject: |
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| Just read a post on fb from someone who shipped a cd to the UK w/jewelcase in bubble mailer for $12.75. Same price for a 7", also to the UK, in a bagsunlimited 7" mailer. He's in Rhode Island. I figured a cd or a 7" would be around $8-10, not nearly $13. |
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GoldenBull
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| Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 10:26 am Post subject: |
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Guess I'll find out how bad shipping for an LP is from here to Canada later today. That'll probably be my last non-US shipment for a long time unless something important pops up.
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Shiru
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| Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 10:44 am Post subject: |
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Well, i guess it will be really bad for smaller label, but bigger ones just will improve distribution in Europe or in the rest of the world.. there is drop-shipping from manufacturers and so on....
Like NWN! -> Iron Bonehead
or HHB -> Hammerheart(as i got them now have with them some "special" deals)
and so on...
Shame though, i remember slogan "postage killed punk", and i guess same happens with metal now  |
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vorfeed
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| Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 10:53 am Post subject: |
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| bitewerks wrote: | | Just read a post on fb from someone who shipped a cd to the UK w/jewelcase in bubble mailer for $12.75. Same price for a 7", also to the UK, in a bagsunlimited 7" mailer. He's in Rhode Island. I figured a cd or a 7" would be around $8-10, not nearly $13. |
It should be more like $9 than $12.75 -- a CD in a light bubble mailer is 4 oz. The Scotch brand mailers you get at Office Depot and such are too heavy, but 4bubble.com has cheap and super-light poly bubble mailers...
For me the most painful thing will be shipping to Canada & Mexico. The rates are completely crazy now... only a dollar or two cheaper than Europe despite the fact that most of Mexico is closer to me than New York! 
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bitewerks
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| Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 12:03 pm Post subject: |
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| vorfeed wrote: | | bitewerks wrote: | | Just read a post on fb from someone who shipped a cd to the UK w/jewelcase in bubble mailer for $12.75. Same price for a 7", also to the UK, in a bagsunlimited 7" mailer. He's in Rhode Island. I figured a cd or a 7" would be around $8-10, not nearly $13. |
It should be more like $9 than $12.75 -- a CD in a light bubble mailer is 4 oz. The Scotch brand mailers you get at Office Depot and such are too heavy, but 4bubble.com has cheap and super-light poly bubble mailers...
For me the most painful thing will be shipping to Canada & Mexico. The rates are completely crazy now... only a dollar or two cheaper than Europe despite the fact that most of Mexico is closer to me than New York! |
Maybe he got a postal clerk who put their thumb on the scale. |
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mikelapocalipsis
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| Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 12:18 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, is ridiculous¡¡¡
| vorfeed wrote: | | bitewerks wrote: | | Just read a post on fb from someone who shipped a cd to the UK w/jewelcase in bubble mailer for $12.75. Same price for a 7", also to the UK, in a bagsunlimited 7" mailer. He's in Rhode Island. I figured a cd or a 7" would be around $8-10, not nearly $13. |
It should be more like $9 than $12.75 -- a CD in a light bubble mailer is 4 oz. The Scotch brand mailers you get at Office Depot and such are too heavy, but 4bubble.com has cheap and super-light poly bubble mailers...
For me the most painful thing will be shipping to Canada & Mexico. The rates are completely crazy now... only a dollar or two cheaper than Europe despite the fact that most of Mexico is closer to me than New York! |
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BreedingtheSpawn
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| Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 12:36 pm Post subject: |
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I just shipped a CD to Canada with jewel case for only $2.65, also the postage was not already on the package.
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FengisRipRider
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| Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 12:42 pm Post subject: |
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| NWN PROD wrote: | | Quote: | | Once again the government is out to hurt the economy and make it even worse. This is going to effect many small businesses. |
It's actually FedEx and UPS trying to squeeze USPS out of business. Not to say that the government is not to blame for the mess they've created, but the FedEx/UPS lobbyists are don't their best to increase USPS postage for us. Sign the petition I linked earlier in this long thread. |
Its easy enough to do, I hope everyone signs the petition as well.
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gravesnatcher
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| Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 2:01 pm Post subject: |
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I charged a guy $15 which included shipping to Colombia for 1 cd.I just mailed and it weighed 5.6 ounces and it was $12.65 + $1.49 mailer and I included 2 free patches. USPS is really expensive now. I lost out close to $7 on this one  |
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Conservationist
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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I was going to order one(!) shirt off Ebay, until I saw shipping from the states was 45 dlrs, haha. "Sure"!
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xyosefx
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 11:22 pm Post subject: |
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| 13 wrote: | | I was going to order one(!) shirt off Ebay, until I saw shipping from the states was 45 dlrs, haha. "Sure"! |
That's juts rip-off pricing. 1 shirt can still be shipped to Europe 1st class for about $10, or in a Priority Mail Flat Rate Envelope for $23.95.
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