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Mailing things from and around Australia.
« on: March 19, 2012, 10:27:31 PM »
Okay I've been browsing about on the Oz post webpage and i couldn't really see a straight forward price list. I have some things that I might sell... But how do I know how much to charge? I don't want to under charge or over charge to avoid any kind of drama. :blink:

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Okay I've been browsing about on the Oz post webpage and i couldn't really see a straight forward price list. I have some things that I might sell... But how do I know how much to charge? I don't want to under charge or over charge to avoid any kind of drama. :blink:
most of what I have to sell is stuffed toys, should those be sent in a well padded envelope... or a box? I did look at the aus post and well. The prices are down right murder to post internationally x_X
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Re: Mailing things from and around Australia.
« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2012, 11:11:45 PM »
I take it you found the calculator  http://auspost.com.au/products-and-services/postage-assessment-calculator.html


Yep postage is a rip off internationally. With stuffed animals, I unstuff them and put them in a bag or poster roll. Unstuffing lightens the load a lot.


Remember also there is now an extra $9 charge for parcels over 500g to the US for "security checks" which sucks terribly.
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Re: Mailing things from and around Australia.
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2012, 11:41:30 PM »
I'm surprised your reply didn't give me a stroke. >_<

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Re: Mailing things from and around Australia.
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2012, 05:28:44 AM »
>> i wonder how much it would cost to send you a pony...

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Re: Mailing things from and around Australia.
« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2012, 05:54:29 AM »
well someone sent me a childs shoe box filled with peanuts and stable mates, that cost them $8 to post.

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Re: Mailing things from and around Australia.
« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2012, 06:16:30 AM »
hmmmm xD

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Re: Mailing things from and around Australia.
« Reply #6 on: March 20, 2012, 06:20:49 AM »
i live in the us, and the price people in australia pay to have things shipped to them is often more than what they paid for the item!
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Re: Mailing things from and around Australia.
« Reply #7 on: March 20, 2012, 10:49:44 AM »
It's like mlpfan said the postage is often more than the item itself.  It's crazy anymore  :blink: 
 
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Re: Mailing things from and around Australia.
« Reply #8 on: March 20, 2012, 10:50:38 AM »
mlpfan: The remarkable thing is, even then usually it is actually cheaper to get things shipped here than to ship them out. It maketh no sense!

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« Reply #9 on: March 20, 2012, 06:57:22 PM »
I wonder what's driving the price up :/  it's gonna be hard to run an e-store like this. do you think the post office will object to me taking items in personally? How do the ebayers do it?

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Re: Mailing things from and around Australia.
« Reply #10 on: March 20, 2012, 07:51:07 PM »
Yes you can take items personally to  the PO to be weighed, but if you are going to be selling quite a few items then I would recommend getting a digital scale -a kitchen scale is fine ;)  that way, you can weigh the item in either a box or bubble envelope (depending on what you are sending) to get a pretty accurate weight, and then use the Aus  PO site shipping calculator to work out how much the item will cost to send (or near enough. add a little extra to the weight of the parcel for any extra bubble wrap, packaging etc).
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« Reply #11 on: March 20, 2012, 08:08:29 PM »
Yes you can take items personally to  the PO to be weighed, but if you are going to be selling quite a few items then I would recommend getting a digital scale -a kitchen scale is fine ;)  that way, you can weigh the item in either a box or bubble envelope (depending on what you are sending) to get a pretty accurate weight, and then use the Aus  PO site shipping calculator to work out how much the item will cost to send (or near enough. add a little extra to the weight of the parcel for any extra bubble wrap, packaging etc).
yeah that sounds good. I'll do just that! I have a rather large item, and then a really- really heavy item but it's small so that's got me a little worried. The stuffed animals I have, i'm just afraid about squashing them because I hate it when I get squished ones as well!

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Re: Mailing things from and around Australia.
« Reply #12 on: March 20, 2012, 09:04:58 PM »
Our shipping prices to overseas is insane - prices to here from the US can be a bit insane at times, but it can be ok depending on the item, how available it is over here as well as if it's a good price, it may be worth paying the postage on it.

I have purchased & sold alot overseas, and I feel terrible charging like $40 for postage on something that was purchased for about $5 or so, it really depends on if they buyer is happy to fork out the cash or not.

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« Reply #13 on: March 20, 2012, 10:07:32 PM »
yeah.. none of the things I have for sale is rare at all... Well I have dorothy the dinosaur's tail to sell. That's the only unique thing I have so far xD so how do you find out your prices before shipping? i've been looking on the thing and well... It's just for individual suburbs. Though the overseas one is kinda easier.  is there any countries you guys recommend I don't ship too?

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Re: Mailing things from and around Australia.
« Reply #14 on: March 20, 2012, 10:55:13 PM »
Within Australia you can use the prepaid Satchels which have a fixed price.

http://auspost.com.au/personal/prepaid-parcel-post-satchels.html
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