US Announces Withdraw From Postal Treaty

Re:US Announces Withdraw From Postal Treaty by baldfat on Thursday October 18, 2018 @08:48AM (#18247833)

I can order 8 recycling batteries for $2.99 and have them shipped to my house. That is a loss of $4. They are looking at an increase of $7 at least. BTW when I ship a small box 2 pound of cookies to my son from his mom it cost me around $10.

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Re:US Announces Withdraw From Postal Treaty by nkurz on Friday October 19, 2018 @10:03PM (#18261301)

Sure, certain things will no longer be feasible. My doubt was that these less-than-the-cost-of-shipping items were the bulk of the current direct-from-China Ebay orders, and even if they were, I was doubting that there was not a market for slightly more expensive items.

For the US cost, a "Priority Mail Small Flat Rate Box" is $7.20 between any two US addresses, and a "Priority Mail Flat Rate Envelope" is $6.70. If you don't use one of these, the postage will likely will be slightly more.

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