[parsig9]

I've been doing some hunting and found some helpful info on prices for plane sized packages sent from the U.K. to the U.S. and CA. Thought this might be of interest to some.

Airmail: Max size 900mm total size or about 35"" LxWxH (a 1/32 Corgi Spitfire box is 1" too big unpackaged) It might weigh over 2kg too and so would be too heavy anyway.

Max weight 2000 grams or about 4.4 pounds. The avg. 1/72 fighter is about 800-1100 grams or between 1.75 and 2.2 Lbs packaged.

Surface mail has the same limits

SO....

The average 1/72 fighter should cost about £4.5 or less surface mail and £9.00 airmail (based on 900 grams/2lbs) Might be as low as 740 grams or only £7.61 which is a reasonable weight/price for a small fighter.


Insured and signed for mail adds BIG MONEY from £3.50+++

Still not sure about how to ship a 1/32 model or a 1/72 bomber or what the limits and prices are. I'll keep looking.

[fileasfog]

thanks, helpfull info

[Black 6]

Thanks Parsig for the info. I recall someone on MH1 saying the benchmark should be around 10 GBP for shipping a 1:72 fighter (and possibly medium bomber). Anything else should be considered theft.

I've been using that as my guide when bidding on items from across "the Pond."

[STARMAN 352ND]

Has anyone ever tried to FedEx or UPS to the UK ?
JP

[jim]

Yes thats all very good, BUT you are under the delusion that the Royal Mail ever delivers anything!! They have lost on my behalf 4 packages in the last 12 months. Just vanished into thin air!! I have a very strong suspicion that there is a mad diecast collector among st the staff at the Royal mail. Or does her royalship get first dibbs at the mail before its delivered?????(rumour has it that HRH has the full set of Corgi Red Arrows).

Originally Posted by parsig9

I've been doing some hunting and found some helpful info on prices for plane sized packages sent from the U.K. to the U.S. and CA. Thought this might be of interest to some.

Airmail: Max size 900mm total size or about 35"" LxWxH (a 1/32 Corgi Spitfire box is 1" too big unpackaged) It might weigh over 2kg too and so would be too heavy anyway.

Max weight 2000 grams or about 4.4 pounds. The avg. 1/72 fighter is about 800-1100 grams or between 1.75 and 2.2 Lbs packaged.

Surface mail has the same limits

SO....

The average 1/72 fighter should cost about £4.5 or less surface mail and £9.00 airmail (based on 900 grams/2lbs) Might be as low as 740 grams or only £7.61 which is a reasonable weight/price for a small fighter.


Insured and signed for mail adds BIG MONEY from £3.50+++

Still not sure about how to ship a 1/32 model or a 1/72 bomber or what the limits and prices are. I'll keep looking.

[von hitchofen]

Originally Posted by jim

Yes thats all very good, BUT you are under the delusion that the Royal Mail ever delivers anything!! They have lost on my behalf 4 packages in the last 12 months. Just vanished into thin air!! I have a very strong suspicion that there is a mad diecast collector among st the staff at the Royal mail!

yep, her Majesty's also got one of my Focke-Wulfs!
well, she is German I suppose
in the Uk Royal mail parcel delivery "service" is caled Parcelforce, but is usually more often known as Parcelfarce

[panzercommander]

In regards to lost packages...

As if being a felony wasn't enough, I cannot believe that any modern postal service seeks to defraud its customers. Before accusing the post office, I would ask myself do I really believe the package was sent to me in the first place? In any case where a package sent to me was "lost" there has always been doubt as to whether the seller even sent it. Any package that I have sent, home or abroad, has always reached its destination, maybe worse for wear and late, but it got there. Now I'm sure things disappear every now and then but I wouldn't call it a conspiracy, more likely some scumbag took your money and ran. Just my $0.02

[parsig9]

I hear ya Panzer. Every time I deal with one of you clowns on here and make a trade I'm just a puddle of sweat until it arrives.


Ebay on the other hand does really worry me some but I've yet to get hosed!

[jim]

Yer dont live in the UK huh? I forget how many packages are lost in the Uk every year. Hundreds of thousands. Every week I read in some newspaper or other that a postman has been arrested and bags of undelivered mail has been recovered from his house. All of the models sent to me that did not make it came from trusted dealers that replaced them. I have had many battles with the local post office about the dreadfull service. It took me several phone calls and letters before the postman was stopped from just throwing my mail over the wall at the back of my house. Soggy mail every time it rained. Believe me it make you really really mad after a few days of that. Oh yes and the other trick in use is if the postman is in a rush just take the package back to the depot. It sits there until someone ,either the dealer or me rings up to enquire if they know anything about a package. .Maybe in the US you have a better service ,I hope so.

Originally Posted by panzercommander

In regards to lost packages...

As if being a felony wasn't enough, I cannot believe that any modern postal service seeks to defraud its customers. Before accusing the post office, I would ask myself do I really believe the package was sent to me in the first place? In any case where a package sent to me was "lost" there has always been doubt as to whether the seller even sent it. Any package that I have sent, home or abroad, has always reached its destination, maybe worse for wear and late, but it got there. Now I'm sure things disappear every now and then but I wouldn't call it a conspiracy, more likely some scumbag took your money and ran. Just my $0.02

[parsig9]

Postal service is a well paid job here in the US so we have people competing for those jobs and waiting in line if someone screws up.