I'm trying to get an accurate shipping quote to send Noodge in her box to Australia, and USPS will not give me the exact type of shipping I want. What I want is something relatively inexpensive with insurance.
Let's say it's a 2.5 pound package [probably overkill, but let's just be safe]. Where insurance is noted, it's for $195.00.
I could do express mail in a flat rate box with insurance for $75.80, HAH HAH HAH.
I could do international priority in a medium flat rate box with insurance for $52.70, HAH HAH HAH.
I could do international priority in my own packaging with insurance for $47.00, HAH HAH HAH.
And that is the cheapest that USPS goes for insured shipping.
I could do a first class international parcel in my own packaging with registered mail for $32.77, but there's no insurance. Apparently you can't put insurance on first class international parcels. WHY NOT?
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The part of this causing the problem is the “Australia” bit.
Howzat?
USPS doesn’t like sending large things to the other side of the world, for whatever reason. I do see that you’ve found the true weight for Noodge’s packaging, and that it’s significantly less, which should decrease the base rate considerably as well. (You probably want to never send something over 4lbs to Australia; the base price for that was $56 five years ago; when Therese sent me two big boxes of action figure stuff, the shipping for that came to $120.)