Australian Shipping Costs?

[McRat]

I put a set of Harley gears on Ebay, and the guy who won the auction was in Australia.  So I went to the UPS site to calculate shipping.  $250 for a 15lb parcel??  At first I thought I must have typed in Mars as the destination address.  But FedEx was similiar in pricing.

Is there some kind of trick to get a decent shipping price to AU?

[hotschue]

Believe it or not USPS is the most economical....just takes a while to get there......Ask the buyer in Australia, if they bought parts before they seem to know the best way to ship.  Good luck, Udo

[generatorshovel]

G'day McRat, try UPS , iv'e had heaps of reasonably heavy parts shipped over here in the past and their just as fast as USPS, but nowhere near the cost, usually airmail, but there's the surface mail option (boat) which takes about 3 weeks (from when the ship sails)
Tiny (in OZ)

[McRat]

Believe it or not USPS is the most economical....just takes a while to get there......Ask the buyer in Australia, if they bought parts before they seem to know the best way to ship.  Good luck, Udo

Thanks!

You're right, USPS was $43 for the same parcel, 6-10 days delivery.

I seldom use them because we have UPS and FedEx pickup daily at work, but that might make a trip to the post office worth the trip.