Australians ... please help !

[Colton]

Hi folks !

I really need some answers around an ugly icident that happend yesterday to me. I hope you can help me ....

I bought an book from Ebay ... a photobook from an australian artist, i´m looking for since 2 years.
Now .... i found it, fair price, connected with the case .... it´s a reprint from Thames & Hudson with a price of 185 AU$/116 €. The original print was down in 2002 made by Scalo ( Switzerland ) just 60 copies signed by the artists, well i don´t say the price.

The seller is from Australia, too .... he offered worldwide shipping but didn´t wrote down the price - for example, the price for shipping in Australia was 3 AU$ i remember. I didn´t asked the seller for the price ( oh well ... ) and expected something around 17-25 $. After one day, i decided to buy this book.

Just one hour later ... i got the bill from Ebay with the shipping costs of 89 AU$ !!!!!!!

That´s the half of the book .... it tolds me that it would shipped per "Standard International Flat Rate Postage" ... we don´t use this description in Germany ... i asked the seller what kind of shipping that is and searched trough Google but couldn´t find something really helpful .... what i´ve found is sobering.

The answer from the seller ... well i don´t repeat it here ....
At last .... it´s a book .... there´s no reason in this world to ship a book for 89 AU$ per Standard shipping ... heck ! Even Motuc per UPS is much cheaper and faster ... i mean, come on ... there are special prices for book shipping in most of the countries, this isn´t real !

Now ... Australians please help me .... what means Standard International Flat Rate Postage in your country ? Do you can please tell me what is the price for book shipping to Germany ? The book format is 16,5 x 12 inches, 192 pages. Weight maybe 4,2 pounds. If some of you are disposed to give me informations, i can´t tell how thankfully i am ...

Ok .... call me stupid, because we all know Ebay and i should asked first, but i dig this book like nothing ... maybe it´s my Holy Grail ...
I was stupid and my greed for it fogged my mind.

Thanks for any kind of help

[skelehorde]

Now ... Australians please help me .... what means Standard International Flat Rate Postage in your country ? Do you can please tell me what is the price for book shipping to Germany ? The book format is 16,5 x 12 inches, 192 pages. Weight maybe 4,2 pounds. If some of you are disposed to give me informations, i can´t tell how thankfully i am ...

Ok .... call me stupid, because we all know Ebay and i should asked first, but i dig this book like nothing ... maybe it´s my Holy Grail ...
I was stupid and my greed for it fogged my mind.

Thanks for any kind of help

Hi Colton,

I'm from Australia , Standard international shipping would be Airmail.
To ship the book with that weight & size from Australia to Germany, it would be sent via Airmail as a parcel & a parcel with the weight of 4.2 pound(1.9 kilograms) would cost excactly $64.90AUD.Here is the graph for such delivery from www.auspost.com -

Destination Country: GERMANY
Location: Zone D
Parcel Weight: 1.75kg to 2kg
ECI Parcel Weight: between 1kg and 2kg
Details on size restrictions on parcels
Select Service Price Maximum Weight Notes
ECI Merchandise $79.00 20kg 1
ECI Documents $71.00 20kg 1
Express Post International $70.10 20kg 1
Registered International $70.10 2kg
Air mail $64.90 20kg
Sea mail $34.80 20kg

I had the same problem today, i sent a beastman figure & charged $11.00AUD, when i shipped today at the post office the actual shipping was $27.00AUD, i ripped myself off $16.00AUD but that was my fault.

Hope this helps!!
Cheers

EDIT- sorry i thought it was $69.00, $89.00 is a little to much unless it is sent via Courier, READ Lorde Trooper Below

[lorde trooper]

Hi Colton, im actually sending a couple of things to a friend in the states after he hooked me up with the motu art book, i got a international post charges/chart from my local post office today.

You could also try the Australia Post website as they are Australias biggest shipping network. Im guessing thats who he is using.

I checked with the Express Courier International service and for an item up to 3kg its $89.70, rememebring when sending over seas from here they go by weight and not size of the item. Up to 2kg it is $71.00, hopefully if its around 4.2 pounds it may just get under the 2kg mark.

For normal airmail its $64.90 for an item between 1,750-2,000grams. For every extra 500g its $9.65, the same weights with sea mail is $34.80, add $4.00 for every 500g.

Hope this helps.

[Colton]

Thank you guys .... thank you a lot !

Looks like, with all the package, it´s gonna be more than 2kg. Oohhh ... that s***s.
Isn´t that cheap ordering from downunder, is it ?

Now i have to be careful this month. More rice and pasta this month ... no more fish, steaks and "Bavarian Roast Pork"

I drink my closing time beer in your names

Again ... thank you

[madara]

Make sure no photos of woman with below average chests, that is no longer allowed in Australia!

[blackiecats]

Weight maybe 4,2 pounds.

Sounds like some heavy reading

It must be a thick book to be that heavy!

[Colton]

Make sure no photos of woman with below average chests, that is no longer allowed in Australia!

There you said it !

The book is from Bill Henson "Lux et Nox" and also has some ... how can i say ... for a group of people, marginal pictures.
There was ( still is ) a public dispute about some of his works. I can´t believe .... his work is quit bit old, but now, people start this issue
... maybe the wind has changed in the last time.

In my eyes ( and some others ) he´s a respectful artist