Book Boxes

[neverending]

Best news I've had in years! Thanks!

[_____V_____]

Originally Posted by Rayne

Well, it looks like I will be forced to do one box a week despite my impatience...Finances take precedence :p

$120 to India?...Tell me THAT's not ridiculous!...Almost the same for Bangladesh and England...Sooo, I'm going to transfer all international packages to large flat rate boxes, which will only cost around $60 each for anything outside of the United States...I'm going to compare prices with UPS first, but I don't think they can do it any cheaper than that.

Also...It's not as easy as I thought it would be...I have to fill out customs forms (at least the forms are free :D)...I had no idea...lol...I guess I don't have to tell you guys that I have never sent packages to other countries before...Oh well, every new experience is a learning experience :)

Neverending, your package has been dropped off, and should be at your house sometime next week :cool:

I was fearing as much.

For me it is close to about $180 (conversion from Indian Rupees) PLUS handling charges, which would be around $10 more, so a total of $190. Like I mentioned in the Package thread, it is close to a week's pay for me, and that's why I am hesitant till I get some sort of assurance from others.

Rayne, if it's too much of a hassle, drop me from your list. Send my box to someone else over there. $60 isn't exactly small either, it's a lot of good money. You gotta save everything you got for your wedding next year.

[neverending]

Maybe you could make your box smaller, V?

[_____V_____]

Any smaller and it wouldn't be a Package.

Right now I have planned - 3 DVDs, 5 VHSes, 3 books, 4-5 magazines, a couple Audio CDs and some smaller accessory-type stuff.

I could take out the Audio CDs and possibly 2-3 VHSes, maybe even a DVD, but that would make it very monotonous. The person receiving from me should get some variety in their choices too.

[ferretchucker]

Wow, Rayne, that is one heck of a shipping cost! I'm with Avi, if you need to drop me off the list then that's cool. Don't put your purse on the line if you don't have to.

[hammerfan]

If anyone sends to me, I'll share the shipping costs. I'll even pay 75% if need be.

[Fearonsarms]

I had no idea shipping costs were so expensive honestly those amounts are daylight robbery. For that reason i'm not getting involved with any packages.

[Rayne]

$60 is fine for us, it just means that I will have to do it the way I outlined it to begin with, rather than sending 4-6 boxes at a time...I suppose this will teach me to have some patience (by "teach" I mean 'force'...lol)...The cost to send the boxes inside the United States, is easy so adding that to the $60 will be okay, too.

@Avi and Ferret: When someone 'drops' someone from a list, they drop from the BOTTOM, not the TOP!...I am VERY excited about sending these to you guys and Roshiq!...Umm...Even if you don't find anything you like in the boxes :p...Really, I just wanna share something with you guys :)

In fact, I'm pretty sure that none of you will be able to play the DVDs because of the different regions :p...But, I still want you to have them

[Rayne]

Oh, just to reiterate...Do NOT send these book boxes to anyone else...The book boxes from me are for you to KEEP!

[Fearonsarms]

I would feel too guilty making you pay extortionate shipping costs to the UK-if you didnt know the UK postal system is in tatters-plus postal workers are striking every five minutes. Be aware anything you send to the UK will be very risky