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Mills
Joined: 07 Jan 2006
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 Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 10:30 am Post subject: Mailing Media Internationally |
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Does anyone have any experience shipping "media" items, like textbooks, workbooks, book books, etc...? I want to import about 50 lbs of teaching materials from back home, but don't want to pay $300.00 to do it.
In the States we have the option of shipping these types of items domestically as "Media Mail" at a huge discount. Anyone know of something like that for International mailing? |
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Mills
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| Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 8:52 am Post subject: |
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| No suggestions? Not even, "Why didn't you bring that stuff with you when you flew here?" |
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peppermint
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| Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 10:47 am Post subject: |
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| I remember hearing something about Korea having such a service, but what matters is if the US offers that kind of thing internationally |
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nick70100
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| Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 2:30 pm Post subject: |
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There is something like this available internationally. They're known as "M bags" Read the info here...
http://pe.usps.gov/text/pub51/pub51_008.html
It's basically a big burlap sack that you can stuff books into. Maximum weight is 66 pounds. The cost (for Korea) is $17.60 for the first 11 pounds and $1.60 for each additional pound. 50 pounds would cost $80. It's surface mail so it will take 4 to 8 weeks to arrive. |
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Mills
Joined: 07 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 4:02 pm Post subject: |
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| nick70100 wrote: |
There is something like this available internationally. They're known as "M bags" Read the info here...
http://pe.usps.gov/text/pub51/pub51_008.html
It's basically a big burlap sack that you can stuff books into. Maximum weight is 66 pounds. The cost (for Korea) is $17.60 for the first 11 pounds and $1.60 for each additional pound. 50 pounds would cost $80. It's surface mail so it will take 4 to 8 weeks to arrive. |
Thanks! I almost gave up. |
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Mills
Joined: 07 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 12:56 pm Post subject: |
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| nick70100 wrote: |
There is something like this available internationally. They're known as "M bags" Read the info here...
http://pe.usps.gov/text/pub51/pub51_008.html
It's basically a big burlap sack that you can stuff books into. Maximum weight is 66 pounds. The cost (for Korea) is $17.60 for the first 11 pounds and $1.60 for each additional pound. 50 pounds would cost $80. It's surface mail so it will take 4 to 8 weeks to arrive. |
Sweet... I had my parents ship 60 lbs of books to me the other day.
Cost less than $45.
Thanks. |
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