Add me the list of recycling shipping materials whenever I can.  I save and reuse just about every box, every piece of bubble wrap and every little piece of packaging popcorn that I can when I ship stuff out.  I do it more for fiancial reasons then I do it for saving the enviroment reasons though.  I figure that I am saving both myself and my buyers money if I recycle the packaging material that I recieve when I buy stuff.  I have also been known to use old newspaper as packaging material as well.  

Then again, I also usually use Saran Plastic Wrap to bind stuff like multiple books and box sets together so that it holds everything together.  That prevents it from being damaged due  to opening up and/or sliding around while in transit.  It really works great and it sure beats using tape(it really irritates me when I get box sets that sellers have freaking taped the box top and bottom together   ), but the enviroment kind of loses out in the equation on that part.

red_bus wrote:
Makes me think of John Cusack playing Martin Blank (the assassin) in Grosse Point Blank - where his 'contracts' are wrapped thusly.  

Seriously, Saran Wrap is the bomb when it comes to holding books and such together.  As noted, its not great for the environment, but it makes for happy customers.

GraysonAC wrote:
Be really careful with newspaper. The ink can smear and get all over stuff, which can be really brutal. I've had it happen once, had a guy ship something in a manilla envelope and wrapped in newspaper with nothing between my book and the newspaper. Received a technicolour module

Oh, I know.  Saran Wrap helps with that too.

I have a postage question and rather than starting a new thread, I thought I would ask it here.

Has the price of USPS Global Priority Airmail jumped up recently?

It used to cost me $10-14 to get up to five modules / mags is a global prioity airmail letter to Australia. Now I am being quoted $9.50 for surface mail (takes up to five months), $21.40 for standard airmail letter, and $24.00 for USPS Global Priority Airmail.

This is like a doubling in prices. Can someone help me with this?

HermitFromPluto wrote:I have a postage question and rather than starting a new thread, I thought I would ask it here.

Has the price of USPS Global Priority Airmail jumped up recently?

It used to cost me $10-14 to get up to five modules / mags is a global prioity airmail letter to Australia. Now I am being quoted $9.50 for surface mail (takes up to five months), $21.40 for standard airmail letter, and $24.00 for USPS Global Priority Airmail.

This is like a doubling in prices. Can someone help me with this?

If it fits in an flat rate envelope, Global is still $9.50

ShaneG.

HermitFromPluto wrote:I suppose there is nothing one can do about this except confirm postage beforehand and then decide not to buy if they are going to overcharge.

Yup    It's not as bad being in Canada, but that's still a big issue too. It's hard to bite my tongue when I pay $12 for $4 postage. Have to be very careful about checking the shipping costs if you're not in the US.