Urgent!! Need help with weight for shipping cost.

[Robster]

I recently won a famicom sp + 1st ten mini games of evilbay for a very reasonable price. Thing is the guy has sent me an invoice for the shipping cost with UPS (from dallas)and the weight he has quoted is 5 pounds and its gonna cost me $95(?50) for shipping, personally I think that is too much.

I asked him to make sure the shipping was trackable,insured and arrive within one week.

You can import a jap PS2 from playasia with ?30 shipping.!!


Can anyone check the weight for me as I think its a wee bit on the heavy side.


thanks in advance

[VR46]

5lbs is 2240 grammes (two and a quarter bags of sugar) sounds too much to me.

What do VG+ charge, can you compare ?

Being nosey can I ask how much did you pay for the machine and games ? don't answer if you don't want to

[Robster]

Right,

I have just checked UPS shipping for this on Playasia and it woudl cost me: $38 or ?21.04.

My only question now is do playasia get cheaper rates for shipping as they are have an account etc

[Robster]

5lbs is 2240 grammes (two and a quarter bags of sugar) sounds too much to me.

What do VG+ charge, can you compare ?

EDIT: just gonna check VG+

I though it was to much too david

[Mayhem]

Yeah was gonna say... when I got my SP and 10 from PA it cost me $40 shipping.

[Bassman]

Have you checked a UPS site to get a look at the rates they charge?

[Robster]

I checked the weight with VG+ and the weight was 1.1 lbs !!!! and costing ?20 and that was for 10 normall GBA games plus handheld.

Im gonna send him a polite email

[VR46]

let us know what happens ...

[Super Monkey Balls]

Get it sent EMS. If he weighs it properly it'll probably be $28.75 and will arrive in 4 days. Don't bother with insurance, have it marked at $40 Gift. I've never lost an EMS shipment, ever.

[Robster]

Ive sent him a polite email saying that I dont agree with the weight he is quoting in the shipping costs and asked him to recalculate the cost.

As for EMS, can you use EMS in the states I thought EMS was japan only.??

[Mayhem]

EMS, apparently, is a global shipping standard, much like surface and airmail are. It depends though on whether all countries' post offices support it or not.

[Super Monkey Balls]

Options for a 2lb package
And I can't see it being over 2lbs tbh

[Robster]

cheers for that super monkey balls, I'll keep that link and send it to him for the shipping costs.

nice one

[Robster]

Being nosey can I ask how much did you pay for the machine and games ? don't answer if you don't want to

Sorry David I totally missed that part: I paid ?150 for the games and handheld all mint cond apparently(here hoping as it seems to good to be true).

I had a bit of competition near the end but the exchange rate was in my favour.

[Super Monkey Balls]

cheers for that super monkey balls, I'll keep that link and send it to him for the shipping costs.

nice one

Even if it's 3lbs EMS will still be in the early $30's. Great service.