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From: Loganville, Georgia, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
posted November 07, 2005 12:27 AM
How much does it cost to ship six plastic 400' reels of super 8 film from Great Britain to the United States via Airmail? The total packaged weight would be 4 pounds 8 ounces.
The shipping cost from the US to the UK would be $32.00.
Your 4 pound, 8 ounce is unfortunatelly on the limit of the economy parcel which is for max 2 kg. Since yours is about 2.05 kgs before boxing than you will need to pay (I used the above site) GBP 29.35 or GBP 36.35 for faster one!!!.
If I was bidding on Ebay UK, the problem is always the shipping cost. It is frightening!!. No wonder the English Postmen are driving Rollsroyce
posted November 07, 2005 07:11 AM
The answer to this is make two parcels under the 2Kg threshold which will then allow them to go by small packet air and will certainly be cheaper than most other methods as one package.
Kev.
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Posts: 2110
From: Loganville, Georgia, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
posted November 07, 2005 11:11 AM
The six reels of film weigh 3 pounds. So, with packing the total weight calculated at 4 pounds. Any idea how much for Airmail from the UK.
Anyone know what Kevin's two package method would cost at a weight of 2 pounds each.
I'm adding to this post. Winbert, I went to the Royal Mail website(thanks). 4 pounds is approximately 1.8 grams and calculated at cost 15.32($26.00) British Pounds to ship a small package to the US.
I've been finding shipping cost on some UK auction for shipping super 8 features to the US at around 39 British Pounds which converts to $68.00. I just calculated the actual cost of a 6 reeler at around 16 British pounds converting to $29.00. This is close to what it costs for me ship a super 8 feature from the US to the UK at $28.00.
Posts: 2110
From: Loganville, Georgia, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
posted November 08, 2005 11:14 AM
Wow!, Tom, that was really weird. We might have crossed gene pool lines in our ancestry. Right now the only way I can visit the UK is through a night of film viewing. I have great 16mm films that show London.