At 10:25 AM 3/16/2006 -0500, you wrote: >On 3/16/06, Olin Lathrop wrote: > > I once got a letter from someone in southern Ontario, and noticed it has a > > US stamp on it postmarked in Buffalo NY. Out of curiosity I asked him > about > > it, and he said they pay a courrier company to drive mail bound for the US > > over the border and dump it at the Buffalo post office. This was cheaper > > and quicker than mailing it from a Canadian post office. > >I can give some metrics on this. I believe it costs about USD$0.33 to >mail a letter in the US, right? To mail a letter from Canada to the >USA costs us about CDN$1 or so. At today's exchange rate, that's >USD$0.87. If you have enough letters to mail, this adds up... > >Josh I've done mailings where 80% are destined for the US and 20% for Canada. By producing the materials remotely in California and paying double for each that is mailed north of the border, it works out a fair bit cheaper, especially with the current sorry state of the greenback. Best regards, Spehro Pefhany --"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" speff@interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com ->> Inexpensive test equipment & parts http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZspeff -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist