James Newton, Host wrote:

[snip]
>For some other
> countries, global priority mail seems to work just fine and does not 
> require
> a trip to the post office.

How do you print the labels & pay for international packages? Do you use a 
third-party online service?

> My solution? Right now, the "good" countries are paying extra to make up 
> for
> the "bad" ones. On the average, it works out. One of these years, I need 
> to
> install a shopping cart program that will allow me to quote shipping
> separately based on the country it is going to. So far, I haven't seen one
> that will A) run on a windows server B) provide that sort of function C)
> cost something I can afford, and I haven't had the time to write one 
> myself
> and test it to the point where I am comfortable using it for money issues.

Have you looked at osCommerce?

http://www.oscommerce.com

It's free, written in PHP, and I'm sure you can easily modify it to do what 
you want.

> But honestly, I don't do enough international shipping to make it worth 
> the
> extra effort.

It could be that it's not worth it because the extra effort hasn't been put 
in. ;)

Best regards,

Vitaliy 

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