On 30/07/2010 16:14, Olin Lathrop wrote:
> Michael Watterson wrote:
>> For any significant US order the USPS and couriers from US to Ireland
>> are so expensive that a return flight is cheaper.
> I have no idea what you mean by a "return flight" since nothing is return=
ing
> anywhere.  However, I've found the US postal service to be about half or
> less the cost of commercial parcel carriers like UPS, DHL, FedEx, etc, wi=
th
> a lot less customs hassle.  At least that's when I'm sending from the US =
to
> elsewhere.
Like if I had the company in US ship to a US address and I got a return=20
flight from Ireland to US to pick it up.
  My experience is that USPS is cheaper, but also inexplicably takes up=20
to three weeks to Ireland (Some place obscure in China, maybe 5 days to=20
here, and DHL for same price to Ireland as Next Door's Royal Mail).

It's inexplicable. But I did tell friends at height of dot com boom that=20
if Internet shopping took off, that shares in delivery companies better=20
bet than the Internet Company.
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