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I charge ACTUAL shipping cost, I do not charge a handling fee. My boxes and materials are practically free to me so I do not charge for materials either. All packages are sent via normal national/government post, not UPS or Fedex or the like. These options are available but are costly. Please let me know if you'd prefer an alternative shipping company. I've given some popular examples of shipping estimates below.
Updated January 14, 2008. Postal rates have gone up. Again.
To US
Within
Canada
International
Rates
To US
EstimatesPrices given are for SURFACE MAIL, which generally takes just under 2 weeks. Air mail prices are slightly higher and take about 1 week to most US destinations. Puerto Rico is considered the US in price, but the packages usually take about a month to arrive when sent surface mail. Insurance is included, but cannot be claimed until 6 weeks have passed since the day it was mailed.
0-
250g (roughly 1/2 pound) - $5.00
251-
500g -(1/2 pound to 1 pound) $7.00
501-
1kg- (1-2 pounds) $10.50
1kg
over- (2 pounds and up) $13 and up, depending on state. All parcel (ie:
over 1 kg)
Examples
My
Little Pony (1 pony means one regular sized pony, or TWO baby ponies)
1
pony- $5.00
2-3
ponies $7.00
4-8
ponies $10.50
9-20
ponies $13 and up, depending on state.
Within Canada
Anything thicker than 20mm is considered a parcel. There are no "Small packet" rates, unfortunately, so smaller items, ironically cost more to send within Canada than to send outside of Canada. Regular mail in Canada, generally takes 5-7 days from when I send to reach you, longer for more isolated areas. Insurance is available for any package for $1 (Cdn) extra. A Care Bear sized package, for instance, usually costs around $9 US or thereabouts.Lettermail ($1.50) If your order is thinner than 20mm after packaging (ie doll clothes)
International
Anywhere besides Canada and the US is considered International Mail. I strongly suggest air mail as surface mail can take months to arrive (Usually it takes a month, but they always warn me at the post office that it could be much longer). Airmail generally takes about 1-2 weeks, it doesn't seem to matter where in the world. Canadapost rules have changed, and each country will need to be calculated separately, there is no blanket international rate any longer.up
to 250g - $7.75-8
251-
500g - $14.75-$15.75
501-
1kg - $29-$31
1kg
-2kg $45.50-$48
All
prices are stated in US funds. If you would like to pay in Canadian
funds, that's fine by me, here's a converter to use to get an idea of price
(at this point (Oct. 2007) it's pretty much par) This is the converter
I will use to get you your Canadian totals. You can also see what
the US dollar is worth next to your own currency, if you live outside the
US!
I got
my converter from: The Universal Currency
Converter Services
These
are not my calculations, they are provided as a free service from Xenon
Laboratories.