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marcdijon · Post by **marcdijon** » Mar Fri 07, 2008 7:59 am

here are wdw fees for int'l shipment :

Merchandise Value Shipping Charge
$0.01 to $20.00 $10.00
$20.01 to $30.00 $25.00
$30.01 to $40.00 $40.00
$40.01 to $60.00 $50.00
$60.01 to $100.00 $75.00
$100.01 to $250.00 $100.00
$250.01 to $500.00 $125.00
$500.01 to $1000.00 $150.00
Add $10.00 For Each Additional $100.00 over $1000

Post by **acp** » Mar Fri 07, 2008 10:57 am

For international shipping, you may also wish to take into account any customs/import fees that may get added when the package enters your country, which you'd need to pay before the package gets delivered.

jcodirewolf · Post by **jcodirewolf** » Mar Fri 07, 2008 11:08 am

Wow that is one messed up shipping chart....

$10 for $20 is 50%
$25 for $30 is 83%
$40 for $40 is 100%
$50 for $60 is 83%
$75 for $100 is 75%
$100 for $250 is 40%
$125 for $500 is 25%
$150 for $1000 is 15%

marcdijon · Post by **marcdijon** » Mar Fri 07, 2008 11:14 am

customs are only duable if you buy from a company

there is no customs if someone send me a personal gift.....i'll wait for someone to send me a gift then

Lion Sleeps Tonight · Post by **Lion Sleeps Tonight** » Mar Fri 07, 2008 4:43 pm

Just curious, but can you give me a description of the watch you wanted? The next time I'm at World of Disney, I can check if it's still there.

yodiwan1 · Post by **yodiwan1** » Mar Fri 07, 2008 6:02 pm

that system is rediculous!!!! Hoiw can they get away with that? SHipping is done by weight I thought, not by the price of the item bought.

jcodirewolf · Post by **jcodirewolf** » Mar Sat 08, 2008 9:44 am

Well shipping prices depend. Try shipping a Styrofoam container sometime. If your items density is lower than some value (ie you are shipping more air than anything else.) They have an up-charge. Racing bikes suffer from this all the time. A modern racing bike is ~15#s (5kgs, as I recall is the minimum weight for a pro bike) but the volume of the box is pretty big, but it's all padding/air.

Also if you buy the insurance when you ship that changes based on value.

The way "They"/Disney gets away with it is that they have stuff exclusive to the parks. And not everyone that wants it, can just go down to the park and pick it up. And this why LaughingPlace gets away with the prices they charge.

johno

meticulus9 · Post by **meticulus9** » Mar Sat 08, 2008 5:13 pm

i would argue you can find discounts for laughingplace (newletter 10%, christmas time 35%). that discount is equal to the markup, if not more....i dont work or own laughingplace, but its a useful service.....

DisBeamer · Post by **DisBeamer** » Mar Sat 08, 2008 11:04 pm

jcodirewolf wrote:Also if you buy the insurance when you ship that changes based on value.

I was wondering about that. I haven't used the mail order service before, but do they put 'mandatory' insurance on items as the price goes up? That'd kind of (almost, sort of) explain why the shipping goes up so much.

jcodirewolf · Post by **jcodirewolf** » Mar Sun 09, 2008 1:59 pm

They insure things somehow. If it's though the shippers insurance or they carry their own, or (as some places I've worked have done) self insure; I'm not sure.

Infact I wouldn't doubt it's a combination. $10 T-shirt, if it doesn't get to the person, just put another one in the mail, a $3,000 cut crystal mickey I'm sure they want to know where it went.

johno

marcdijon · Post by **marcdijon** » Mar Mon 10, 2008 7:36 am

the customer should have the choice to subscribe to an insurance or not
it's usually how it's done on other sites

jcodirewolf · Post by **jcodirewolf** » Mar Mon 10, 2008 8:19 am

marcdijon wrote:the customer should have the choice to subscribe to an insurance or not
it's usually how it's done on other sites

I don't know what "other" sites you are talking about. I know most larger places it's fixed. Sears.com, Lowes.com, disneyshopping.com, (even) bikenashbar.com they all have fixed shipping schedules. There are a few items where the shipping is different, like bike wheels (very light for there size) or furniture (heavy for it's size.) But insurance isn't an option.

I would say insurance being an option is more a sign that it's a small company. They don't do enough volume to incorporate the insurance into the shipping charge.

johno

marcdijon · Post by **marcdijon** » Mar Mon 10, 2008 8:38 am

i know several big french websites in which insurance is an option, thus it's your choice to take a low risk and pay less

jcodirewolf · Post by **jcodirewolf** » Mar Mon 10, 2008 8:56 am

Okay I can't dispute that for two reasons, no examples (I provided 3 examples), and I don't order much from French websites (and by not much I mean I can't think of a single thing.) Also I don't know anything about the laws in .fr could be as simple as they can't legally include it in the price.

johno

marcdijon · Post by **marcdijon** » Mar Mon 10, 2008 8:58 am

whatever......i don't mind paying an insurance, but i think a $100 insurance for something $125....is a bit too much....