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Originally Posted by tesla69
its a business strategy. Your p&h doesn't just pay the cost of actual postage, and not just the envelope and packaging that might be used, but the labor and the cost of the technology to expedite that transaction and warehouse space to store the product.
On ebay I once asked this guy why I had to pay $5.00 postage for an antique postcard (insurance was more) and he replied, in a huffy tone which is admirable in email, that he had employees to pay and that was how much it cost for him to mail a postcard.
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duh. no shit.
anyway, that doesn't hold for southern lord. charging 4 times the shipping price is not an acceptable business strategy by any means, especially when it's only for foreign orders.
often the problem is that sites use some automatic USPS postage rate calculator, which is usually way off for international orders. even though SL knew this, they didn't change it. on top of that they used the cheapest/slowest option for mailing stuff out which meant you had to wait weeks/months for your order while paying way too much on "shipping and handling". it's no wonder that there was so much bitching on their forum that they decided to close it down completely in the end.