another reason I don't like international shipping

Another reason I dislike international orders. I told a guy I'd be happy to ship to him in Malaysia, found the perfect box for the pier (the box berlebach had shipped my tripod in), spent and hour getting it sealed up right and another hour taking it to the post office to find out what the charge would be.

Only to discover that although the box is fine for U.S., Canada, and Europe, it is 4 cm too long for Malaysia and would be rejected by their customs office.

I give up.

Greg N

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Greg you'd think nothing would surprise us by now. Crap city now what?? :S Mike

It's really hard to get the shipping cost pricing under control,I have done more than one overseas transaction and they all went well but you never know what the sizing restrictions are in each country,the boxes are stuck in customs for up to 20 days and it's close to impossible to track.
Also I do not know if you have seen the rates lately but they are going up big time. Last week a Meade 644 flipmirror to Ireland UPS $143.00. ( OUCH ) .USPS $73.00 the cost of the part $50.00.
And the most important thing is that USPS will not insure more than $650.00 per box,so be aware of that.
Another example is UPS from or to Canada add another $85.00 for the dude ( Custom broker ) that pushes the box 10 feet over the storage room custom line,that one is totally ridiculous.
I hope our international friends understand that's it's not our non desire to sell to foreigners it's the logistics of getting it done.