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Permalink Reply by Mary DeRome on September 10, 2013 at 9:44am

Anne you are correct I sent off my first parcel yesterday. I think I benefit more then the children. I also collect bras for the uplift organisation. I have wondered if the down-under group has ever consider the logistics of pool our squares the sending off a large quantity

Permalink Reply by Debbie on September 25, 2013 at 12:47am

Anyone here from the US?

I am ready to send 100 squares and usually use the padded large envelopes but the price is up to $40 per bag from the $20 it use to be. I am wondering if there is a cheaper packaging or size.

Has anyone tried sending them via Fed Ex or some trucking type company?

Permalink Reply by Anne Powell on September 25, 2013 at 1:28am

Hi Debbie

Have you checked the International Postage discussion at http://forum.knit-a-square.com/forum/topics/international-postage-r...

 

Here is part of the US  information supplied by Courtney

Best Bang for Your Buck

The more the package weighs for Priority, the lower the cost becomes per pound. However, if the package weighs less than 10 lbs., you will pay more per pound to send one package Priority than if you send smaller packages First Class International.

The Bottom Line:

US residents, if you have less than 10 lbs. including the weight of the packaging/container to be shipped, send smaller packages not exceeding 4 lbs. each that meet the size requirements for First Class Mail International. If you mailing weighs 10 lbs. or more (including packaging/container), send one package Priority Mail International

You did not say how much your package weighs.  Perhaps it would be cheaper if you sent 2 packages, not exceeding 4 lb. each??

Any time I have checked Fed Ex it is way more expensive.  The problem with a trucking company would be to get the parcels to Ronda's local post office, which is the only feasible plcce for them to pick up parcels from a logistics point of view.

Permalink Reply by Maureen (Maudie) Anne Bryan on October 16, 2013 at 12:10pm

I put in the 10 squares and then overlap 5 squares.

Here is a photo of 15 squares inside a Glad brand snap lock bag 26cm x 38cm. I am using the 670mmx405mm Expandable Tough Bag of Australia Post with the gusset. I have put in 3Kg of goodies so far and can fit in another 15 squares with the air pressed out. If your hands are not strong enough to get the air out try sitting on the bag and quickly zipping it closed, works for me. I have also just added updated Sea Mail from Australia Post on the international postage link that Anne supplied on her 25th Sept 2013 post.

Permalink Reply by Cherry Ames on October 16, 2013 at 12:30pm

You sit on it too? Sometime there is actually two flattened parts in the shape of my knees! Lol

Permalink Reply by Anne Powell on October 16, 2013 at 12:35pm

Thanks for the postage update Maudie.  I have put the new information into the discussion intro.

Permalink Reply by marion m on June 24, 2014 at 12:27am

All this has been very helpful,

I also have been taken aback by the cost of postage, having bought the large packet from the Post Office, then filled it etc, but this is My Contribution to the good work, the yarn I use has either been given to me or I have bought it in charity shops. I just hope that everything arrives safely. Is there ever any commercial company that has business connections between the UK and South Africa who would sponsor the charity by taking packages ?

Permalink Reply by ann clements on June 24, 2014 at 1:20am

hi marion it may be cheaper if you use brown paper this can be bought very cheaply at the pound shops or similer, I often use brown paper for my parcels, and if you order stuff from catalogues or order things online you can reuse the plastic bags they come in I do that a lot as well

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