BS: How to Ship Albums?

Subject: RE: BS: How to Ship Albums?
From: dick greenhaus
Date: 09 Jul 07 - 11:57 AM

Are you talking about LPs? 78s? CDs?

Subject: RE: BS: How to Ship Albums?
From: Ebbie
Date: 08 Jul 07 - 01:16 PM

Well, shipping from the States to the UK will be by air, won't it? I know that in the US there isn't much that travels strictly by surface.

We DO have a 'book rate' that is slow - and MUCH cheaper. You might check that out.

Subject: RE: BS: How to Ship Albums?
From: GUEST,victim of change
Date: 08 Jul 07 - 12:55 PM

Thank you. But that would be shipping between the states, wouldn't it? I need to know the best (and cheapest) way to ship from the states to England, or the U.K. I guess.

There used to be surface mail and air mail but that has all changed. Now there are several options but they're all very expensive.

I just though someone here might have had experience with shipping music albums overseas. It would seem first class mail going from the states to the U.K. would treated like any other mail, though perhaps with less alacrity. And cost less too.

Thank you.

Subject: RE: BS: How to Ship Albums?
From: Ebbie
Date: 06 Jul 07 - 11:33 PM

My sister in law shipped 17 albums from Washington state to Alaska recently. She sent it first class, well padded and taped tightly. All came through without a scratch. If I remember correctly, it was something like US$6.00.

Subject: BS: How to Ship Albums?
From: GUEST,Victim of change
Date: 06 Jul 07 - 11:19 PM

It has been a while since I shipped a record album to England from the U.S. The old categories have changed. Does anyone know how I would ship now? I found this link that shows first class rates--

http://pe.usps.gov/text/pub51/pub51tbl4-7.html

but is that how I would ship? First Class? There are several new categories but they're all incredibly expensive. Can I ship an album in one of the cardboard mailers through first class now?

Any advice welcomed.