Dave Plowman (News) wrote
Andy Burns wrote

But the real killer for a lot of American companies is shipping,
it's not uncommon to see $50 or $75 international shipping
even on cheap items, not always of course.

Indeed - and I've oft wondered why.

Its because they dont use their postal service for anything.

Those are the minimum international courier parcel services.

These days I get things sent to a friend in the US and she posts
them on at normal prices. Not had any problems - so far.

That works pretty well, and often the delivery to a US address is free too.

But there is a significant jump in the international postal charge at 1 lb from
memory which means its not economic to buy one of those glass bathroom
scales that way, they are a bit over that 1 lb and so the postage is unviable.

That would apply to the heavier tools too.