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is there a way to send things without it costing a small fortune? I just sent ds(S. Korea) a package for his bday and almost fainted when given the total. It wasn't a big package either, just a few shirts and some art supplies. I want to send him more during the upcoming year but financially I cannot buy the stuff AND afford to send it.

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Does he have an APO/FPO address? Because those packages only go to NY, CA or FL and the military takes them the rest of the way. It is MUCH cheaper than shipping internationally. Try to fit everything in large priority flat rate boxes. A couple of flat rate boxes will be cheaper than one giant box.

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Does he have an APO/FPO address? Because those packages only go to NY, CA or FL and the military takes them the rest of the way. It is MUCH cheaper than shipping internationally. Try to fit everything in large priority flat rate boxes. A couple of flat rate boxes will be cheaper than one giant box.

Yes, I shipped to an APO address. Next time I will get a flat rate box, that will help.

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I think you've found your answer, but just to reiterate....

 

When we lived in Japan the most cost effective AND timely way to ship something was a flat rate Priority box to our FPO address. Out of the 3 years we lived there I lost a total of 1 Priority box and 7 NOT-Priority boxes. I could order from Amazon (always shipped priority) and it would get to me 7 business days later. You _might_ be able to save money by shipping slow-boat via China shipping rate, but it isn't worth it over the long run.

 

Kris

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I think you've found your answer, but just to reiterate....

 

When we lived in Japan the most cost effective AND timely way to ship something was a flat rate Priority box to our FPO address. Out of the 3 years we lived there I lost a total of 1 Priority box and 7 NOT-Priority boxes. I could order from Amazon (always shipped priority) and it would get to me 7 business days later. You _might_ be able to save money by shipping slow-boat via China shipping rate, but it isn't worth it over the long run.

 

Kris

Good to know

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