Chief Technical Officer
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Olmac,
The best way to find out what the shipping costs are for something is to put it in your cart and begin the checkout process—once you provide the actual shipping address, we'll be able to give you the exact costs. You'll have your answer well before you commit to buying anything.
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Thanks for the advice Vic,
WOW...$44.00 just to ship it? That is more than it costs, so that's $83.99 before I even apply the exchange rate (I am in Canada), $93.50 at today's rate. Hard to figure out how much it will cost if added to my subscriptions when they ship, but I am guessing it might not save me enough money to make it worth while. Not even with a subscription. Not when I can buy it at a local retailer for under $50.00 and then pay another $23.65 for the PDF.
Oh well, just a thought.
International shipping is a pain - once the package gets large enough, you only get the option of priority shipping. However, you might want to add a campaign setting, adventure path and player companion to the order and see if it changes at all. It may be that bundling it with your subscriptions is viable.
When I add three AP instalments to a CRB (for example) my shipping to Australia actually goes down due to the $10 discount.
The Bestiary Boxes are horrible for shipping, due to the weight of so much cardstock inside. They're one of the few products I buy in the UK to avoid the shipping cost, even the hardback books tend to work out lighter.
Especially since the PDFs are probably less valuable for a pawn set than a book. (I'd assume, anyhow).
Especially since the PDFs are probably less valuable for a pawn set than a book. (I'd assume, anyhow).
Yeah, I tend to use my PDFs for looking things up in a hurry when I can't be bothered to run upstairs and grab the book just for a single reference. Don't get that so much with the pawns :)
(At least, I assume you meant practical value rather than $!)
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Sadly, any international package over 4 pounds can only go International Priority, and the Bestiary Box weighs more than 4.6 pounds, which means it's actually more than 5 pounds when it's packaged to ship.
Odds are good, though, that it's going to be in a Flat Rate Box at that point, though, which would mean that as long as any other stuff you order will fit in the same box, it doesn't cost any more to ship. (Eventually, though, it will go to a larger Flat Rate Box that costs more, or to a weight-based box.)
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Sadly, any international package over 4 pounds can only go International Priority, and the Bestiary Box weighs more than 4.6 pounds, which means it's actually more than 5 pounds when it's packaged to ship.
Odds are good, though, that it's going to be in a Flat Rate Box at that point, though, which would mean that as long as any other stuff you order will fit in the same box, it doesn't cost any more to ship. (Eventually, though, it will go to a larger Flat Rate Box that costs more, or to a weight-based box.)
Many of us anxiously await the day you can just email us the physical products ;)
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Sadly, any international package over 4 pounds can only go International Priority, and the Bestiary Box weighs more than 4.6 pounds, which means it's actually more than 5 pounds when it's packaged to ship.
Odds are good, though, that it's going to be in a Flat Rate Box at that point, though, which would mean that as long as any other stuff you order will fit in the same box, it doesn't cost any more to ship. (Eventually, though, it will go to a larger Flat Rate Box that costs more, or to a weight-based box.)
Good advise, but I have to add that some countries tend to tax after a certain ammount.
When it comes to Germany, I have to pay taxes once the cost of the entire order is higher than about 70-80 $. What is really unfortunate, is that you have to pay taxes on shipping cost.If have no idea, how it works in other countries, but I tend to avoid large order these days (supporting paizo would be fine, but I think the 10 $ discount on orders above 100 isn't really helping).
Good advise, but I have to add that some countries tend to tax after a certain ammount.
When it comes to Germany, I have to pay taxes once the cost of the entire order is higher than about 70-80 $. What is really unfortunate, is that you have to pay taxes on shipping cost.If have no idea, how it works in other countries, but I tend to avoid large order these days (supporting paizo would be fine, but I think the 10 $ discount on orders above 100 isn't really helping).
In the UK we're lucky in that books are tax-exempt, but if there's anything else (dice, maps) in that package we run into issues once it goes over about $25.
Now, supposedly it should only be "if the non-book items come to over $25", but USPS do a fantastic job of screwing up Paizo's perfect customs declaration form by adding an additional one of their own that frequently bears little relation to the actual contents if there's a mix of item types. Hence why once a month there's a post from me in this forum asking to separate out my subscription order into two packages :)
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Good advise, but I have to add that some countries tend to tax after a certain ammount.
When it comes to Germany, I have to pay taxes once the cost of the entire order is higher than about 70-80 $. What is really unfortunate, is that you have to pay taxes on shipping cost.If have no idea, how it works in other countries, but I tend to avoid large order these days (supporting paizo would be fine, but I think the 10 $ discount on orders above 100 isn't really helping).
In the UK we're lucky in that books are tax-exempt, but if there's anything else (dice, maps) in that package we run into issues once it goes over about $25.
Now, supposedly it should only be "if the non-book items come to over $25", but USPS do a fantastic job of screwing up Paizo's perfect customs declaration form by adding an additional one of their own that frequently bears little relation to the actual contents if there's a mix of item types. Hence why once a month there's a post from me in this forum asking to separate out my subscription order into two packages :)
Or the lovely people responsible for opening my packages get it wrong and I have to pay the full tax rate on a couple of adventures and comics (19 % instead of 7%, thus increasing the amount over the threshold under which they do not charge me).
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Many of us anxiously await the day you can just email us the physical products ;)Sadly, any international package over 4 pounds can only go International Priority, and the Bestiary Box weighs more than 4.6 pounds, which means it's actually more than 5 pounds when it's packaged to ship.
Odds are good, though, that it's going to be in a Flat Rate Box at that point, though, which would mean that as long as any other stuff you order will fit in the same box, it doesn't cost any more to ship. (Eventually, though, it will go to a larger Flat Rate Box that costs more, or to a weight-based box.)
LOL...that's awesome...Can you please got on that Vic?