Vic Wertz wrote:
The best overseas rate is Bound Printed Matter (one of a couple of rates that fall into the category "USPS Package Service"), but it has some restrictions; the package must be under 4 pounds, and it must contain at least 50% bound printed matter (e.g. books and magazines). If you go over the 4 pound limit, or add something heavy that isn't a book, the package is no longer eligible for the BPM rate, and it switches to the next best rate, which is usually Priority Mail (which is way more expensive).
Once you remove the item in question, you'll need to reselect the cheaper rate from the pop-up (by default, it stays with the last rate selected for the order, which in that situation would be the more expensive priority rate).
In the not-too-distant future, we'll be adding some tools at checkout that will help enlighten this sort of thing.
Thanks for the reply. Good to know these facts.
This is what I will do: I will just order a couple of Pathfinder Player's Guides. They are inexpensive, more convenient for my players than the PDFs, and will together with the other books of my order hopefully outweigh the non-book stuff.
I think it's better to give my money to Paizo than to the Postal Service.
