[Mike Cecil]

Now I always knew Aust Post charged like a wounded buffalo when it came to overseas postage to the USA - but now I've had a taste of an Australian bookseller's postal charges that leave Aust Post in the shade.

I ordered what turned out to be a booklet from Alexander Fax Booksellers, and was charged $51.54 AUD, which I thought was a bit high, not realising what size & weight the book actually was. When it arrived, the face value of the postage was $18 AUD. That's $33.54 AUD to stick it into an Aust Post card envelope and drop it at the Post Office along with all the other book orders going out that day.

I've tried to raise the issue with the seller on why so much of a difference between the postal face value and what they charged, but no reply.

So overseas customers beware!!

Mike