[tucker251]

Well since this thread popped back to the top, I got a PWE from the states today. Postage on it $1.36. Exact same as the one charged $9.50, one card top loaded. The comment by hckydv7 about clerks and their interpretation seems to be the most plausible.

Was that mine?

[rmpaq5]

Was that mine?

Yup.

[krn001]

Looking at the usps international fees, the $2.91 is shipped as Retail 1st Class Envelope while the $9.50 is shipped as a Retail 1st Class Package

http://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/Notice123.htm#2933355

[pbean]

that is correct ..... even though it's a PWE it is still considered a "package"

Looking at the usps international fees, the $2.91 is shipped as Retail 1st Class Envelope while the $9.50 is shipped as a Retail 1st Class Package

http://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/Notice123.htm#2933355

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Georgetown 'eh ..... I'm from Bradford

So last week I received a trade, a PWE trade, and this was the postage on it...


Today I received another trade, in a bubble mailer, and this was the postage on it...


Seriously WTF? It is bad enough trying to trade when 95% of your trades are international, but if this keeps up how many of my American friends are going to continue to trade to Canada? How does a PWE with one card in it cost almost 10 bucks, but a bubble mailer, with all the cards individually top loaded etc cost less than three?

[djohn]

Looking at the usps international fees, the $2.91 is shipped as Retail 1st Class Envelope while the $9.50 is shipped as a Retail 1st Class Package

http://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/Notice123.htm#2933355

That is the difference, but the reason is because the some tellers are more strict than others. If I can't do the postage online I don't bother any more, because one of the tellers at my local post office is super strict about these things.

[hckydv7]

One more thing I see-- the one in the PWE has a customs form on it. Does the other? If a customs form is put on it and you handed it to a clerk they have to send it as a package.