On 16/04/2012, Thomas Stern wrote: > The high costs of shipping a SINGLE item (e.g. a record, or video) > from Europe or Asia to the USA is making it difficult to acquire > material from outside the US unless multiple items can be purchased at > the same time. > Even more so the other way. I have had to stop buying any second-hand books from US dealers, because the mailing costs are typically more than the price of the book itself. > Has anyone found a way to overcome this problem? > > For instance, are there any "freight consolidators" who would be able > to collect items from different sellers, then ship the accumulated > material to the USA when a specified threshold has been reached? > > Any ideas welcome. Thanks. > Best wishes, Thomas. Regards -- Don Cox [log in to unmask]