International postage costs

[tonym]

How much postage would you expect to pay for a case of 6 bottles of white and a case of 6 bottles of red from the USA?

[Michael McNally]

Does the colour of the wine affect the price of the freight? If they are from the same place it might be cheaper to send a (mixed) case of 12......

Sorry, I was born this way!

Cheers

Michael

[rens]

$100 (US)

Is there a prize for the closest guess?

[Mike Hawkins]

Gotta be >$200,then add 49% of the wine cost plus 49% on the postage for WET, import duty and GST

[tonym]

The reason I asked was I got an email from one vineyard that the postage will increase about 300 % over what it was the last couple of years which will bring it up around $250 for a case of 6 not including taxes. In the past few years that I can remember I have had to pay WET of 29% on the price of the wine including postage which hasn't been to bad as these wines are extremely hard to get. I don't know who is setting the postage prices, wether the vineyard is have a lend or the carrier is

[Polymer]

If they were shipping 6 bottles to you here for 60-80 USD, that is a steal...

My guess was about 250+ which is in line with what they just told you.

To put this in perspective, I had 12 bottles shipped in the US domestically and it was 50+ USD....

Even sending small packages to Australia is so expensive now..like 50+ USD...

Can I ask you which wines you're having sent?

[Polymer]

If they were shipping 6 bottles to you here for 60-80 USD, that is a steal...

My guess was about 250+ which is in line with what they just told you.

To put this in perspective, I had 12 bottles shipped in the US domestically and it was 50+ USD....

Even sending small packages to Australia is so expensive now..like 50+ USD...

Can I ask you which wines you're having sent?

[VINH NGUYEN]

300usd for a 6 pack is not unusually at all
Shipping from the states to aust is damn crazy, that and most of the time us retailers wont even ship to aust

[mychurch]

It cost me $225 to get a case sent from Auz to Europe and I would expect a simaliar price to send from/to America.

[tonym]

It seems that I have been getting a good deal for the last few years and I should cop the increase. I suppose its still good value.