amazon ups shipping

[henglin]

Hi!

So why does it only cost me 7 pounds to ship books weighing 3kg in total from england to Budapest, hungary....?

and on the ups site, a 2 lbs package from hungary to england would cost me 100+ pounds...

why? because i want to sell some stuff on ebay, but the postage fee is more than my net worth.

thanks in advance for your help
take care,

 

[jeffpatterson]

If your buying from Amazon.com it could very well have to due with a Shipping Discount Amazon has. It may actually cost Amazon more to ship it than they are charging you.

 

[klein]

I don't think anyone on here is from Hungary, and can answer your question.
But, you have other options, your post office, or get a quote here

 

[brett636]

Amazon probably gets bulk shipping discounts. We have two Amazon warehouses in my area and they ship thousands of pieces with us a day. It costs UPS less per package to ship allowing them to give Amazon such a huge discount.

 

[klein]

If he buys from Amazon, and UPS is too expensive, then try buying it from Amazon.de (german amazon warehouse), they have a contract with DHL, could be cheaper, and also payable in Euros, not pounds (no exchange rate fee needed ).

 

[brett636]

If he buys from Amazon, and UPS is too expensive, then try buying it from Amazon.de (german amazon warehouse), they have a contract with DHL, could be cheaper, and also payable in Euros, not pounds (no exchange rate fee needed ).

*sigh* why do I always find myself trying to explain the obvious to you? It isn't the amazon website that is too expensive, the OP wants to ship a package for the same price that Amazon pays to ship which would only be possible if they were shipping packages by the thousands like Amazon does.