ship to AVICC

[tehnika]

I want to share with everyone my experience with AVICC
Turns out it's not as profitable as they want you to think.

I bought 2 processors for 3$ each from Australia, and with shipping to AVICC it cost an extra 1,2$ shipping.
The AVICC to send me an envelope with these processors + 1 extra processor for $9, he asked me another $9 for the letter, and after it arrived , because they had put a price of $10 + postage $3.67 - I paid another $5 customs ( offer 9 $ , shipping cost is 3.67$ )
so the total bill is for 3 processors
2 x $3 = 1 x $9 = $15
and the shipment from Australia to USA and then to Bulgaria with customs came to $15.2

I don't see the point of all this shipping around the world .
For some it may be profitable , but I am not of that opinion .

Take it into consideration and arrange before you pay to have no price on the shipment - a sample is quite enough. And check how much it costs to post a letter type item to you.

If someone want to see letter with price - justo type me a PM

[cvandijk]

You saved money by sending the package from Austria to AVICC because it is not possible to sent it that cheap directly from Australia to Bulgaria.

And since a few months you need to pay VAT for every package outside the EU, so AVIIC is a saver.

If I read it correctly the total value for the cpu's is $3+$3+$9= $15. Add shipping $9, so total value for the package is $24, but the customs only calculated for $10+$3.67= $13.67? That means you are even in luck, you didn't pay the VAT for the real value, right?

[tehnika]

I shared an experience and you immediately attacked me.

[cuttingedgecs]

The cheapest postage from Australia to Bulgaria is about $20, and then you'd need to pay tax on top of that once it arrived.. it would have been way more expensive than the shipping you paid. AVICC isn't some kind of scam to make profits from shipping. Shipping and import duties are just expensive no matter how you do it. If you want to save money on shipping, wait until you have more than 3 CPUs to ship. It works out cheaper per pound the more pounds you ship.

[tehnika]

[cvandijk]

[cuttingedgecs]

Then please explane me that ?
https://auspost.com.au/parcels-mail/calculate-postage-delivery-times/#/option/international/AU/BG
" Letter (250g)
Up to 130 x 240 x 5mm
Up to 250g
$3.50 "[/quote]

And if I was sending you a 5mm thick letter then that would work out just fine, but

1) the CPUs are more than 5mm thick, and need to be packaged to prevent damage. Trying to send them as a 5mm letter would fail at the first step.
2) I know it varies from country to country, but AusPost are very strict on things sent as letters being actual letters. If you try to send anything other than paper as a letter they send it back with a fine.

The only way to send these to you would be as a parcel, which as the site you've referenced says costs $26.40 Australian - about $20US like I said. Frankly, you should trust that I inderstand my own country's postal system better than you do. If I could ship more cheaply I would make a lot more sales; so I have no reason to provide poor shipping options.

[tehnika]

once you say, I just read the terms of the site.
But there were no problems from USA , and they are definitely stricter about it.

[Wasmachineman_NL]

You forgot the other advantage of AVICC: some sellers don't want to ship outside the USA. *cough* a NOS rinse aid reservoir for one of my Asko dishwashers I found in the USA of all places *cough*

And then there's me with my Precisions and my massive hard-on for NOS Precision parts. Combining part orders from the USA saves me a lot on shipping in the end.

[max1024]

There are more then 100+ and no one - of avicc, Thx all who support and develop it

[wren4777]

[Mr.Scott]

John offers a great service here.
Bottom line is.........
If you're unhappy with it, don't use it.
Case closed.

[debs3759]

For very small packages like that from outside the US, John has never claimed it to be cheaper overall. For larger packages, and combining packages, especially when they originate within the US, it is usually cheaper. It's up to the buyer to check. Most of us use AVICC for reshipping, and you are the first I have seen complaining about it. John offers a few services through AVICC, mostly to make out lives easier. I don't mind paying a little extra overall if it makes life easier by combining things. John does have to eat and pay his mortgage, after all He does so much for the community, it's impossible to be perfect for everyone.

Often, US sellers will only ship within the US (or charge a fortune to ship internationally), or a seller from here might prefer to send everything in a single package, which John then distributes. That's where we see the real benefits.

[Marcin]

Like mentioned before, problem is with global rise of shipping costs (inflation) + new customs rules in UE which are greedy to grab as much as they can from parcells makes an effect all is more expensive around us. AVICC domain is to help/support to reduce costs of shippings. More things you gather more you save.

[max1024]

Paper Letters for CPU? No! Legs may be bent and smd's are lost! Some times i've got such cpus from China (ali-express), so enough for me. I prefer solid wooden boxes, such packing from John never been damaged, on 7th box I've made a dog-house from wooden postal boards, so it is even useful in life ))