Did I say I'm sleepy?
The internet is boring.
I'm sleepy.
When I get home, I must email SMJ about a problem. Damn work for filtering gmail. And I can't be bothered to write out an email on my mobile.
I'm very sleepy.
Ah, btw. The other day I was thinking:
Sending a 2kg parcel from UK to USA by air costs £20. That's £10 per kg.
Assuming that your average air passenger weighs between 50-100kg and pays £500-1000 for a return flight to US depending on time of the year etc... that's also £10 per kg. And that is NOT counting to 30kg hold luggage and 7-8kg cabin luggage the air passenger can bring. And don't forget that's the RETURN price. Yes I know the postman actually needs to deliver stuff to the door. But. Sometimes one can even get return tickets to New York with British Airways for under £300.
THOSE GODDAMN PARCELS BETTER BE GETTING IN-FLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT AND HOT MEALS.
And that is why, I believe, YesAsia offers free shipping to UK. I am almost totally sure that they get real people to bring goods on with them to the plane, take them to an address in Croydon, and then ship stuff out locally. All their free-shipped stuff comes from Croydon. Assuming shipping prices from HK/Japan to UK isn't that much different from UK to US, YesAsia can offer a huge incentive of free postage and no import tax, at a cost that's lower than it would be if they free-posted from HK/Japan.
I'm sleepy.
When I get home, I must email SMJ about a problem. Damn work for filtering gmail. And I can't be bothered to write out an email on my mobile.
I'm very sleepy.
Ah, btw. The other day I was thinking:
Sending a 2kg parcel from UK to USA by air costs £20. That's £10 per kg.
Assuming that your average air passenger weighs between 50-100kg and pays £500-1000 for a return flight to US depending on time of the year etc... that's also £10 per kg. And that is NOT counting to 30kg hold luggage and 7-8kg cabin luggage the air passenger can bring. And don't forget that's the RETURN price. Yes I know the postman actually needs to deliver stuff to the door. But. Sometimes one can even get return tickets to New York with British Airways for under £300.
THOSE GODDAMN PARCELS BETTER BE GETTING IN-FLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT AND HOT MEALS.
And that is why, I believe, YesAsia offers free shipping to UK. I am almost totally sure that they get real people to bring goods on with them to the plane, take them to an address in Croydon, and then ship stuff out locally. All their free-shipped stuff comes from Croydon. Assuming shipping prices from HK/Japan to UK isn't that much different from UK to US, YesAsia can offer a huge incentive of free postage and no import tax, at a cost that's lower than it would be if they free-posted from HK/Japan.