Dr Ralph
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I don't do this very often, but today I had to send 1 bottle of wine (a bottle of Wendouree for those that frequent this thread: Wendouree allocations and general discussion) from NSW to Tasmania. I was shocked that Australia post charged $20 for this and told me it could take up to a week even though I paid for express postage (the standard parcel post charge was $16, so an extra $4 wasn't much in the scheme of things). This price did not include the styrofoam shipping container (similar to this 1 Bottle Styrofoam Wine Shipping Cooler - COOL-01: Barware: Amazon.com.au. Although admitedly reused from an order I had previously received), or insurance. The item weighed 1.5kgs
Two questions based on this experience:
1) How do wine/alcohol suppliers ship so cheaply (I often pay $0 because I reach a minimum spend or less than $10 for items that weight 10 kgs or more. I recently paid $10 for 50kgs of alcohol that was delivered via Australia Post)?
2) Does anyone know of any cheaper method(s) for sending non commercial quantities of wine?
Two questions based on this experience:
1) How do wine/alcohol suppliers ship so cheaply (I often pay $0 because I reach a minimum spend or less than $10 for items that weight 10 kgs or more. I recently paid $10 for 50kgs of alcohol that was delivered via Australia Post)?
2) Does anyone know of any cheaper method(s) for sending non commercial quantities of wine?
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