[Condiment King]

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Originally Posted by T0ySick

Hmm I don't think its as bad as people are making it out to be. The real shipping cost is not what they are charging people. I used to work for a drop ship vendor for furniture and trinkets and the real cost of sending something that big to a single person is far more than the company is charging. When they start doing flat rates across the board the real international fees are way more than people are willing to swallow. I agree it may not look fair. And some may not be. But I think for the most part if you know anything about carrier costs for large boxes you would understand the cost. Ignorance is frustrating. I bought an item from Italy once and the shipping was ridiculous. Cost more than the product.

Ignorance is frustrating you’re right. I currently work in shipping, I’m about to head to work and ship stuff all day, I sent to America all the time, it can be expensive, companies can usually negotiate rates with couriers, and a big company like Mattel has a lot of negotiating power, I work for a fairly small company and with our rates this would be £150 tops, so should be what, around £600, saying it would be £200 shipping is being generous to them, and even then we are only at £650. The fact that they are charging £9 shipping here suggests they plan on bulk importing all units needed for the U.K. (massive savings over sending 1 unit to each individual international address), and then charge us £9 to get it from wherever it landed in the U.K. to our homes, the company I work for can currently send any size package within the U.K. for £6.50.

At the risk of sounding patronising, I really do know what I’m talking about here, trust me, Mattel are taking the piss when it comes to international orders with this item.