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Originally Posted by cmo  By the way, I just looked into their shop, calculated shipping for 200 films to Germany. Unless I'm very much mistaken the shipping alone costs 87 bucks, plus 19% german VAT, plus 5% customs fee. Ouch! |
The high postage is USPS, not Freestyle. US postal rates went up a while back.
Every time I have ordered from Freestyle the postage docket total on the box has been exactly the same as what they charged me for postage, so they are not profiteering there. You'll also find their postage rates are very similar to B&H.
Still I feel your pain re the amounts involved. I'm in Sydney & whatever I order from them the post is generally in the $60 to $80 range. Fortunately we don't pay any Australian tax until the amount is over $1,000.