Hey guys.. I sent a message to the contact email at the mises store but got no reply, so maybe this will work better... apologies if this is not the place to ask...
I'd like to buy stuff from the mises store but it's extremely expensive to do so when I'm given no shipping options. (I live in Australia)
For example, if I want to buy human action, the book costs $25, thats fine, but the shipping is $45! That brings the total to $70!! kind of pricey, especially when I have a whole library of books I want to buy. This problem is exclusive to the mises store, I buy books from the USA on Amazon/eBay etc all the time (because in Australia our book prices are taxed to hell to 'support the small writing industry from foreign competition') anyway, buying from those sites it still works out nice and cheap, because I can choose the slow mail option (or whatever it's called). Can you guys pleeeeeeeease add some more shipping options to the store? I want to help support the site/institute by buying books direct, but I can't afford to pay hundreds of dollars in shipping fees!
daveyc86:I'd like to buy stuff from the mises store but it's extremely expensive to do so when I'm given no shipping options. (I live in Australia)
G'day g'day.!
daveyc86:Can you guys pleeeeeeeease add some more shipping options to the store? I want to help support the site/institute by buying books direct, but I can't afford to pay hundreds of dollars in shipping fees!
I was in the same boat, having the same problem.. I'll post the exchange, it may be of use to you. (Will cut to the chase on both sides)
Me:
I just bought 15 books from the Mises store. Shipping was about $25, to the USA, via UPS. Through USPS, it was about $56, but I was wondering why they couldn't put it into one or two USPS Flat rate boxes. At most, that would cost between $12 and $25. However, I'm guessing that there is a handling fee.
But yeah, shipping international keeps getting more expensive every few months. Especially, through USPS, and they're (USPS) still loosing hundreds of millions of dollars a year.
To paraphrase Marc Faber: We're all doomed, but that doesn't mean that we can't make money in the process. Rabbi Lapin: "Let's make bricks!" Stephan Kinsella: "Say you and I both want to make a German chocolate cake."
Wow, I knew USPS was terrible, but how do they lose 90% of their packages to Australia?
JosephBright: Wow, I knew USPS was terrible, but how do they lose 90% of their packages to Australia?
Market failure.
It could also be related to the quality, or lack of quality, of the local federal mail service.
This particular book is odd because it is just over some weight limit for super cheap shipping.
the good thing is that we have knocked down the price (again!) to $20. charity!
Publisher, Laissez-Faire Books
jtucker: This particular book is odd because it is just over some weight limit for super cheap shipping. the good thing is that we have knocked down the price (again!) to $20. charity!
$20 for Human Action? You guys are crazy. Crazy awesome.
Thanks for the info! Would I be able to get a quoted price from someone if I email them what I want to order?
how sad is it that it's almost always cheaper to buy a book online and have it shipped half way across the world and delievered to my door than it is to just walk to the local store and buy one....
ps. I went to buy that rothbard enemy of the state flask... ($15 is a great price!) and it cost $105 to ship so... out of the question
Some guys at the USPS like reading Austrian Economics and Libertarianism?
Conza88: JosephBright: Wow, I knew USPS was terrible, but how do they lose 90% of their packages to Australia? Some guys at the USPS like reading Austrian Economics and Libertarianism?
No. It's obviously the Aussie postal men who are stealing the books Socialism, Human Action, etc. Btw, that couldn't more ironic.