Comments on: Mailing from NYC to Seoul

Question: Mailing from NYC to Seoul

allterrainbrain — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:39:46 -0800

Mailing, from NYC to Seoul, a padded envelope (papers and a slim CD case) with no commercial value. What's my cheapest option if I want it there within a few weeks? (Mailing on Monday 31 Dec and want it to arrive by Monday 21 Jan.)

By: beagle

beagle — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:48:06 -0800

Postal rate calculator.

By: suki

suki — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:49:28 -0800

First Class International is probably your best bet. It looks to cost about $9 to ship something under a pound to Seoul. Although they don't have an ETA, I ship internationally quite a bit and find that First Class International doesn't take any longer than International Priority - so it would probably take about a week.

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:50:49 -0800

DHL get a quote. Fedex ratefinder. UPS rate calculator.

By: smackfu

smackfu — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:16:28 -0800

The USPS got rid of many of their esoteric options in the recent rate change. Like they used to have "Economy Parcel Post" which was a slow cheap surface option, but it was too slow and had unreliable delivery, so they got rid of it.

By: allterrainbrain

allterrainbrain — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:19:34 -0800

Thanks! Does anybody have experience with mailing to South Korea in terms of whether the mailing companies' estimates are reliable? I'm asking because intl delivery times aren't always as claimed in my experience (not just w/ USPS) and I haven't mailed anything to S. Korea before.

By: deeaytch

deeaytch — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:32:00 -0800

NYC and Seoul are not very hard to get things from/to. I've sent a couple letters that way and they don't take much more than a week (international first class).

By: needled

needled — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:44:59 -0800

I've found the mailing companies' estimates quite reliable. Actually in my experience U.S. -> Seoul is pretty fast, within a week for international first class, but Seoul -> U.S. is a crapshoot, taking at least a week, closer to 2 weeks (3 weeks not unheard of) for air mail.