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Originally Posted by HarryT
I believe, though, that the US Mail is like the Royal Mail in Britain: it will deliver to any part of the country for the same price, so it's no more expensive to post a package from New York to Hawaii than it is to post it from New York to New Jersey.
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sure, but we're not talking about a postcard here. we're talking about bulky goods, like toasters or guitars or whatnot. on a per-item basis, lettermail is cheap. on a per-volume basis, it's probably way more expensive than a toaster or guitar to ship from NY to AU.
and a package sent through normal mail does cost more to send longer distances or to more remote islands (than the same package sent just a few cities away).