gravitylovesdrunks Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Would some wonderful fella be so kind as to let a fellow Canadian know how hard one can expect to be ripped off at the post office? I'm talking about the whole deal - i.e. costs for a 7" to the U.S., to Europe, how much it increases for each added 7", same with LPs, etc. About to make some of these here records liquid. Too many. Too many good jams. Keep an eye out. I live in Toronto, and I'd also like to skip the shipping hassle wherever I can. So make yerselves known, Toronties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney Crosley Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Shipping from Canada is pretty terrible at the best of times, though with the weak dollar, it will cost slightly less in other currencies per se. Here is my experience more or less with Canada Post (prices Canadian) To US, 1 LP is $11, 2 LPs is $16, 3 is $22 or so, 4-5LPs is $28. Not exact pricing, but goes up by .5kg. I believe the rates for small packet (under .25 kg) have gone up. I think it will be $5-7 for 7 inches. No tracking on any of this. Add about $4-5 for tracking. To the rest of the world, shipping is bonkers. Surface mail is an option, with prices relatively similar to US, but it goes by boat and can take up to 10 weeks. Shipping by airmail is hilarious expensive. Surface to the world is like $10 for one, $17 for two, $25 for 3. Airmail is $20 for one, $35 for 2, $45 for 3-4. And that's without tracking...tracking starts at roughly $50 per LP. Even shipping 7 inches starts around $6-7 surface, and goes way up quickly. But amidst all of my Discogs selling, I found a solution, though it's not always perfect. There's a place called Chit Chat's Express (www.chitchatsexpress.com) that does discount shipping through a number of methods. For one, they put your orders on a truck, drive it to the States, and put it into the USPS. They charge a fee per item, but when it's $4 for media mail for 2LPs, the $1 they charge for the service is still saving a ton. They also have really good international rates, as well as some Canadian rates that beat Canada Post for 1-2LPs further than the GTA/Montreal region. The only caveat? They aren't in the city proper. There are locations in Markham, Pickering and Mississauga I think. I work near the Markham location so I drop stuff off once per week. It has meant that I can ship an LP to the UK for $8CDN, or $6 to the US. I can also ship one to Nunavut for $8-9 instead of $14 by Canada Post. I'm in Toronto. Lemme know whatchu got. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylovesdrunks Posted November 9, 2015 Author Share Posted November 9, 2015 hey man, thanks a ton for that. are you sure it's that cheap to send 7"s? I recall it being like $7.45 for the first one years ago. And do you know the price increments for 7"s? For an idea of what I've got, deadformat.net/tradelist/gravitylovesdrunks is a good place to start, but I haven't updated that in forever. Currently shifting over to discogs, but this is a massive undertaking. Just getting started now. A ton to follow. Keep checking back: http://www.discogs.com/user/thinkingnothing/collection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney Crosley Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if it's way more. It's entirely based on weight. Go to www.canadapost.ca and check out the weight for under 100 g and then over 125 g and see what it does. Also, the prices keep going up. Also, I will definitely pick up a couple of your albums...have to take a good look first... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylovesdrunks Posted November 9, 2015 Author Share Posted November 9, 2015 right on. if anyone else has some post knowledge, drop it. also, right now i'm working through my collection. not all of it will be for sale. but a good chunk will be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkinglot Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 If you sell within Canada, it costs about the same to ship 1 LP as it does to ship 5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkinglot Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 and shit, nice collection! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylovesdrunks Posted November 9, 2015 Author Share Posted November 9, 2015 thanks on both accounts. I'm not even halfway through the LPs yet. And I've got more 7"s than LPs. stay tuned. I can't do this all in one-go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylovesdrunks Posted November 10, 2015 Author Share Posted November 10, 2015 is there a large toronto contingent on this board? haven't done much posting here in ages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mars Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 K/W here There's a place called Chit Chat's Express (www.chitchatsexpress.com)... Wow, I have never heard of that company - thanks for that tip. . . unfortunately, K/W is just a bit too far away from Mississagua to make this viable for me, especially taking their hours into account (10-5, M-F) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ac_accidental Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 I'm from Toronto. Keep me posted when you're getting rid of the LP's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barberbro Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 I'm from Toronto too. Keep me posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voltagedrop Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Another Torontonian checking in. I know there's a considerable amount of locals on this board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embracetomorrow Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Torontonian here. Whatchu sellin OP? send me pm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridley Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Toronto here as well! Keep us posted on what you'd like to sell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylovesdrunks Posted November 13, 2015 Author Share Posted November 13, 2015 Awesome, dudes. I've had a couple PMs - glad there's interest. I'm going to get through cataloging the whole (or most of) the collection before I start talking about selling. Slowly chipping through it - close to 75% of the LPs are done. 7"s are another story. A metric shitload of those. The deadformat link in the sig is outta date. the one above (http://www.discogs.c...hing/collection) will be the proper place to check it out / work in prog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicole Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Toronto wut wut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmamalyga Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Toronto here as well. Looking forward to seeing what's listed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylovesdrunks Posted November 18, 2015 Author Share Posted November 18, 2015 okay, the LPs are just about completed. all you 7" lovers: hold off. they're on their way in pieces. BROWSE. it obviously can't all be had. some of the stuff will take offers of the sock-knocker variety to be had - there's some stuff to which I'm attached. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylovesdrunks Posted November 30, 2015 Author Share Posted November 30, 2015 First Toronto sale was a damn fine one. Peruse the discogs list - swing something! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridley Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 First Toronto sale was a damn fine one. Peruse the discogs list - swing something! Hope you blasted those glutes good at the Y. Thanks for the stuff, will be in touch again once I stop trying to restrain myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylovesdrunks Posted November 30, 2015 Author Share Posted November 30, 2015 Holy shit, I think that's everything. Too many 45s. Get at 'em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylovesdrunks Posted December 24, 2015 Author Share Posted December 24, 2015 bump. 7"s! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylovesdrunks Posted December 24, 2015 Author Share Posted December 24, 2015 any Toronto folk into the Stadium Arcadium box set? that shit would be ridiculous to ship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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