You first indirectly followed up my post on flat rate kg shipping costs
in this thread with the assertion there was kg price break after the
first kilo from China. I ended up quoting actual shipping manifest
weights and costs from Kunming to support my contention that there is
no price break after the first kilo. I think asking you for the same
information was not out of bounds. I'll be able to tell you in a month
or so what actual SAL from Shanghai costs for 2kg+. You say what you
want on shipping, I say what I want. Under the truce flag I have been
civil and still reserve the right to respectfully disagree with
anything you say.

Jim

PS I don't know how shipping costs are handed off from one country to
the next. But I'll bet the USPS will want more from China to ship to
NY than CA.

Mike Petro wrote:
> Space Cowboy wrote:
> > You don't know what anything from Kunming costs. I do. I keep the
> > manifest for provenance or in this case to verify I don't know what
> > China Post is quoting. I don't care. I know parts of Yunnan are
> > Autonomous if not the entire province. Maybe that makes a difference
> > in costs from Kunming. Maybe it is the clerk charging more and
> > pocketing the difference. Maybe their computers haven't downloaded the
> > new rate tables. Maybe, maybe, maybe doesn't change the actual cost to
> > my house. So suck it up and don't blame me.
> >
> > Jim
>
> I see you haven't changed a bit. You wouldn't take my word for it
> if I said the earth was round. For once it would be nice if you gave me
> a little credit for having experience in this arena. I have been doing
> this a lot longer, and on a much larger scale, than you ever have. I
> wont let you feed these newbies all of that malarkey when I know you
> are wrong.
>
> For those who care China Post rates can be found at:
> http://www.chinapost.gov.cn/yyzn/zif...i/gjkybgzf.htm
> Some vendors will even get discounted rates below those shown above if
> they have enough volume. In any event always negotiate ACTUAL shipping
> rates. Chinese vendors love to lump shipping cost in with the cost of
> their teas. It makes it much harder for the customer to know, and
> compare, the REAL price of the tea that way.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mike
>
> BTW, I thought you were going to leave me alone Jim? Are you reneging?