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Originally Posted by davidw89
Ok heres the dilemma
They do offer paypal but supprot is REALLY damn slow (took 4 days to reply via email)
After that, they quoted me $45 USD to ship to Australia which is outrageous..i think i am gonna go somewhere else to buy now
Then emailed them again
This is freaking ridiculous..can they not get their international postage correct?
And i rekon shipping fee should be around $20 Max (like ebay)
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my friend, being a fellow aussie i feel your pain
however, the cost of shipping as quoted by headroom is quite accurate
considering that it takes <1 week to travel down under and is insured and trackable it is actually how much shipping costs.
cheaper shipping methods are slower, cannot be tracked and often the option for insurance is only available with the higher level of shipping
at the end of the day, it's your risk. but joe bloe on fleabay will not accept responsibility if a package is lost/damaged. my guess is headroom choose this method of shipping because if anything happens they will look after you
on that note, i've had pretty good success with USPS first class and USPS priority international. neither are trackable or insured by default though. but it works out fairly cheap (on average ~AUD$20-30 for headphone sized parcels and only a few bucks for smaller items!) and is quick enough (within 2 weeks)