How much $$ did you spend on postage last time around?

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$12

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Ham-fisted ham fisting.

I spent about US$1.06 per disc, but that's because I was shipping mostly within the continental US. Your rates will undoubtedly vary. And be in Australian currency.

Don't forget to figure in the cost of buying the blank discs. And using thin cases might just reduce the weight enough to save you a penny or two.

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About £4 per CD, which works out at another number altogether in $. Plus about 75 pence for the jiffy bags, about £1 per blank CD, and then there's the emotional angst.

Thin cases are indeed the work of the devil, evil_d, and do not a CD-to-keep make. They save around 0.4 pence per CD. Which is another number in both US and Australian.

redcurrent? Like in the shining when blood comes out of the elevator?

I wish you had told me that before, so I would have known to be upset when I got CDs in thin cases during the first swap.

My post office had small boxes that were designed specifically to fit CD cases. They cost more than you'd expect to pay for a piece of cardboard. I don't remember how much more.

I also bought label stickers so I could print out a tracklist and put it on the CD itself. You can probably skip that part. Most of the discs I saw just had a picture for a cover, and a printed or handwritten tracklist, on a piece of normal paper, plus a label written in marker on the top side of the disc.

Not counting the cost of buying the CD burner, but counting the fact that I had to buy more CDs and labels than I actually used, I would guess that the whole thing cost me about $30. I probably could have done it for $20. This time, since I already have discs and labels, it might cost me under $10. I don't know what these numbers mean in practical terms. I can tell you this is more money than I would have spent on anything when, say, I was in high school, but now that I actually have a source of income, it's not a big deal.

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dcom - I'm on my way out to the post office right now. I'll tell you how much I spent tomorrow.

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dcom:

120g parcel to US via Airmail - $au7.00.
120g parcel to UK via Airmail - $au8.00.
120g parcel to UK via Economy Air - $6.50.

I sent them all regular airmail (one week, apparently) and including packaging and CD-Rs, the whole exercise probably cost me $25, maybe a bit more. Make it $20 if you use Economy Air. (As I was already a month late, I spent the extra money.)

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Thus it is a big deal for my incomeless ass.

Thanks DexX, 2500 = 62x40. Thanks Artie, _d, Redcurrant. You all helped.

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Oh, come on... surely there are hubcaps to steal around your neighbourhood?

Don't forget that you're not just spending the money, either. You are also receiving a pile of CDs (four in this second round). Puts it in perspective somewhat.

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Yeah, like anybody can afford real hubcaps around here.

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Now I'm not sure whether this will work or is even advisable, but if you were to send just the CD in an envelope (no case, no nothing), you might be able to get the post office to take care of it for you on a regular stamp.

I THINK postcard envelopes would be able to carry a CD inside, but don't quote me on that.

dcom, here's a plan - You and I co-operate, send all the CDs going to North America in one package, split the postage between us, and send a money order so the person at the other end can send them on to their final recipients for the cost of local postage.

It's do-able, and would probably be much cheaper. North American people, how much do you have to pay for CD postage within the US and/or to Canada?

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With the cost of the packaging and the postage, probably a little over $2. I can go to the post office and get a more exact figure if you want. I'm somewhat skeptical that you'd really save enough money this way to make it worthwhile, but if you want to go ahead with it, I'll be happy to help. Although it might be cheaper for you to mail the package to someone on the west coast instead? I don't know if that matters. And don't forget that you may be sending some discs to the UK as well.

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I think it was about $2 per CD here inside North America.

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...and I agree with you. $us2 = $au4, roughly, so it's unlikely to save much money at all, if any.

Ah well, it was a thought...

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Saving money is for losers. I say we all use all our money to buy dcomposed a ham.

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