Razoola said:
I have a CPS2 board here that weights 1.6kg. That means the cheapest weight it can be sent as is 2kg (in finland at least). Now Look how the postoffice work out the volumetric weight. In Finland its H x W X x D * 250 to give the volumetric weight. A CPS2 PCB is 40cm x 27cm x 5cm so without packing thats .40x.27x.05x250 = 1.35kg. Now you add your packaging around, lets say that adds 2.5cm around all edges. Now we do the math again. .45x.32x.10x250 = 3.6 kg There you go, the post office is gonna charge you for a 4kg package regardless of the fact that is still actually weighs less than 2kg.
OK Raz - granted that this was, on face-value, a good volumetric calc on
"reasonably" packaged CPS2 A+B, as it turns out, the seller was right on quote of 72.00USD (8100++JPY) for what looked like
upto 6kg EMS Airmail Rate that this sound right to you as well?
to be honest, i never would have questioned this if the seller was up front instead of being
vague about shipping from japan with CPS2 A+B. It would have helped with decision to bid if they at least put the weight of the item if they gonna offer the auction WORLDWIDE. unfortunately for me, this seller prolly had either "short-cut" the packaging **ohh gawd the horror on my CPS-2s** or opt for SAL or something like this for 7100 JPY shipping **ohh gawd the manhandling of package**.
lesson learned...i am crossing my fingers that the package would be undamaged or not lost in transit.
Raz - thx for indept 411 on volumetric treatment of shipping from international. so 4kg would be the weight of packaged CPS2 A board to expect from you then. i am planning on sending this board to you for pheonix mod once i get it and tested working 100%. thx again...