How much would an 8.5X11 envelop cost to send to Canada via USPS Express Mail?

Factual Questions
1

I’ve ordered an item off of e-bay. The original shipping costs were $10 USD. I asked to have the item FedEx-ed instead, to easure easy passage through customs - I paid $26.50 in shipping instead of $10.

The person sending it has just informed me that they sent it USPS Express Mail and not FedEx. Assume it’s in a standard 8.5X11 envelope and is not over weight, what would USPS Express Cost?

The reason I ask is that a parcel of the same size going the other way is about $25 via FedEx but only $12.46 via CanadaPost Express Post.

I’m a little annoyed, to be frank - I think the fella may have thought he would have a little pay day, but I’m not sure if USPS Express Post rates are similar to Canada ones, so before I have a hissy-fit I want to make sure I know what I’m talking about.

2

Before the USPS Express Mail Postage Calculator–Destination Canada (which is as far as I got) will work, it needs a weight, expressed in terms of pounds and ounces. How much does this thing weigh, approximately?

3

Not much - about 4 ounces.

4

Global Priority mail is $4.25.
Global Express mail is $16.25.
Global Express Guaranteed mail is $25.25.

5

Nevermind.

6

Okayyyyy, soooo…plugging “4 ounces” into the calculator, I see that Global Express Guaranteed Document Service costs $25.25; Global Express Mail costs $16.25.

Are you sure it was only 4 ounces, or are you just guessing?

Just plain Global Priority Mail (large envelope) is only $7.50.

So the phrase “US Express Mail” can mean two different things. If he sent it Document Service, then yeah, it was about $25.

I have had experience with eBay items that I bought not costing as much to ship as I originally paid for, and the seller refunded the extra money without being asked. Before you assume this guy is shafting you on the postage and give him a Negative, make sure he doesn’t have a refund in the works.

P.S. FedEx actually works with the USPS, BTW, so by specifying “FedEx” you’re not really gaining anything–it all goes on the same airplane anyway.

7

The FedEx calculator won’t give me a quote for a weight less than 1 lb., so a package of 1 pound going from the House of Commons in Ottawa (which was the only Canadian postal code I could find offhand) to my house in Decatur would cost $54 to have it tomorrow (International Priority), $45 to have it Thursday (International Economy), and $13.85 to have it Friday (International Ground).

So your parcel “going the other way”–is it being sent via “next day”, “next two days”, or “within 3 business days”?

And of course, the USPS quote is for only 4 ounces, whereas the FedEx quote is for 1 lb.

8

A standard FedEx envelope coming from Canada to the US overnight is about $26 Canadian.

9

Of course - I won’t leave any feedback at all until the package arrives and then I’ll check the postage he actually paid. He has another item that I’m interested in but I want to see how the first one makes it here first.