# International help needed for candy exchange **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 3, 2005, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-help-needed-for-candy-exchange/315452 "2005-08-03T18:33:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ultraviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/c77e96/32.png) [@Ultraviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ultraviolet)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2005, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-help-needed-for-candy-exchange/315452/1 "2005-08-03T18:33:47Z")
I’ve been looking at the e-mails people have sent for the International candy exchange, and it looks like we’ve got a surplus of Americans. I’m happy to see so many people wanting to participate, but we have a severe shortage of people outside the US. I’m hoping for some more people who want to participate from outside the States. Send me an e-mail (in profile) to let me know. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-help-needed-for-candy-exchange/315452/2 "2005-08-04T06:24:40Z")
Bump. If we agree that this little experiment isn’t going to cost too much, i’d be happy to swap with two non-Americans, each from a different country. I luuuuuurrrrve candy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-help-needed-for-candy-exchange/315452/3 "2005-08-04T07:49:06Z")
I’m in. Email on way. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-help-needed-for-candy-exchange/315452/4 "2005-08-04T14:03:04Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Bump. > > If we agree that this little experiment isn’t going to cost too much, i’d be happy to swap with two non-Americans, each from a different country. > > I luuuuuurrrrve candy. 🙂 It’s the other way round, dear. There aren’t enough non-americans. ---
**Author:** ![Ultraviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/c77e96/32.png) [@Ultraviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ultraviolet)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-help-needed-for-candy-exchange/315452/5 "2005-08-04T16:06:22Z")
I think setting a spending limit, say $10.00, is a good idea, so no one feels like they have to go crazy. Hopefully, we’ll get a few more non-Americans, otherwise, I guess I’ll just have to match up the people from the US who replied first (first come, first serve and all) As far as matching people up, I think I will send people an e-mail with the e-mail address of their partner, so the partners can exchange addresses and candy preferences. Does that sound okay? ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-help-needed-for-candy-exchange/315452/6 "2005-08-04T16:42:41Z")
> [@Hello Again](#): > > It’s the other way round, dear. > > There aren’t enough non-americans. And i am officially an idiot. Excuse me while i sit in this corner over here. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-help-needed-for-candy-exchange/315452/7 "2005-08-04T16:44:05Z")
> [@Ultraviolet](#): > > I think setting a spending limit, say $10.00, is a good idea, so no one feels like they have to go crazy. The most significant cost, i think, is going to be in the sending anyway. My mother recently sent me a package of candy and chocolate from Australia, and it cost twice as much to send as it did to buy. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2005, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-help-needed-for-candy-exchange/315452/8 "2005-08-05T15:11:18Z")
With [Global Priority Flate Rate](http://www.usps.com/global/globalprioritymail.htm), shipping internationally is easy! $9 regardless of weight or destination! It’s an 8X12 envelope that I can say, from experience, can easily be stuffed full of $10 worth of candy. But I think setting a limit of $10 local is a good idea. You don’t want people to receive packages that are wildly different in quantity, and then feel bad.