Amazon Europe Revised Shipping Charges to Reflect Weight

Submitted by  Teoh Yi Chie on  August 15, 2012 - 1:10 pm

This should only interest international buyers, like me from Singapore (Asia), who buys from Amazon Europe.

Amazon Europe has revised their international shipping charges to reflect weight of the parcels.

Here's a comparison before and after for shipping charges to Asia.

Amazon Germany

Before
Standard: €14 (box)
Express: €40 (box)
There's no per-item charges

After
Standard: €9 (box) and €4 per kg
Express: €28 (box) and €8 per kg

Amazon France

Before
Standard: €13 (box) + €1.90 per item
Express: €19 (box) + €1.85 per item

After
Standard: €13 (box) + €1.90 per item
Express: €20 (box) + €4 per kg

Amazon Italy

Standard: €14 (box) + €5 per kg
Express: €25 (box) + €5 per kg

Amazon Spain

Standard: €14 (box) + €4 per kg
Express: €20 (box) and €9 per kg

What does this mean?

As books are heavy, this means it's now more expensive to ship them from Europe, with the exception of Amazon UK. Amazon UK's shipping rate still goes by per-item so it's relatively affordable.

It looks like I have to think twice before buying any books from Europe, especially if they aren't sold elsewhere.

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Comments

Chris (not verified) Fri, 17 Aug 2012 - 23:43

You can use BookDepository instead. At least their shipping is free :)

thylaxene (not verified) Sat, 18 Aug 2012 - 10:47

Yes I use Book Depository almost exclusively now... if it doesn't have the book I'm after I first use booko.com.au for a search, then ebay... I find that over a space of a year BD saves me money, as though their books are marginally more expensive then Amazon their postage is impossible to beat... as it is free! ;)

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