Yes Lisa,  I agree,  there is a huge profit to be made by shipping greeting cards 'overseas' to Canada I would like to get into a business with that big of a profit.  Not just to Canada obviously,  I guess we would all be pleased if the company put as much work and thought into their shipping costs as they do into producing their first class quality cards.   Rosemary

Hi!
 
I know this is about S & H to Canada,  But when looking at GCU's S & H chart...(my bad...I just finally looked at it) ;   Why  (in the US) does it cost a dollar to order 1 OF OUR OWN CARDS?  If we have it sent to someone else, it's only .44 cents?
Another thing...(while I'm griping),  I TOTALLY DISAGREE with the way GCU is packaging these cards!!
They should start calling this kind of thing "PACKAGED TO PROFIT" !!!  because someone is making BOOKOO BUCKS off of this style, type or system of shipping & mailing!
Of ALL the laws we have...you would think there would be one like.....  "ILLEGAL PROFIT OF POSTAGE"  ya know?  Under the consumer protection laws or something!
They could probably fit at least 10 of those cards in the envelope they are only putting ONE in!  Instead....it's a dollar for ONE CARD and goes it GOES UP FROM THERE!!  Add another card and it automatically goes up .60 cents!  What the heck is that?????   Ok.. I'll shut up now!  I am really getting myself worked up here!

Cynthia,
 
I have a partial answer.  When you order one of your own cards you get an extra envelope.  If we figure the cost of an envelope at .60 then you are getting a break of .04 on the first, the added .60 on the next card is for the next envelope.
 
Just a thought.
 
-Whisper-

Just think how many more cards we would sell if GCU had a printing and shipping partner in Europe.
 
(Maybe even one in Canada)
 
-W-

Dear all,
 
Thought that I would chime in from Australia! I do find the shipping costs from GCU a bit too rich for my blood at present, just like my Commonwealth cousins from Canada. However, you would think that we should be used to outrageous shipping charges from the Western Hemisphere but we are not. I regularly purchase items from the USA, including greeting card stock and even skin care products. The skin care company that I deal with charges US$10.00 for USPS postage of all products to Australia, even when I order several items. These items can be quite bulky and have to be well wrapped so that they do not break or leak. The greeting card stock people do charge more - about US$30.00 but the box of 50 sheets came in a big box and also arrived by UPS Expedited International service which was able to be tracked. Maybe Ernestine is on to something about the Utah connection since the companies that I am citing ship out of Texas and Arizona.
 
I think that it would be beneficial for all if the international shipping costs were re-evaluated. Until they are more reasonable, I will not be able to purchase my own cards either and it will be difficult to entice "international" buyers to purchase.
 
Cheers,
 
 
Rosanne

I am so glad that we have had so many comments on this subject this time.  Last time I mentioned it we did not receive very many replies at all.   I began to think that I was the only person who considered these exhorbitant shipping charges as unfair.  Then when I heard of my friend's experience with his shipping charge of over $100 I got annoyed all over again and tried using the 'forum' for a second time on the subject.   Not only is it unfair to Canadians and the people of Mexico but I see that all overseas shipping is considered very high.   I am looking forward to seeing this problem being put right.  Then I will write to all my Canadian and English friends and tell them and hopefully they will buy some cards from me!!  Thanks to everyone who read and commented,  maybe things will get put right now.  Rosemary

Okay,  this suspence is almost killing me  Half of Canada will die of a nervous breakdown if we don't hear something soon  Or maybe I am looking in the wrong place  where would this announcement be found.  PLEASE..... it is Thursday already and you said we would hear this week,  only one day left please don't keep us waiting much longer.   I cannot wait to hear what will be done about the postage rates.  I am so hoping that it will make it worthwhile for us to buy our own cards to sell and for our friends to be able to purchse their cards in bulk without taking out a loan from the bank to do it.  Great to hear that something is being done,  but PLEASE let us know what it is.  Rosemary