postal service

[crunchy]

i am not sure, if i read it right, so that is why i ask..
a not so heavy package to europe (ger), how much does that cost?
i remember reading something about €25 for a 1kg package.. can that be? seems so much?!

[Upphew]

It seems that you read right, 'cause I read the same: http://www.posti.fi/liitteet/hinnatjama ... df#page=30 (pdf link)

[crunchy]

that really is.. a LOT!

[Pete]

I recently paid almost 50e for an EMS express envelope to Australia and it weighed 200g!
It was insured and all but nevertheless bloody expensive.

[DMC]

Express service always seems to take longer than normal post. To confirm this, I did a test where I sent to identical packages to England, one by express and one by normal post. The normal post was a couple of days quicker. I never use express any more; why pay more for a slower service?

[Flossy1978]

It wouldn't be the Finnish Post that caused it to be late, it'd would have been something else, like the flight the mail goes on or the English Post. I know the boss of the Expres/Special Mail here in Finland. They have an insanely strict schedule in Posti concerning this kind of a mail (ok, all mail too, but especially this type of mail). But you are correct, it's freaking expensive!

[Pete]

Express service always seems to take longer than normal post. To confirm this, I did a test where I sent to identical packages to England, one by express and one by normal post. The normal post was a couple of days quicker. I never use express any more; why pay more for a slower service?

Because it wasn't slower at all, it arrived in Australia in 4 days.
Plus the contents were valuable and needed to be insured, losing them would have cost me 700e.