Okay I started a listing to see what happened.
Slightly bemused that typewriters come under Collectibles- Pens and Writing Instruments.
But when you get to Domestic Shipping there is a dropdown for Small and Medium items that also allows Freight and Local Pickup.
Then you can delete the Lettermail and go instead on another bloody popup to Economy Standard or Express.
I chose Economy then at the bottom of the bl... dang popup there is Calculate Shipping
Yay!
I had also filled in some random numbers in the dimensions and weight so that was what the next dang popup was working with.
Those turned up in the pop up but it only showed Parcel or padded envelope. I guess that's okay for a typewriter- but no other kinds of envelopes are mentioned. The link leads to a dotCOM page.
Onward.
My postal code.
Destination - choose domestic or international.
I went with domestic and no address (Now there's another stupidity. How are we supposed to know if the typewriter is going to across town or to Tuktoyaktuk? Sheesh.)
Then Done and on to what services are available and the rates (from -to ) . I chose Expedited. There's a bunch more there but it's pretty straight forward.
Back to the main shipping section and apparently we can add other domestic services. I think that is a bad idea but YMMV.
Now.
International.
Choice of USA or International so let's do USA first.
And I managed to delete it but let's keep trying.
Choose Calculated because : duh!
Choose Standard International and click on Calculated at the bottom of the page (noting in passing there is still that premium charge for UK) and a new frigginn popup.
Destination->Looks like there are only three choices but it turns out to be a scrolling menu- I hate this form with the rage of ten thousand novas. -> Chose Europe. Okay Chose Australia. Europe disappears !!!!!! Chose Japan-> Australia disappears.
Onward -> next we get a Choice of services - up to five apparently but only three are on the screen. Chose Expedited although anyone who would pay $500 to ship a typewriter I have priced at $100 is a suitable case for treatment.
Still can't retrieve US shipping and there is no preview to check if I am shipping to Europe, Australia, and Japan which was my experimental intent.
Did not post, since I don't have a typewriter in any case.
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