Experienced sellers - How to combat courier charges?

[godsbird_vision]

Do all sellers of glass goods have this problem? I find that a well packed glass item is charged exorbitantly by a good courier firm like Blue Dart, usually well above the listed value of the item. How does one get over this, particularly as good packing invariably results in a volumetric assessment of cost, rather than just weight? Any input from experienced sellers?

[cellphonewala]

use Indian Post, they do not have volumetric charges.

[thethirdi]

As cellphonewala suggested, you can try then Indian Postal Dept.

Otherwise you can also try Professional Couriers. They are quite co-operative here in Calcuta. They charge volumetric only if the size is very big compared to the weight. But it is still much better than other A grade couriers who charge volumetric even for reasonable sized packing.

Regards
Abhishek
thethirdi