Any way to mail to Italy without paying a small fortune??

charliemis

I recently mailed a SMALL calendar to a gentleman in my Dad's hometown of Corato as a small token of thanks for some research he is doing for me. It cost me $13.50 to mail a calendar that cost $12.50. It was sent via First Class mail at the US Post Office. It has become impractical to send anything at these rates......Does anyone have any alternate methods that are more cost-effective??

Thanks

nuccia

Personally I wouldn't have sent it first class. I find that it doesn't take that much longer to get there - in fact I think the last thing I mailed took 9 days. It takes like 7 to the US. Otherwise I don't know anything that's cheaper. Sad