Kermit - Shipping Options

This page describes the shipping options and costs for books and software from the Kermit Project in New York City.

All prices are in US dollars.

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Shipping within the USA

The domestic shipping options are:

Priority Mail
United States Postal Service Priority Mail delivery. Shipped within 5 business days of receipt. Delivers to any address in the USA, its territories, or dependencies, and to APO and FPO addresses, including to Post Office boxes. Delivery time is within 2-3 business days and tracking is not available.

UPS Ground
United Parcel Service Ground delivery. Shipped within 1 or 2 business days of receipt, arrives in 2 to 7 days depending on your location. Tracking is available. UPS Ground shipping is available only in the contiguous 48 states of the USA (see below). UPS does not deliver to post office boxes.

Fedex Std
Federal Express Standard Overnight. Shipped within 1 or 2 business days of receipt, arrives the afternoon of the next business day. Tracking is available. Federal Express does not deliver to post office boxes.

Fedex P1
Federal Express Priority Overnight. If received prior to 4pm Eastern USA time on a business day, shipped on the same day, arrives the morning of the next business day. Tracking is available. If received after 4pm, shipped the next business day and arrives the morning of the business day after that. Federal Express does not deliver to post office boxes.

Domestic shipment rates are based on the cost of the order:

  Order Items Subtotal  Priority Mail  UPS Ground      Fedex Std     Fedex P1
  Up to $100.00            $4.00           $4.00         $10.00        $30.00
  $100.01 to 150.00        $5.00           $5.00         $20.00        $30.00
  $150.01 to 500.00       $10.00          $10.00         $30.00        $45.00
  $500.01 and above     3% of subtotal  3% of subtotal   (Call)        (Call)

Note that the UPS Ground rates are only for the contiguous 48 states. For destinations in Alaska, Hawaii, the US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, and any other US territory or dependency, please choose one of the Federal Express options above or else Air or Surface Parcel Post in the next section, or contact us for other arrangements.


Shipping outside the USA

Shipping costs to countries outside the USA are based on the weight, in pounds, of your order (1 pound = 0.45Kg), and the destination country.

Three shipping methods are offered. Faster shipping and tracking capability cost more, slower shipping and no tracking cost less.

Calculate the weight of your order from the following table. Round any fractional result to the next pound.

  Item                                Pounds
  Kermit 95 shrink-wrapped package      0.3
  "Using C-Kermit" book                 2.6
  "Using MS-DOS Kermit" book            1.8
  Kermit 9-Track tapes                  2.6
  Kermit 8mm or 4mm cartridges          0.8
  Kermit diskette or CDROM              0.2
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Federal Express Rates

Delivery anywhere in the world within 2 to 4 days. Tracking is available. All weights are in pounds. All prices are in US dollars.

  Weight  Zone A  Zone B  Zone C  Zone D  Zone E  Zone F  Zone G
  1-3      $31     $37     $43     $38     $42     $36     $62
   4       $32     $37     $43     $38     $42     $49     $62
   5       $34     $40     $43     $38     $42     $55     $66
   6       $37     $42     $45     $40     $44     $60     $71
   7       $39     $43     $47     $42     $47     $65     $75
   8       $41     $45     $50     $44     $50     $70     $80
   9       $43     $47     $52     $46     $52     $75     $85
  10       $45     $49     $54     $48     $55     $80     $89
  11       $46     $50     $56     $50     $57     $85     $94
  12       $47     $52     $57     $51     $60     $89     $98
  13       $49     $53     $59     $53     $62     $93    $103
  14       $50     $55     $61     $55     $64     $97    $107
  15       $51     $56     $62     $56     $66    $101    $112
  16       $52     $57     $64     $58     $68    $106    $116
  17       $53     $59     $66     $60     $70    $110    $121
  18       $54     $60     $67     $61     $73    $114    $125
  19       $55     $62     $69     $63     $75    $118    $130
  20       $56     $63     $70     $64     $77    $122    $134

The Federal Express Zones are roughly as follows:

  Zone A: Canada and Mexico.
  Zone B: UK, Ireland, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Hong Kong, 
	  Singapore, Japan, Taiwan
  Zone C: Scandinavia, Austria, Greece, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland
  Zone D: West Indies, Haiti, Dominican Republic
  Zone E: Australia, NZ, China, Middle East, Indonesia, S.Korea, 
	  Maylasia, The Phillipines, Thailand, Turkey
  Zone F: South America, Bangladesh, India, South Pacific, Sri Lanka
  Zone G: Africa, Former USSR, Eastern Europe, Iceland


Air Parcel Post Rates

United States Postal Service. Delivery anywhere in the world within 2 weeks. Tracking is not available. All weights are in pounds. All prices are in US dollars.
                                                 Canada
 Weight  Zone A  Zone B  Zone C  Zone D  Zone E  Mexico
   1        $7      $9     $10     $12     $13      $7
   2       $10     $13     $15     $17     $20      $9
   3       $13     $17     $21     $23     $26     $10
   4       $17     $21     $26     $29     $32     $12
   5       $20     $24     $30     $34     $38     $15
   6       $23     $27     $35     $40     $43     $16
   7       $26     $30     $39     $45     $49     $18
   8       $29     $34     $43     $50     $54     $20
   9       $31     $37     $48     $55     $60     $22
  10       $34     $40     $52     $61     $65     $24
  11       $37     $43     $56     $65     $70     $26
  12       $40     $46     $60     $69     $74     $28
  13       $43     $49     $64     $74     $79     $30
  14       $45     $51     $68     $78     $83     $32
  15       $48     $54     $72     $82     $88     $34
  16       $51     $57     $76     $87     $92     $36
  17       $53     $60     $80     $91     $96     $38
  18       $56     $63     $84     $95    $101     $40
  19       $59     $66     $88    $100    $105     $42
  20       $62     $69     $92    $104    $110     $44
The Air Parcel Post zones are roughly as follows:
  Zone A: Bahamas, Bermuda, Virgin Islands, Costa Rica, Dominican 
	  Republic, Jamaica, Panama. 
  Zone B: Colombia, Honduras, Peru, Germany, Austria, Switzerland,
	  Poland.
  Zone C: Hong Kong, Italy, Israel, Greece, Portugal, Spain, Denmark,
	  UK, Netherlands, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey
  Zone D: Belgium, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, China, Maylasia, 
	  Phillipines, Thailand, Finland, India, Sweden
  Zone E: Brazil, Cambodia, France, Japan, Russia, Vietnam


Surface Parcel Post Rates

United States Postal Service. Delivery anywhere in the world within 7 weeks. Tracking is not available. All weights are in pounds. All prices are in US dollars.

           Canada  Central   All Other
 Weight    Mexico  America   Countries
  1-2        $7      $8         $9
   3         $9      $9        $11
   4        $10     $11        $13
   5        $11     $12        $15
   6        $13     $14        $17
   7        $14     $15        $19
   8        $15     $17        $21
   9        $16     $18        $23
  10        $18     $20        $25
  11        $19     $21        $27
  12        $20     $22        $29
  13        $21     $24        $31
  14        $22     $25        $33
  15        $24     $27        $34
  16        $25     $28        $36
  17        $26     $30        $38
  18        $27     $31        $40
  19        $28     $32        $42
  20        $30     $34        $44


Kermit Shipping / Columbia University / kermit@columbia.edu / April 2000