I got curious, and indeed looks like a package in Germany is domestically 4€ and within EU 8.89€. However, when sending a small package from Finland it's 22€ domestic and 40€ to Germany with DHL.
So a disclaimer to my original claim: applies only to a subset of European countries.
Yes, I habe worked at a company where we would ship a high amount of construction machine spare parts with FedEx, DHL et al. We had a ~90% discount on their regular prices.
Actually, that’s what you get via the website. In-Store, they’ll be able to offer you a reduced rate costing half of what they offer online. I had assumed the same, and was expecting to pay ~9€, but the employee in the DHL store recommended me the cheaper solution.
And so I shipped a bunch of HDDs from Germany to the Netherlands in 3 days for 3.40€
And if you’re a company, you get a ~90% discount even. The cost isn’t in shipping, but in the employees in the store picking up your package. Pre-Sorted packages delivered directly to a hub are really cheap.
So a disclaimer to my original claim: applies only to a subset of European countries.