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Re: take a piece, leave a piece -- traveling box of LEGO
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Wed, 7 Jul 1999 22:41:45 GMT
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Richard Dee wrote in message ...
On Mon, 5 Jul 1999 19:59:42 GMT, Patricia Schempp uttered the following

Size, though, for an international box, would have to be
somewhat smaller, especially considering disparate postage
rates in Europe.

But for an international box, that might end up back with Todd,
place inside a tiny, lightweight souvenir of the country the
box had visited, such as an unused, special issue postage
stamp or something. As well as being a Lego exchange, it could
end up as a mini-cultural exchange of sorts.
--


What if the box was occassionally "hand carried" to Europe by one of the
LUGNET faithful that is going across.  It could be "delivered" to a primary
contact who would then pick up the responsibility to The return trip could
be handled the same way.  There seems to be a few people going back and
forth so given a little notice this might save a few bucks.  Once the box is
in Europe, is shipping between European countries expensive as well?

Mike - mike_walsh@mentorg.com
http://members.tripod.com/mike_walsh



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  Re: take a piece, leave a piece -- traveling box of LEGO
 
(...) Not terribly expensive, but it can get comparitively expensive within some countries, where cost of living is higher. The US-Europe-US hand-off is a good idea, though. (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: take a piece, leave a piece -- traveling box of LEGO
 
On Mon, 5 Jul 1999 19:59:42 GMT, Patricia Schempp uttered the following profundities... (...) A webpage or newsgroup log, to perhaps keep it honest. I'd put in a silver brick so that someone in Europe who might not have had a chance for one would. (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)

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