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Re: funny ebay auction
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 25 Jan 2000 15:08:41 GMT
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rsanders@gate^NoSpam^.net
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Mr L F Braun wrote:
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> For all the USPS might
> complain about electronic communication taking money away from standard post,
> this auction stands as a testament to providing them revenue. ;)
Yup. I did a quick calc last night on a pile of auctions that I have
recently shipped. The outcome was that ~24% of what was *remitted* went
to the USPS. Keeping in mind that remitted is above the bid price
(because of added shipping charges). The Post Office is making loads off
of e-commerce, and they want a rate increase.
Ray
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| (...) ... stet, on Larry's correction. If you read it as it was meant to be spoken ("funny part" as a single term as well as the subject of the sentence), it's fine even if it isn't the expositorily most-favored variant. In any case, I found the $5 (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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