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(...) I find it irritating too, but I can certainly see why they do it: US citizens are the largest body of online e-commerce users - they're the biggest market. US postal service will give them fixed-rate, guaranteed service and they never have to (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Say it's christmas season and waiting in line at the post office can take up to 30 minutes. Combine that with a Non-Paying Buyer and there's a problem. Rather than making 2 trips to the post office and giving accurate shipping, I tend to just (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) And don't forget, if we send the package Priority (inexpensive in the U.S., prohibitive elsewhere), the post office provides free boxes (of which some sizes are conveniently self-sealing), labels, and even packaging tape! We can order these (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Last summer, I put in a bid at a postal junk sale auction for a lot of scales. I was hoping that I would get one or two that worked. I won the lot and it turns out that all but one were operational. That investment has paid for itself many (...) (24 years ago, 27-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.theory)
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