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Re: Toy Aid for children affected from Earthquake in Turkey
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Date: 
Mon, 13 Sep 1999 22:18:26 GMT
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On Mon, 13 Sep 1999 21:10:46 GMT, Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net>
wrote:


To the group... what should we do? It chaps me to spend 1/2 the total
just on postage. Should we send money to Selcuk instead? Assuming that
Julie can get refunds on most of the stuff, that is...

Ught.  I hate the thought of spending 1/2 for shipping as well.  I
sure wish some decent carrier would donate shipping for this, but the
red tape that would involve would probably add too much time to this
effort.  :(

I don't know.  Do you think there is time for a quick e-mail from
someone with experience in dealing with business types (like you)
asking an exec at FedEx, UPS, or someone, to chip in on this
shipping-wise, or has that already been tried?

I don't want to suggest Julie return all this, I know what a nightmare
that would be, but I know that I personally would much rather see the
tiny bit I've donated have as much Lego-buying power as possible.


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  Re: Toy Aid for children affected from Earthquake in Turkey
 
(...) One thing which is an unfortuanate problem with getting help with the shipping is that we would like to ship to an individual and not an aid agency. It might be a little easier if Selçuk found a suitable agency (perhaps even one he could (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: Toy Aid for children affected from Earthquake in Turkey
 
Julie just reported back from the PO and it will be even MORE to ship than we had first thought. Quoting from an email she sent (with permission) (...) To the group... what should we do? It chaps me to spend 1/2 the total just on postage. Should we (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)

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