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Subject:	Re: Toy Aid for children affected from Earthquake in Turkey
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general
Date:	Tue, 14 Sep 1999 06:45:16 GMT
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dkrenz wrote in message <37DD8788.8926D862@mc.net>... > Here's a snippet from the Red Cross website: > > We regret the American Red Cross is unable to accept used > clothing, canned goods, or other such gifts from > individuals. Firms > wishing to donate new, bulk goods should call > 1-800-7-IN-KIND. > > > It states above "firms" not individuals wanting to donate. It sounds like > they may need to be talked into accepting our gift, I don't think I'd be • the > best person to take on that duty. Anybody volunteering to call? Anybody > here a "firm"? > Julie > > Hi all, Great thanks to all of you, especially to Julie for all of her tremendous efforts. I didn't imagine that the postage fee would be this much high. When individual sets are being considered, the cost+shipment generally lower than the Turkish price since there is always a price difference like 25-50% (I bought my speederbike set for approx. 17$, regular retail). The price difference for the tubs and the likes are generally close to the upper limit, and when the discounts that you are familiar with taken into account, it is even higher. So, it is very likely to not able to buy this much here, too. For lowering the postage fees, I have an idea. How about getting rid of all the tubs/buckets and tossing the ingredients to ziplock bags?. I can purchase suitable plastic kitchenware (they are generally very cheap here, I mean plastic food storage tubs with lids) in required quantity to store them when donating. I generally use this principle (getting rid of package) in my own purchases, and it makes significant difference. Best regards, Selçuk

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		Re: Toy Aid for children affected from Earthquake in Turkey
Well, we've had a couple of days to mull this over. Some good suggestions have been made, but my vote is to go the Ziplock bag route for non returnable items... return the rest and send the remaining money directly to Selçuk. But to a certain (...) (25 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)

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		Re: Toy Aid for children affected from Earthquake in Turkey
Here's a snippet from the Red Cross website: We regret the American Red Cross is unable to accept used clothing, canned goods, or other such gifts from individuals. Firms wishing to donate new, bulk goods should call 1-800-7-IN-KIND. It states above (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)

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