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Re: Postage prices???
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Wed, 1 Dec 1999 14:54:05 GMT
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Buy the set. Mail it to me. I'll take it to the post office. You'll have it in 3-4
weeks (depending on Xmas). The cost would be ~$33 for insured shipping. I get my
shipping costs from:
www.parcelforce.com.

The cost of shipping two this way would be: $51
The cost of shipping five this way would be: $85

All this assume the packed set will be ~3kg (6-7 pounds)

Scott A



Pat wrote:

> I just looked at the toyshop.com site and saw the much talked about 40 GBP
> Technic Shuttle.  According to my exchange calculator that works out to be
> about $64.....not bad....but the shipping???!!! I live in the US and it would
> cost me 32.28 GBP or about $51!!!!
> I would probably buy one of these shuttles from them IF I could bring that
> shipping cost down a little.  I am a builder, not a collector, so I really
> don't care if the thing is triple boxed with 15 layers of padding or not.
> Would anyone in the UK be willing to help out here? Time is really not a factor
> as long as I know it would get here...
> Thanks in advance,
> Pat



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  Re: Postage prices???
 
Maybe this is "taking advantage" of The Entertainer's calculation system but if you order a LOT, the postage seems to top out. at 10 it is way less than what it is (each) for 3... (...) (27 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)

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  Postage prices???
 
I just looked at the toyshop.com site and saw the much talked about 40 GBP Technic Shuttle. According to my exchange calculator that works out to be about $64.....not bad....but the shipping???!!! I live in the US and it would cost me 32.28 GBP or (...) (27 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)

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