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Re: Postage prices???
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lugnet.loc.uk
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Wed, 1 Dec 1999 15:42:00 GMT
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lpieniazek@novera.com!nomorespam!
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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...
Scott-A wrote:
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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.
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> The cost of shipping two this way would be: $51
> The cost of shipping five this way would be: $85
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> All this assume the packed set will be ~3kg (6-7 pounds)
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> Scott A
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> Pat wrote:
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> > 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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| 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: (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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