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Re: Is there a problem with Italy?
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Sun, 9 Apr 2000 02:12:38 GMT
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I only ask is because a friend of mine was told by someone else to move his
payment by DHL or FedEx to someone in Italy. No offense or anything, just
needed some info.


In lugnet.market.auction, Giulio Ferrari writes:
Kela Akira Kitkowski wrote:

I won a Lego auction from a seller in Italy, and i've heard that Italy has • the
worst Mail System in the world. Advice on sending payment?

I'm from Italy.
There is no particular problem sending or receiving mail. Our mail
system is maybe just a bit slower than others, but I've sent and
received hundreds of letters and packages with little or no problems at
all (you can chack my eBay feedback under gfhammer if you want). A
letter sent by airmail from US takes about 7-10 days (sometimes 15) to
arrive, and I do think this is an acceptable time; Larry's factoring
service, however, is really great for overseas transaction, and is a
very good alternative to sending payment thru the global mail system.

Ciao
Giulio



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(...) My (now ex-) girlfriend lived in Italy for close to 9 months. During that time we sent letters back and forth avery 3-4 days (my, weren't we sweet). In all that time, we didn't lose a single letter. *One* letter was severely delayed- about 6 (...) (25 years ago, 9-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction)

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(...) I'm from Italy. There is no particular problem sending or receiving mail. Our mail system is maybe just a bit slower than others, but I've sent and received hundreds of letters and packages with little or no problems at all (you can chack my (...) (25 years ago, 8-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction)  

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