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"John Radtke" <jaradtke@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:GH6sJo.H2B@lugnet.com... (...) What? No one cooks in the USA? I already know the answer to that one - No. Guess you could take your lego to the resturant and ask them to weight it for (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
 
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"Lawrence Wilkes" <lawrence@thewilkesf...rve.co.uk> wrote in message news:GH6y40.4n6@lugnet.com... (...) news:GH6sJo.H2B@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] Even if you know the weight it can still be a crap shoot on international packages. (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
 
  Re: ebay rant
 
(...) Food scales don't work well, the platforms are usually too small. I use a Pelouze PE10 postal scale, $84 at OfficeMax.com, they usually have on-line coupons (check FlamingoWorld, I think I ended up paying $50 delivered). Its a 10-lb capacity (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
 
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In lugnet.market.auction, Mike Walsh writes: <snip> (...) IMHO, thats silly. Weigh the package. Measure the dimensions. Go to ... (URL) Enter the weight and destination country. Check the package dimensions against what it lists out to the right. (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.shipping)
 
  Re: ebay rant
 
(...) Shouldn't be a crap shoot in terms of package weight. Letter Post is up to 4 pounds, not insurable. Parcel post is insurable but usually cost prohibitive compared to Letter Post for small packages. The crap shoot is in the package *size*. Some (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
 
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(...) Reread your own post... then tell me that all those extra steps don't make international shipping a pain in the butt. That's all some of us are saying. I do sell internationally but I understand why some sellers can't or won't be bothered. (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.shipping)

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