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I have received several inquiries into sets I have for sale from people outside the US. What are the most affordable means of international shipping? I looked at the USPS and UPS rates and they looked pretty prohibitive. Thanks for any info and (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message <361afca8.284611318@...et.com>... (...) If there is anything cheaper can you let me know please? I ship stuff to here fairly regularly, and it's stupidly expensive. I'm thinking of getting it shipped to Larry instead (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) A thing to keep in mind shipping out of the US is that you have to fill out a customs form. Depending on what country, how you fill it out changes what the recipient pays for import duties. I always check the "gift" box. Haven't had a problem (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) I use USPS for all international shipping -- and never had any problems. Airmail can get pretty expensive, though, and even Surface costs a bit to Australia/NZ from the U.S., but...hmm...what other options might there be? (...) Shipping (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Don't forget about the small packet rate! If the box is not too large or too heavy, and doesn't contain correspondence, it can go by the small packet rate. For sending from the USA, he restrictions are: maximum length: 24 inches maximum length (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Moz, how would this work? Have me build your winnings into a huge robot with an RCX brick and have HIM get on the airplane?? :-) Or are you thinking of actually coming to see me? ======== Posted via the LUGNET discussion group web interface (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-98, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Clever... Better build in a Mindstorms brain so he knows what seat in which to sit :) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-98, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ... (...) That would be a truly awesome programming feat :) The latest display model from TLG that I've seen is a guitar player. Which looks quite cool and is mostly Technic. But the mechanism is totally non-Lego - (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-98, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) I ship a lot of stuff overseas, a lot of paper goods (gameing books) I've shipped to Singapore and Australia by Book Rate a number of times and it's cheaper. (Won't work for legos of course :) I find value/time wise on smaller stuff Int'l (...) (26 years ago, 10-Oct-98, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) And based on my experience, is bound to be more intelligent than the average airline passenger......... This is of course, a joke, and would be most aggrieved should anyone inform my employers of this post..... ___...___ (...) (26 years ago, 10-Oct-98, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) the (...) the (...) I work for the airlines, so I could let you know the costs Monday..... Travel to North America incurs a "by piece" excess baggage charge. It is only going via SE Asia/European direction that you get charged by the kilo. (...) (26 years ago, 10-Oct-98, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Yes it's quite good, and cheapest in the ones that I have experience with. European postal services are way too expensive when compared to USPS. It's just an awful thing sending packages to US by paying twice more compared to the price labels (...) (25 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Aren't not?..Hmmm...So we should migrate to another forum then..:-) Selçuk (25 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Todd, you're overdoing the double-negativese, obviously not a Massachusetts native... (25 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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