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| On Wed, 17 Feb 1999 09:23:24 GMT, Simon Robinson uttered the following profundities... (...) It is actually cheaper to use standard airmail than Parcel Force. What I meant to say was, use "Small Parcel." I was in a hurry posting this message (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| Hi Simon, posted to market.buy-sell-trade too. There are a number of methods that I know of, depending on how much trading you plan to do: Send US currency: For small one off trades, this is not bad. A bit high risk but does usually work. You should (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.market.shipping, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| I always use "cash in the envelope" method, and worked in all cases, without any failures (might be by chance), in over 40-50 transactions (including Austria, Belgium, Canada Germany, Netherlands, Slovakia, US, and UK). The amounts are between 5-100 (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| Anyone any experiences with what the best way to pay someone in another country is? I'm in the UK and just about to sell a set to someone in the US, and because it's the first time either of us have traded abroad, neither of us know exactly how she (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| (...) I don't get that. Who do you normally use for shipping? I just enquired with ParcelForce (in the UK) about shipping to the States. What I was told was to take the item to the post office and ask for the International Standard Service (about (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| A postage calculator can be found at (URL) Pieniazek wrote in message <36B5153E.650AFEF2@v...er.net>... (...) (26 years ago, 4-Feb-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| On Mon, 1 Feb 1999 02:45:18 GMT, Larry Pieniazek uttered the following profundities... (...) So what about (URL) ? Or does the .uk preclude it from your example? Anyway, for the royal mail, can't remember off-hand, but (URL) would be a good bet! (26 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| (...) Well, duh. I usually do, just to see what the trollers are gonna say.... :) Jasper (26 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| (...) Congratulations, you took the (two level) troll bait. :-) Johnny, tell him what he's won! (26 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| (...) It _used_ to be.... <eg> Jasper (26 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| (...) Well, it is our Internet, after all. <g> (26 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| Can one of you post the RM website URL? Thanks. The US PS is at (URL) a typical display of chauvinism .gov is reserved for US government organizations (including the states) and can't be used by any OTHER country's government. Sheesh.) ++Lar (26 years ago, 1-Feb-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| That's right. Mark it as a 'small packet'. Its daft that adding a single piece of paper to the contents should add about 50% to the cost of deliver :-) Huw Richard Dee wrote in message ... (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| Something I have learned, shipping to anywhere from the UK. It is imperative that you make sure that you use the "No letter in the box" shipping method, as it can cost substantially more if the teller believes that there is a letter inside! I am not (...) (26 years ago, 18-Jan-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| [Followups set to lugnet.market.shipping] A new newsgroup lugnet.market.shipping has just been created. Here is the charter: Person-to-person shipping: Discussions, experiences, wisdoms, tips, warnings, questions, etc. about shipping methods (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.market.shipping, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| TERMS OF USE FOR LUGNET.COM OVERVIEW AND DEFINITIONS lugnet.com ("LUGNET") is a privately owned Internet site designed and run primarily for the benefit of those who enjoy building with, discussing, collecting, buying & selling, trading, and (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| Welcome to lugnet.market.shipping, a LUGNET discussion group. CHARTER/PURPOSE: lugnet.market.shipping (group): Person-to-person shipping: Discussions, experiences, wisdoms, tips, warnings, questions, etc. about shipping methods (couriers, (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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