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(...) Actually, it's not the post office doing that, it's Customs - the P.O. doesn't see a cent of customs money. That $5.00 fee (which is also what cheeses me off) is the fee that Customs charges you to look at your package and decide how much tax (...) (26 years ago, 19-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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Simon Robinson wrote in message ... (...) tax that bothers me. It is the @#!$@$# collection fee the post office charges on top of the tax that rots my socks!! The rule as I understand it is that merchandise with a value of $20.00 or more is subject (...) (26 years ago, 19-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| | Re: S@H Canada Specials March 15-19, '99
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Gail Meagher wrote: As of Wednesday, March 17st, the S@H specials in Canada are (...) Still have some left (...) sold out of 6563. Usually they have been replacing sets when one sells out quickly, but apparently the person who makes that decision is (...) (26 years ago, 17-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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I guess I didn't quite understand the clerk. Here's the official info from the usps site: Delivery Confirmation Provides information about the date and time an article was delivered, and if delivery was attempted but not successful, the date and (...) (26 years ago, 17-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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I mailed out some packages yesterday and the clerk told me about a new feature. For .35 you can have a tracking sticker attatched to your package. It works by calling a phone number and puching in your tracking number, and then you would find out (...) (26 years ago, 17-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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Simon Robinson wrote in message ... (...) I think the return address is more important than packaging. (...) No :-) (...) (26 years ago, 15-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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(...) Is that a potential problem if you actually put stuff in a proper cardboard box, rather than just wrapping it in brown paper - as a cardboard box is more likely to look like it was from a company? And by the way, does anyone have any qualms (...) (26 years ago, 15-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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Small Packets are generally limited to less than 2Kg. It is usually cheaper to send larger lots as separate 'small packets' each less than 2Kg. From the UK, above about 500g, the charge per 100g is linear. As for customs fees, mark it as a gift, and (...) (26 years ago, 15-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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(...) (all part of the service! I'm factoring for Simon and have cleared Anne's check already, IIRC) (26 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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It's true, your buyer does appreciate it. *grin* I've gotten boxes from Canada before and the styrofoam peanuts are a wonderful thing. I've also received a box wrapped in brown paper, and while the box did get a bit munched, the lego boxes (...) (26 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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