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Robert Brunskill wrote in message ... (...) Where are you, and where is it that you want to send money? There are people all over the world who owe each other money for Lego, and if you ask here it's not impossible that you'll find someone who (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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I do offer a factoring service. For one-offs where you need a one time payment made, I charge 4 bucks, of which 2 goes to the factoree. It's slow but reliable. I have factorees in the UK, NO, NL, NZ, Australia and Germany. Payments can be made in (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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I'd prefer not sending cash, but it looks like International Money Order is the only option. Can anyone answer some questions for me? What is the cost in the US to cash in an IMO? What is the cost in foreign countries, such as UK and Germany? How (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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Pretty soon UPS and FedEx will either have to lower their prices to compete with USPS or come up with some better scheme... Carrie (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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(...) Yes I can see that that is rather unfair. I think I'd be pretty angry if I got charged that. I wonder if that flat charge is a purely Canadian thing or whether other countries do that. Simon (URL) (26 years ago, 22-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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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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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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(...) Plastic bag for sure, and styrofoam peanuts instead of newspaper. They compress less so you can cram a bunch in and rigidise the packing, and they weigh less too. Go to a concern that gets stuff sent in and you no doubt can get some for free. (...) (26 years ago, 12-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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Anyone got any general tips on packaging? I'm just about to send off an 8480 space shuttle. I'd like to put it in an extra cardboard box to make sure it's safe, though so far I've completely failed to scrounge any such boxes off work :( Assuming I (...) (26 years ago, 11-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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(...) Dream on ;=( (...) Tell them it's a "gift". That (usually, but not always) works. (...) You probably won't be met by officials. You might not get the package till you pay a certain fee, though. Of course, the few times I've had to pay customs (...) (26 years ago, 11-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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(...) Good. *chuckle* Jasper (26 years ago, 11-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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(...) Yep - you're right - it's got a postage thingy on the box. Thanks, Paul! That's wierd. I've had things delivered by post before and the UK post office have always left a note telling me to pick things up at the depot if I've been out before. (...) (26 years ago, 10-Mar-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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