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(...) items (...) be (...) 6 (...) to (...) Thanks Paul. Glad I am not the only one who figured out that the tape is unnecessary. After I posted this, I realized I forgot to mention that I absolutely DO NOT over stuff padded mailers. I only use (...) (22 years ago, 25-Jun-02, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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(...) I have meanwhile send 1000+ orders in new padded envelops (incl. internationally). I used to tape the flap shut, but stopped doing this abuot 6 months ago. Since then, all orders (500+) have made it just fine to their buyers, not a single (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jun-02, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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I sell on BrickLink and other venues from time to time and ship a lot of items in padded mailers. For a long time, I always used the self-adhesive on the envelope AND applied a piece of shipping tape over the flap. Lately I have stopped the practice (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jun-02, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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(...) Yep... noticed that after I posted the link. (...) Matching the format (even if there is only 4) to the country is the trick. -Rob. (22 years ago, 13-Jun-02, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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(...) If it were up to me, I would say no. It has a number of broken links on it. I suspect it hasn't been updated in quite a while. Also, it's mostly redundant, since there are only about three or four distinct styles of address formats in the (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jun-02, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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I came across this link, hope you find it useful: (URL) of a link on the .shipping page? -Rob. (22 years ago, 12-Jun-02, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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(...) I don't expect to be told shipping from Somalia to Suriname, but shipping within the seller's home country should be an easily known quantity, and should be stated. For example, when I buy a thirty year old magazine I'm willing to pay $5 for (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jun-02, to lugnet.market.services, lugnet.market.shipping)
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(...) There is a running thread (somewhere else) where I pointed out the page [1][2] in the USPS International Mail Manual (IMM) that documents that packages being shipped via Airmail Letter Post AND weighing less than 1 pound AND "are not (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jun-02, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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(...) Yup, thats true. (...) In this case that would be the reason. A mistake on Royal Mail that they didn't leave a card or the receiver didn't want to pick it up. ~~ Mike Edwards ~~ (URL) ~ Edwards-Parts (URL) ~ Kanohi-Power.com ~~ (22 years ago, 5-Jun-02, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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(...) That is correct. Nickle and Dime stuff that the PO will never tag you for, but still fraud. As a note, you don't need to check off any of those boxes; I always just write "Lego toys" in the descriptor, attach the correct dollar value for the (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jun-02, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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