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(...) others (...) just (...) I believe that anything under 1/4 inch is sent through the sorting machines. Regular envelopes with Lego in them would cause a problem for the machines becuase they are not uniform in thickness. The "bump" in the (...) (21 years ago, 31-Jan-03, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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(...) I'm not sure what thickness they try and run through the automatic machines, but that's one place damage can occur. When I ship I try to: - bag everything - put a complete address label in every bag (so there has to be a double packaging (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jan-03, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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(...) I haven't had problems with padded envelopes or priority mail boxes yet, just regular envelopes. Some had added padding arround the items and others did not. I wonder if they treat padded envelopes differently than those just appearing to be a (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jan-03, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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(...) I haven't had problems with receiving Lego items in envelopes - the few order's I've received have been in padded envelopes that didn't get (too) mangled by the USPS. I do remember one particularly horrible shipment I received in a Priority (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jan-03, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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(...) Yes, one of the few losses in shipping was of this sort, though it was with a padded envelope. When shipping, I always make sure there's enough padding around the items to prevent this problem if it seems likely. Frank (21 years ago, 30-Jan-03, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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Hi, I have had several things that have been sent to me in regular envelopes, some of them lego, that have poked through the envelope or been mangled during transit. Have many of you experienced this problem? I'm wondering if it happens when regular (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jan-03, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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(...) Interesting. Of course I haven't been home today, so maybe it showed up while I've been here at work, but it's now been... 9 days since I ordered them (6 business days) and nothing yet... (11 days if you count the Saturday I ordered plus (...) (22 years ago, 1-Oct-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shipping, lugnet.lego.dacta)
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(...) Perhaps by a day or so, Pitsco is slightly slower than Shop At Home. My last order was about 9 months ago and I was happy with the shipping time as I have been with all previous orders. I have never placed huge or complicated orders, just (...) (22 years ago, 1-Oct-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shipping, lugnet.lego.dacta)
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(...) I've found that Pitsco is significanly slower than LEGO Direct. Most of the orders we place for the college end up taking twice as long as an order from LSAH. Steven B. Combs, Publisher Bricks in my Pocket (BimP) (URL) Information: (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 1-Oct-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shipping, lugnet.lego.dacta)
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Ordering from Shop @ Home is great. Especially living in Massachusetts. My world record for speed was actually (technically) the next day after I ordered it. However, I've never ordered from Pitsco Dacta before, until this past Saturday, when I (...) (22 years ago, 30-Sep-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shipping, lugnet.lego.dacta)
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Hi All, In the last months I began to weigh parts when adding to my collection. I used a 0.1 gramms scale weighing as much elements as I found (at least 20) and divided. Results are about 1/100 gramm but I do not promise the last digit to be (...) (22 years ago, 7-Sep-02, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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(...) To follow up... Since the buyer didn't care about the box, I "decanted" it into a box that was easier to ship: a 11"x14"x9" "bankers box". I taped it up securely and took it to the post office. I sent it Airmail ($37.25 postage + $3.60 (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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I received the following from Canada Post today: "Thank you for your message to Canada Post. Please excuse the delay in responding to your message. I have verified your parcel in our system and it does qualify as a Small Packet. I will forward your (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.market.shipping)
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Jeff Jardine wrote in message ... The local employees are wrong. If it's under 2kg you can send it to Europe at the small packet rate and the MDW does not apply. Funnily enough this is one problem I've never come across in Vancouver, although I've (...) (22 years ago, 30-Jul-02, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.market.shipping)
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(...) snip... (...) It may be worth the effort to take along the Postal Prices brochure and/or make a print-out of the results of the online rate calculator. I have had good look when I take the printout of the online rate calculator (I am in the (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.market.shipping)
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Hello Jeff, I sold quite a few "small packet" worldwide. I had the same experience with some PO but the rule is to follow the booklet rules! That's it! There is 4 employees in my local PO and I know that with 2 of'em, I can go back home with my (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.market.shipping)
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(...) Not in a while, but that's because I'm Postal Aggressive. Which is to say, if I don't recognize the clerk, I'll tell them what I'm shipping, how and how much $$ before they even weigh it, typically. The poor Shopper's Drug Mart clerk often is (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.market.shipping)
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Hi Canucks, I had a heated discussion with some Canada Post employees today about their definition of a "Small Parcel." Here are their specifications: (URL) same info is in their "Postal Prices" brochure. I tried sending a 37cm x 26cm x 26cm, 1.22kg (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.market.shipping)
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(...) $37.25 via Parcel Post AirMail. Note the package size restrictions for Parcel Post: Max.length 79", max. length plus girth 108" (may vary by country). Ship it insured; this is the only way (via Parcel Post) you can track down the package if it (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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(...) So the package took a six month round trip to the UK ? Boy does that sound familiar. I'm arguing with the USPS for a postage refund on a package that was gone six months (Oct 2001 - Apr 2002) with not much success. At least the one you have (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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