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(...) My view goes something like this... International shipping involves more paperwork than inside the US shipping. You have to get it right or else the package might not arrive in a timely fashion (or might even get bounced back to the sender). (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.shipping)
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"David Arnon" <david_arnonPlease@N...l.Spamcom> wrote in message news:HoKqp0.1H4t@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) money (...) the (...) my bad (...) Were the charges listed as Shipping and Handling or just Shipping? If it was stated as S&H, (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.shipping)
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Hi, I have a problem I was hoping to get some advice about: I recently bought <set:8455 Backhoe Loader> through eBay. (I live in Israel so I couldn't use lego direct) On the auction the seller requested that international bidders contact him before (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.shipping)
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(URL) second chart is the cutoff dates for shipping parcels/letters from the USA to international destinations and to have them arrive by the holidays. Ray (21 years ago, 8-Oct-03, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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"Troy's Surplus Lego" <legosales@tcphoto.net> wrote in message news:H9Jy07.3u7@lugnet.com... (...) machines. (...) where (...) Packages are packed into bulk mail containers weighing up to 2000 pounds, so if you are unlucky, your package may end up (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jan-03, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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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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