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Re: Shipping from the UK
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Wed, 17 Feb 1999 22:14:29 GMT
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On Wed, 17 Feb 1999 09:23:24 GMT, Simon Robinson uttered the following
profundities...
> Richard Dee writes:
> > Something I have learned, shipping to anywhere from the UK.
> > It is imperative that you make sure that you use the
> > "No letter in the box" shipping method, as it can cost
> > substantially more if the teller believes that there is a
> > letter inside!
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> I don't get that. Who do you normally use for shipping?
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> I just enquired with ParcelForce (in the UK)
> about shipping to the States.
> What I was told was to take the item to the post office and ask
> for the International Standard Service (about £20 for 2kg and then
> seems to go up by about £3 per half-kg) - this takes 5-8 days and
> the price includes insurance (up to £250).
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> They explicitly said it doesn't matter if there's a letter in with it,
> but did tell me to write 'unsolicited gift' on the box to avoid
> having to pay customs duties on arrival. (Not sure I like the sound of
> that as that sounds dishonest if someone's paying me for the set).
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> Any comments?
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> Simon
> http://www.SimonRobinson.com
It is actually cheaper to use standard airmail than Parcel
Force. What I meant to say was, use "Small Parcel." I was in
a hurry posting this message originally, so that I could have
yet another #3 post!
The royal mail website has a postage calculator on it, and
is very useful. You can weigh your sets at home, guesstimate
the additional packaging weight, and then go to
http://www.royalmail.co.uk
to see what it costs, and then let the person know!
I had tried to save source, etc. in order to have an offline
copy, but to no avail....
The significance of the small package v letter delivery rates
is that a letter, or parcel containing one, costs more than
just a plain, non-letter containing parcel!
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| (...) Someone's having a joke here... :) (...) OK - cheers, Chris - I've found the calculator. Unfortunately, it seems I'm stuck with Parcel Force as the calculator told me the maximum airmail weight for small parcels is 2kg - and the 8480 space (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| (...) I don't get that. Who do you normally use for shipping? I just enquired with ParcelForce (in the UK) about shipping to the States. What I was told was to take the item to the post office and ask for the International Standard Service (about (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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