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Re: From England to USA?
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lugnet.market.shipping
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Wed, 6 Sep 2000 21:24:52 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shipping, Adam Hoekwater writes:
> In lugnet.market.shipping, David Eaton writes:
> > Well, that depends on the method of shipment, I'd say-- I've bought a couple
> > of things from the UK, and had them shipped airmail, which took about a week.
> > However, airmail costs a good deal more than surface mail.
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> How much more? I paid $30 to ship two Technic Super Cars with no boxes. Would
> you guess that to be airmail or surface mail?
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> > Surface mail, on the other hand, was the reason I started shipping airmail
> > from anywhere outside the US... I waited about 7.5 weeks to get a package
> > from
> > Germany, and never have done surface mail overseas since. I'm told
> > that "typical" shipping from Germany (UK could easily be different) takes
> > between 4 and 8 weeks...
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> I have a friend with relatives in England, and he says it's never taken more
> than a week for any package to arrive.
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> > Hope that helps (too bad it won't get the package any faster tho! it's a pain
> > to wait so long!)
> >
> > DaveE
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> It does help. Thanks again.
> -Adam 8^)
Never mind. If USPS.com is any indication, $30 is just enough to send a
package that big to the UK via SURFACE mail. So I guess I've got some more
waiting to do.
-Adam 8^)
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| (...) Offhand, I really don't know how much exactly, only that it's rather significant. For shipping two separate 200-400 piece sets with no boxes from the UK, I seem to remember it being roughly $20 for each via airmail, vs. something like $10? for (...) (26 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| (...) How much more? I paid $30 to ship two Technic Super Cars with no boxes. Would you guess that to be airmail or surface mail? (...) I have a friend with relatives in England, and he says it's never taken more than a week for any package to (...) (26 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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