[rescue] Help wanted

[Curtis H. Wilbar Jr.]

On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 05:37, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
> Gavin Hubbard wrote:
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> The second is shipping costs. The cheapest way to ship is send things
> via airmail. There is a special package airmail service called "EMS"
> by the postal union, look into it. It may not work for you because
> of insurance.
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> In order to send a package and have it insured, you may have to either
> use a delivery serivce such as FedEx and pay a premium rate. For example
> I was once going to buy a $25 SParc IPX and the only insured shipping
> was $100 from FedEx. The seller would not sell it to me unless I insured
> it.

You can ship from the US to abroad insured using Airmail Parcel Post
from the USPS.  The rates are not usually too bad, and the customs
forms are much simpler than the crap FedEx and UPS have you fill out.

Just an FYI.

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> Shipping it air freight via an agent would be a lot cheaper, and they
> can obtain insurance seperately. 
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> Geoff.
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-- Curt