14 Apr
2015
14 Apr
'15
1:06 p.m.
On Apr 14, 2015, at 3:47 PM, Henk Gooijen
<henk.gooijen at hotmail.com> wrote:
-----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- From: Paul Koning
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 9:37 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: looking for info of the DEC Remote Services Console
According to usps.com, shipping an 8 ounce ?large letter? to the Netherlands costs $8.85
as a ?large envelope? (i.e., it?s letter size paper or somewhat larger, shipped flat). If
the envelope is ?too rigid?, it would be a ?first class package? which costs $12.75.
Yes, you can certainly send priority mail, and that will run you $25 or so for the same
item, but that isn?t the lowest cost option. But there is no requirement to use priority
mail, not for individuals, not for companies.
paul
On Apr 14, 2015, at 3:20 PM, Henk Gooijen
<henk.gooijen at hotmail.com> wrote:
...
Yes, I am curious enough, however ...
I have bought parts and documentation from this eBay seller (efi) before.
My guess is that he might accept a $10 offer for this manual, but I cannot
do that, because the additional international shipping costs are absurd.
If somebody could do the offer of $10, and ship the manual to me in a letter,
as a private person (instead of a company), I would pay all expenses and
add some "beer" money.
Instead of a company? Postage does not depend on who sends it. Books used to be able to
be shipped rather cheaply. If that is still true, it would be true for any shipper. If
the shipper claims his rates are higher because he?s a company, you should take your
business elsewhere.
paul
---- Henk's reply
Hi Paul.
As a person you would ship this as a letter and be done with it.
However, (AFAIK), a company ships using standard priority rates,
and my impression is that that is a lot more. In the eBay listing it
shows that the shipping cost for these (guessing) 20 pages is
some $25. A person shipping 20 pages in a letter pays less ... or
are USPS rates rocketed sky high over the last year?