2 Sep
2003
2 Sep
'03
2:19 a.m.
Out of curiosity, does anyone happen to have any idea just how much it would cost to ship
a 12 Volume Encyclopedia set from England to the West Coast?
Zane
P.S. Yes, I'm seriously thinking of getting a set of Encyclopedia's from England.
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2 Sep
2 Sep
2:54 a.m.
New subject: Shipping from England
Out of curiosity, does anyone happen to have any idea
just
how much it would cost to ship a 12 Volume Encyclopedia set
from England to the West Coast?
See if you have better luck with the ParcelForce website
than I did: http://www.royalmail.com. You'll have to supply
it with some info like weight and size. Guessing for these
I ended up with something like ?40 ($60) but it's easy to
drive this up or down, try airmail if you need a shock :-)
P.S. Yes, I'm seriously thinking of getting a set
of
Encyclopedia's from England.
Out of interest - a set of Encyclopedia's what exactly :-)
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Antonio Carlini arcarlini(a)iee.org
1:24 p.m.
New subject: Shipping from England
Out of
curiosity, does anyone happen to have any idea just
how much it would cost to ship a 12 Volume Encyclopedia set
from England to the West Coast?
See if you have better luck with the ParcelForce website
than I did: http://www.royalmail.com. You'll have to supply
it with some info like weight and size. Guessing for these
I ended up with something like ?40 ($60) but it's easy to
drive this up or down, try airmail if you need a shock :-) P.S. Yes,
I'm seriously thinking of getting a set of
Encyclopedia's from England.
Out of interest - a set of Encyclopedia's what exactly :-)
2:48 p.m.
New subject: Shipping from England
The non-airmail is enough of a shock.
I remember waiting 6 weeks for surface mail when shipping a
manual from Canada to the UK, and that was something like
$20 shipping on a $20 manual.
Out of interest
- a set of Encyclopedia's what exactly :-)
"National Encyclopedia 12 Vols 1870's" 
4:32 p.m.
New subject: Shipping from England
At 08:40 PM 9/2/03 +0100, you wrote:
Does the UK offer any king of Book Rate or Media Rate shipping? The US
Postal Service does and it's a LOT cheaper than even surface mail. But you
have to ask for it. It's not even shown as an option for international
shipping on their website.
Joe
The
non-airmail is enough of a shock.
I remember waiting 6 weeks for surface mail when shipping a
manual from Canada to the UK, and that was something like
$20 shipping on a $20 manual.
3 Sep
3 Sep
2:29 p.m.
New subject: Shipping from England
Does the UK offer any king of Book Rate or Media
Rate
shipping?
Not that I've ever heard of. 1st class, 2nd class, and various
options for parcels.
The US Postal Service does and it's a
LOT cheaper
than even surface mail. But you have to ask for it. It's not
even shown as an option for international shipping on their website.
If I ever ship from the US again I'll be sure to ask for that. Is
it actually available for international shipping?
Antonio
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Antonio Carlini arcarlini(a)iee.org
2:48 p.m.
New subject: Shipping from England
At 08:21 PM 9/3/03 +0100, you wrote:
It is for some areas including the UK and Australia but I don't know if
it's available worldwide. As I said, it doesn't even show up as an option
on their website so you have to ask for it. Around here you have to go to
the post office and get a large canvas sack to put it in and fill out a tag
that goes on the sack. I've sent stuff via bookrate for years and never had
to do that before. I suspect that they're just making us do their job!
Joe
Does the UK
offer any king of Book Rate or Media Rate
shipping?
Not that I've ever heard of. 1st class, 2nd class, and various
options for parcels.
The US Postal Service does and it's
a LOT cheaper
than even surface mail. But you have to ask for it. It's not
even shown as an option for international shipping on their website.
If I ever ship from the US again I'll be sure to ask for that. Is
it actually available for international shipping?
Antonio
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