JAY EMRIE wrote in a message to GREG MAYMAN:

GM> JE> Shipping costs as compared to local (US) costs.

GM>And what are the shipping costs from Australia for a package
GM>weighing only a few ounces?

GM>Or were you just guessing it would be too expensive?

GM>If you telephone the company, they usually can tell you EXACTLY
GM>how much the mailing costs will be, then if it's not too much you
GM>can order the goods.

 JE> Greg, I once was going to send some used memory chips to Canada.
 JE> Ended up the postage was more than the used memory chips were worth
 JE> without even considering the possible duties.

 JE> A Telephone call to NZ or Au would make it even worse!

 JE> Don't get me wrong. I'd have absolutely no objection to doing
 JE> business there - except for the excess costs as compared to here.

 JE> Jay
 JE> ---
 JE>  o OLXWin 1.00a o Drawing on my fine command of language, I said
 JE> (1:123/140)

I'm trying to get some boatanchor parts for a Hallicrafter's SX101 receiver
from the states.
Everytime I locate the parts, the correspondent goes cold within weeks
regarding mailing the parts over.
What is postage worth from US to Australia? These parts are sheetmetal and glass.
I ran into the same problems with some old BC611 Walkie Talkie parts, it
sort of died once the correspondent found out where I was, even if I was
prepared to cough up postage.
I tried to get a small die cast Pathescope 9.5 mm cine projector sent over
from Britain, the thing only cost 9 pounds, but again the correspondent
went cold once he knew I was in Australia.


Regards,
Peter 
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