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Re: Unpleasant Surprise

To: british-cars@autox.team.net, mike@sdm.ShoppersDrugMart.ca
Subject: Re: Unpleasant Surprise
From: Marcus Tooze <tooze@vinny.cecer.army.mil>
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 1994 11:30:12 -0600
They must be using some mega fast postal express system. My mum sent me 500
tea bags and 1.5ib of Galaxy Chocolate (mmmmmmmm)....got here in 10 days,
and cost a coupla quid. That was by regular ER Post, not some fandangled
express system. God knows how they charged #20.


> Just to pick up the thread re buying from UK vendors...
> > Well, yesterday I got the Visa slip and confirmation in the mail only to 
>fin 
> shipping via Air Parcel Post was costing 20 pounds!  Well, so much for all
> the money I was saving... now it'll end up costing more than the locals were 
> charging.  I guess postage in the UK is substantially higher than here...
> I'll keep this in mind *if* there is a next time.
> 


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