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Post Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 5:22 pm 
 


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This seller is claiming it will take a $15 flat rate priority box to ship these. It is a small matter but these small time shipping rip-offs piss me off.
  

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Post Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 5:39 pm 
 

"EDIT: I just had it pointed out to me that i had the wrong shipping price listed. A flat rate box to anywhere in the US would actually only be $10.40 so if the buyer is in the US i will refund the difference ($4.60) via paypal once the transaction is complete. Thank you!"


I think he posted the $15 as thats what he has quoted me to ship to Australia.. a flat rate international box...

You want to talk about shipping rip offs?... don't get me started...


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Post Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 5:48 pm 
 

beasterbrook wrote:"EDIT: I just had it pointed out to me that i had the wrong shipping price listed. A flat rate box to anywhere in the US would actually only be $10.40 so if the buyer is in the US i will refund the difference ($4.60) via paypal once the transaction is complete. Thank you!"


I think he posted the $15 as thats what he has quoted me to ship to Australia.. a flat rate international box...

You want to talk about shipping rip offs?... don't get me started...


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That would be me. I also mentioned the flat rate envelope. These "modules" are wafer-thin.

I know you've had big shipping rip-offs which are unbelievable, but the everyday ones on ebay, where sellers constantly combine things into a single package for their convenience and profit, but stick the buyer for the original shipping are a continual irritation.
  

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Post Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 7:26 pm 
 

Canadians dream of the USPS with its reasonable prices and everything you can fit in flat rate boxes.

A couple of blisters of miniatures from one side of the country to the other is $12 here.
  

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Post Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 8:01 pm 
 

Yes, we do.  The dream of cheap flat rate shipping options and media mail :drool:.

I brought one package with me to the US to ship by Flat Rate Box to Europe for $54.  The alternatives from Canada post were surface (8-12 weeks) for $78 or $131 Air.
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Post Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 8:14 pm 
 

And...those damned Canada Post/eBay boxes are just a tad too small to ship magazines and books.
Plus they are only for shipping to Canada and the US.  :evil:


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Post Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 8:32 pm 
 

should make a trip over the border and post em I think..

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