Thanks John and Bob. Not a solution in either case. Royal Mail (in some sort of fire sale situation, I read) is the umbrella corp of ParcelForce. Their prices are pretty much the same as the rest. They only seem to differ in the service used to deliver the goods once over here. One suggestion made by the seller and by eBay was to find a consolidator who takes their time but fills containers to ship under their name. Getting the package to a port and getting it delivered might be another sticking point.
ParcelForce, by the way, offers the best prices, up until just below my purchase's cubic footage, at which point that service is no longer available. On Dec 18, 2013, at 12:25 , John wrote: > Does the British Post Office do parcel post? ... or whatever that's morphed > into now-a-days. > > On 12/17/2013 9:30 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote: >> I just purchased two new old-stock still boxed Aux. sheet-feeders for >> my Apple Laserwriter 8500 for £50 from an outfit in Luton, north of >> London. They suggested I use "Parcel2Go" for a quote on getting it to >> my home in Washington state. The two units taped together total 9.2 >> cu feet but only weigh 10 Kg. >> >> The least expensive shipper is quoting me £141, the most £512. But >> these are 3+ days shipments, much faster than I need. I am only >> interested in getting these intact within the next month or two. >> These sheet-feeders are already almost 20 years old, and a great find, >> just an ocean away. >> >> Could one of you make some suggestions on ways to cross the pond in a >> more reasonable manner? >> >> Luton LU2 to USA 98349 Joseph McAllister [email protected] -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
