Re: OT: Need help with a package from UK to USA

2013-12-22 Thread Joseph McAllister
Replied off list. Thank you Cotty! Joseph On Dec 19, 2013, at 11:08 , Steve Cottrell wrote: On 17/12/13, Joseph McAllister, discombobulated, unleashed: 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

Re: OT: Need help with a package from UK to USA

2013-12-19 Thread Joseph McAllister
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

Re: OT: Need help with a package from UK to USA

2013-12-19 Thread John
When I was overseas needed to mail stuff home there was an option called Space Available Mail that was really cheap. Mailed a 9x12 carpet home for $8.00. Took it about 2 weeks to get there (not a big deal because I didn't get there for another six months myself). There may be something like

Re: OT: Need help with a package from UK to USA

2013-12-19 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 17/12/13, Joseph McAllister, discombobulated, unleashed: 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 sheetfeeters are already almost 20

Re: OT: Need help with a package from UK to USA

2013-12-18 Thread John
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

RE: OT: Need help with a package from UK to USA

2013-12-18 Thread Bob W
http://www.parcelforce.com/ -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Sent: 18 December 2013 20:25 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Need help with a package from UK to USA Does the British Post Office do parcel post

OT: Need help with a package from UK to USA

2013-12-17 Thread Joseph McAllister
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