Author: Michael Cummings
Date: 22:29:58 03/22/01
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On March 22, 2001 at 23:01:31, Bruce Moreland wrote: >On March 22, 2001 at 20:35:12, Michael Cummings wrote: > >>On March 22, 2001 at 19:40:18, Christophe Theron wrote: >> >>>On March 22, 2001 at 19:21:01, Dann Corbit wrote: >>> >>>>On March 22, 2001 at 19:01:22, Christophe Theron wrote: >>>>[snip] >>>>>But what exactly happened to Pete ??? >>>> >>>>He lost $300. >>> >>> >>>Dann, you forgot to add ":)". >>> >>>I have understood that he has lost $300, and that's not what I was asking. >>> >>>I remember a while ago a discussion between Pete and Peter Skinner. Is it what >>>we are talking about? >>> >>> >>> Christophe >> >> >>Pete dished out 300 smackers for a computer as I recall, the other CCC members >>recieved the money and said he sent the computer, but the computer seemed t >>have fell into a black hole. >> >>He really should have got it sent via a method where things can be tracked, >>cause now the story is, either one bloke has stole $300, or he sent the item and >>a big box is sitting around somewhere with a table cloth hanging over it in some >>room being used as a coffee table. > >I can't think of a way to send a box that size without tracking being easy. If >you send it UPS, their online tracking is extremely good. If you can ship a box >that size via the postal service, same thing. If you insure something for more >than $100, you can look up online to see when it was received. > >bruce Well in Aus we have a thing called rigistered mail, and if you send it via that method (a few bucks more than normal mail) if it dissapears, then the police are actually called in. Cause for registered mail to vanish means someone stole it. Thats is how I send expensive stuff within my own country, and if I was to send it overseas. Most places you use to send have up to the minute parcel tracking and insurence.
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