Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 22:46:33 03/22/01
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On March 23, 2001 at 01:29:58, Michael Cummings wrote: >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. We have registered mail here. It is an ideal way to send things that are both small and valuable. A computer is large, and I think there are better ways to send something like that, which are also less expensive, and should be just as safe for something like that. bruce
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