Author: Torstein Hall
Date: 06:46:28 03/23/01
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On March 23, 2001 at 01:46:33, Bruce Moreland wrote: >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 UPS, TNT, DHL comes to my mind. I do receive stuff from a lot of places around the world in my job. All of the above have a easy webtracking service. Torstein
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