[WWI] 1/72 ot Vacu kits

[Crawford Neil]

I've more or less given up with anything that involves postage,
mailing here is so expensive that even swapping models has lost it's 
charm, buying and selling anything but decals is out of the question.
/Neil 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org 
> [mailto:wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org] On Behalf Of Robert Karr
> Sent: den 15 december 2009 03:23
> To: World War I Modeling Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [WWI] 1/72 ot Vacu kits
> 
> The shipping of merchandise outside the USA starts to climb 
> when everything 
> is factored- things like currencies and exchange rates. Those 
> charges can 
> get pretty whopping as as percentage. Toss in the a**h*le 
> factor of people 
> who think you're trying to rip them off when you state the 
> true cost of a 
> transaction- that adds to the merriment. They want it NOW and 
> faint when 
> they learn the actual cost of any kind of shipping quicker 
> than row boat 
> speed- and we get accused of an attempted ripoff. Toss in the 
> packages to 
> the "outside world"in the last couple of years that got 
> trashed by psychotic 
> customs goons (that we're expected to make good on) and it 
> get less and less 
> attractive to do business out of this country.
> There's a alot more to it than simply filling in an address form.
> On the other hand, we do have a few customers scattered 
> around the world who 
> know what's what and they're a pleasure to do business with.
> RK
> willing to try and deal with almost anybody:
> http://www.karrart.com/aviationartblog/
> 
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