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29/07/2010 4:24 pm
29/07/2010 5:39 pm
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I have had good experiences dealing with them.
30/07/2010 3:41 am
Airmail Cost
In the "Good Old Days" (1960's) I used Sea Mail which was very slow but very cheap. It would take one month from Europe and two months from Japan. But the cost was very small. But now people want fast service but I like cheap service. But sea mail for small boxes does not exist. I must find dealers in the US.
30/07/2010 7:58 am
Still exists from UK
It is called "surface small packet mail" here in the UK and covers items up to certain weight - say 3 or 4 1/43 models. But you will not find traders offering it because it can take months to get to say Canada from UK or the other way round. Dealers were finding people getting credit card refunds or demanding money back saying it had not arrived when they were not prepared to be patient plus getting a refund from the carriers is difficult since there are so many firms involved. It is also about 60% of the cost of Airmail say 4GBP to States rather than 7GBP so the saving is not huge
30/07/2010 12:44 pm
Shop for bargains and pay the airmail
The first time I ever bought models from overseas (3 Dinkies in 1970 that were supposed to be MB condition) they eventually arrived but two were crushed. Never again since!
30/07/2010 12:52 pm
Crushed!!!! they must have been subjected to .....
one heck of a force Harv!
I agree get the models as fast as possible. Don't use a method whereby they
are left hanging around a ships hold for six months!
Cheers Chris
Autominologist residing in the Robin Hood County
Nottinghamshire England UK