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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-16-05 12:44 PM
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WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! $100 for SHIPPING ALONE?!?!?! For 6 pounds?!
2700g of jelly babies, bought in the UK for $26, costs $100 to ship to the US.

:wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow:

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
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Clintmax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-16-05 12:49 PM
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1. Not out of MY back pocket it won't!
That's CRAZY nuts!
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-16-05 12:50 PM
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4. Cost of oil and the master of all bogeyman, the terra'st...
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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-16-05 12:49 PM
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2. Something is VEY WRONG with that figure!
I could see maybe $20.00 at the most. I do some purchasing and some shipping internationally, and that figure is WAY out of line, unless you are requesting overnight service!
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-16-05 12:51 PM
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6. Insurance was 15 UK pounds and base cost was 35 UK pounds.
50 pounds.

Translation is something like 2:1 because of the falling dollar... $100.

They only had one option.

When I order Blake's 7 series 1 - 3 from amazon.com, I think I'll go el-cheapo shipping - which will still be $25 and will take 2~3 weeks.
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-16-05 12:50 PM
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3. The only possible response to that is
(and I don't know how well it translates into American):

"how's about bollocks!"
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-16-05 12:51 PM
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5. Wow. The dollar is not doing well, is it?
Wow.
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