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Re: [ARSCLIST] Shipping 78s



AFAIK: "As Far As I Know"
-Matt S


----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Smolian" <smolians@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Shipping 78s


> Thanks for the helpful comments.
>
> What does AFAIK mean?
>
> Steve Smolian
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Aaron Z Snyder" <aaron@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 12:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Shipping 78s
>
>
> > Dear Steve,
> >
> > I can answer one or two items you raised. I've been a stamps.com user
for
> a
> > long time, and I'm happy to report that you can get shipping and
delivery
> > confirmation for Media Mail, as well as for First Class and Priority
Mail.
> > Non-priority Mail costs 13 cents more for confirmation -- I feel that
this
> > is money well-spent, especially in the case of Media Mail, which can, at
> > times, have really frustratingly-long deliveries. (I watched a package
> which
> > I shipped to Tiburon, CA, sit in the office across the bay in Richmond,
> CA,
> > for five days before it finally got delivered to its destination. There
> was
> > nothing I could do to speed it along, but at least I knew that it wasn't
> > lost.) AFAIK you're still going to have to drop packages over 1 lb off
at
> > the post office.
> >
> > UPS is great for tracking purposes, and they have their own software to
> > generate the shipping labels (we use it in our business-of course you
need
> > an account number). It costs money to have the items picked up, of
course;
> > however, if you take the pre-labeled packages to the UPS office, you can
> > usually avoid standing in long lines if you have them pre-labeled.
> >
> > Hope this helps at least a small amount.
> >
> > Aaron Z Snyder
> > Optimark Fiber Optics
> > 14 HEATHWOOD LN
> > CHESTNUT HILL MA 02467-2685 US
> > Tel: +1 617 232-6224   Fax +1 617 731-2272
> > www.optimark-fiber.com


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