Re: [ARSCLIST] Shipping 78s

[Aaron Z Snyder <aaron@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

AFAIK = As Far As I Know

It's E-mail-ese which goes 'way back!

A.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
> [mailto:ARSCLIST@xxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Steven Smolian
> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 1:27 PM
> To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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
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