On May 8, 10:28=A0am, Johannes Patruus <inva...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Years ago I ordered a GBP 3000+ book from Japan and was amazed when it
was=
> delivered by Parcel Force, a British company notorious at the time for
> losing stuff like crazy! I still shudder at the memory.
You ordered a GBP3000+ book?? I am green of envy, and not of
dollars. :-) I see books at that price range on ABE, but I could never
afford to buy them. On the other hand, our university library is
notorious for throwing away [as in dumping into a garbage bin] books
that haven't been borrowed for a while. Some librarian friends notify
me when the time is right, and then pick up boxes full of 17-18-19th
century math books at no cost. :-) Had I been more ambitious I'd
probably have put some up for sale on ebay, but I just keep some and
give away others.
> At the other end of the scale, many are the books I've received from the
U=
S
> where the price of the book was exceeded by the cost of the airmail!
I used to have books ****p to friends in the US, often free of charge,
and then have them mail me the books in one large box via surface
mail. However, 2-3 years ago, the US Postal Service eliminated surface
mail.
I wonder what would be the minimum weight required to ****p a box of
books as freight, i.e., by boat, through a company that specialises in
such things as ****pping house content, etc. Perhaps N people could
purchase books together, ****p locally to some NY address, and have
everything packed and ****pped by freight to the target country.
Mayer
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