[Coco] eBay MPI Heads Up

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I really don’t understand the problem here, I’ve shipped a ton of stuff
all over the world using USPS first class mail.  It’s one ~ 4” x 6” customs form, takes
perhaps 2 minutes to fill out.

I know UPS and the like are a pain, but just use USPS.  There’s one in every town.

- Ed


> On May 15, 2015, at 8:35 AM, Joe Grubbs <jsgrubbs at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> ++ on everything Boisy said.
> 
> --- Original Message ---
> 
> From: "Boisy Pitre" <coco at toughmac.com>
> Sent: May 15, 2015 9:29 AM
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] eBay MPI Heads Up
> 
> Such a shame. It seems our Brazilian CoCo friends have come out en masse over the past few years. As a group, they are one of the most prolific and dedicated when it comes to the CoCo. I’m very impressed with these guys.
> —
> Boisy G. Pitre
> CoCo Projects Coordinator
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> http://github.com/boisy/DriveWire-MacServer
> 
>> On May 15, 2015, at 8:18 AM, Joe Grubbs <jsgrubbs at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I've sold at least 3 or 4 CoCo related items to our friends in Brazil, and that has to be one of the most challenging countries to try to ship to from the US. Still, I was in and out of the post office in minutes. You just have to fill out a customs form which isn't a big deal. With that said, shipping to Canada is easy peasy. There really should never be a reason to exclude Canada unless of course the package is prohibitively large or heavy.
>> 
>> 
>>> From: timebandit001 at gmail.com
>>> Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 09:14:33 -0400
>>> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
>>> Subject: Re: [Coco] eBay MPI Heads Up
>>> 
>>> On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 9:05 AM, William Mikrut <wmikrut72 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Thank the corporations for making it difficult to ship outside the US.
>>>> Now you need a phone, a full printed manifest of the as package contents,
>>>> including a description and function.
>>>> 
>>>> And you hope that customs (mainly on the US side) doesn't hold the package
>>>> because some border monkey has never seen 8-Bit equipment in his life and
>>>> doesn't know what to make of it.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> And thank God that a free-trade agreement was signed between those 2
>>> country more than 27 years ago !
>>> 
>>> I am still amazed at how easily I can order crap from China, yet a lot of
>>> stuff from US won't ship to Canada. And I'm not talking only about stuff
>>> from eBay.
>>>