From ted.reed@gmail.com Mon Oct 29 22:57:38 2007 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list llg-members); Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:57:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.182.185]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1Imk6Z-0002WH-An for llg-members@lojban.org; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:57:38 -0700 Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id 4so1269432nfv for ; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:57:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=kgFmxr4BR7H05cg+laXIHxnlj+flbDGJq/fYNVqruoc=; b=TPKDC4Az9GvdCKNx0L2Q2tZ3LPBCkH6gZUL0AnCqsap6F8pJZEujx8aEmmrwTjD2pfXo5QvYWpiIeNpclQ3Fd6iK0CvrjSSNLsHNPpUdIEJ/aS1xJr4E68VH77y6V4Q2AgExEJgXtucbOS9cfVfjO7pHwMiILdVwOokCDUWakxw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=Sn73kebIEuhi4DOYHA/i9B3Y0NFAdt9eNaPJg9wlIQqN/imQ0oGRNxVYYkStRp4hGq6VI9/3gMuV3AkqeL1nao0ZX+mc52mOwY/R7WJ5nX7ysitT471q6P1zIRtxkDX5UcikcrNEgyUvs0wABsJ7yV2gLHfjlTN6d9TDi/GgNTg= Received: by 10.78.200.3 with SMTP id x3mr4811036huf.1193723850886; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:57:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.161.12 with HTTP; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:57:30 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:57:30 -0700 From: "Theodore Reed" To: llg-members@lojban.org Subject: [llg-members] Re: CLL reselling In-Reply-To: <20071030055016.GF31462@mercury.ccil.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <47236730.5030400@gmail.com> <20071030010927.GC31462@mercury.ccil.org> <20071030011855.GB27850@digitalkingdom.org> <4726A214.7010503@lojban.org> <20071030055016.GF31462@mercury.ccil.org> X-Spam-Score: 0.0 X-Spam-Score-Int: 0 X-Spam-Bar: / X-archive-position: 503 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: llg-members-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: llg-members-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: ted.reed@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: llg-members@lojban.org X-list: llg-members On 10/29/07, John Cowan wrote: > Bob LeChevalier scripsit: > > > Specifically, a box of 16 books probably weighs around 45 pounds, and > > the USPS says that a package of that weight would cost $168.00 to ship > > to Great Britain, with a 5% discount if we buy the postage online. > > Insurance and other services that might be applicable could add another > > $20 to that total. > > Look at http://pe.usps.gov/text/imm/fh_014.htm and search on the page > for M-Bags: it's $31.35 for the first 11 pounds and $2.85 a pound > thereafter, max 44 pounds. > > The requirements on M-Bag content are at > http://pe.usps.gov/text/imm/immc2_026.htm#ep967275 . > So, given Bob's figure of 2lbs11oz for each book wrapped, 16 books weighs 43 pounds, just under the limit, and would cost $122.55 to ship, or $7.66 per book. -- Theodore Reed (treed/bancus) www.surreality.us