From and.rosta@gmail.com Tue Oct 30 01:55:08 2007 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list llg-members); Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:55:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.173]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1Immru-0000OT-Ft for llg-members@lojban.org; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:55:04 -0700 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id m2so63758uge for ; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:54:15 -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:reply-to:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Rrk55axjslMpXXF/mJ05psiL68V2TG6lH3ptgqOQlQM=; b=LE648S/W9rwvXz77xkqQS+X8f/us5FFSZFE0pbki9zPO88FAllEqFapTxGfmDv44GFwpYo4nM2nKU+iIDiFObnxcx7EAdtP5XV0H/DTYgjtlqmbUvkGBJWarsw02/TrOlTCzWAB/j7O25f26uWOOVfzkNAxqEEURWoADDeJa7C4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=ShFJTQ+turKFm7CX9nKPTh/69I1Ys4rFX+1PjoMEwcYyYp1TV1iK1xLbrvoMFbCtUBFy050fR+LQrsUay3pgU6C2MuVoyA3EiHIRvXZyvIM0NWJiRFuKtpvTKtTv8KRHgpc29QunRpzzv4uFbEqxe84NWIjb+cVb90AF9R5jL4M= Received: by 10.67.115.17 with SMTP id s17mr581862ugm.1193734455546; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:54:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?80.192.159.120? ( [80.192.159.120]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id j2sm397757ugf.2007.10.30.01.54.13 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:54:14 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4726F133.2040807@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 08:54:11 +0000 From: And Rosta User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: llg-members@lojban.org Subject: [llg-members] Re: CLL reselling References: <47236730.5030400@gmail.com> <20071030010927.GC31462@mercury.ccil.org> <20071030011855.GB27850@digitalkingdom.org> <4726A214.7010503@lojban.org> <20071030055016.GF31462@mercury.ccil.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Score: -0.0 X-Spam-Score-Int: 0 X-Spam-Bar: / X-archive-position: 504 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: llg-members-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: llg-members-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: and.rosta@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: llg-members@lojban.org X-list: llg-members Theodore Reed, On 30/10/2007 05:57: > 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. UK postage costs for CLL are £5 within UK and c.£7.50 within the EU. Add $7.66 to those figures, subtract the per-book cost of batch-shipping to a US-based CLL-reseller, and then compare to the cost of sending a single book to a UK address and an EU address (i.e. from a US-based CLL reseller). --And.