At this point I'd be happy to for them get rid of Saturday delivery as long as international rates stayed sane so it wouldn't affect my international sales...
-Yinan On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Adam Hupe <raremeteori...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > (PPS: To Adam I say, make money not war, then it works also with the > states-budget again ;-) > > I am all for peace, not war but I refuse to stick my head in the sand and > ignore what is happening. Sure housing and electronics are cheap but > virtually none of friends around here has been able to hang onto their homes. > It is like I live in a ghost town having over half the people pack up and > move into cheap rentals. > > Perhaps if the U.S. Post office embraced technology, they could lower their > rates. Instead, I am forced to wait for a clerk who cannot type and keep up > with all of the poorly thought out changes. There is barley enough room to > write in addresses on their new customs form and their online software will > not even run on every browser! I was forced to purchase a very expensive > Zebra direct-thermal printer for postage and their international software > doesn't work. > > This is what happens when entities become too large to communicate with their > own staff or really care about their customers. > > > I am beginning to believe that robots could do a better job. At least they > do not show up to work with a category 5 hangover and complain about being > underpaid. > > Happy Shipping, > > Adam > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Martin Altmann <altm...@meteorite-martin.de> > To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Cc: > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 8:57 AM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OT: USPS price increase: international = crazy > increase! > > But, Mike, other things became remarkably cheap. > > Imagine, you'd have to do all your e-mail traffic in form of paper letters, > and if it's urgent to pay a.. a... a "telegram". full stop. > Or to print your assortment lists and to send them by mail out. > Oops sorry, to type them first by typewriter and to "hectograph" them (cool, > my English dictionary hasn't that word anymore). > Huh, we had then even extra-thin paper for airmail-letters. > > ...like it was common practice still far into the 1990s. > > If I would do so, I easily would pay 15-20k$ a year only for buying stamps! > > Or, hihihi, do you remember the first cellular phones? > These where you had still to carry a suitcase under the other arm? > And where the people and we laughed so much about the cockalorums, when they > ostentatiously screamed on the street in the handset: I'm just this moment > walking on that and that road.. > > Oops. Have to explain to the kiddies, why that was so funny: > At those times then, the phone was at home. If you called somebody and a > person was not answering, you knew that that person was not at home. And if > he answered, you hadn't to ask, where he is and what he's doing, because you > knew, that he's home and is speaking on the phone. Hence it was a > zero-information. > And dear children, so it is still today! It makes no sense to call or to > send an SMS to ask, where the other would be at the moment or to report > where you are. > Because if you're waiting for someone, it doesn't help you to know, whether > he's in the supermarket, on a baseball field or on the road, > Becauuuuuuuuuuse he comes, when he comes. All other information is > irrelevant. > > Would be interesting to know, with how many billions the private consumption > could be risen, > if people would stop sending these empty information, where they are at the > moment and what they are doing at the moment, wouldn't it? > > Alas, > Children, we survived these old times, without problems. > On contrary, it wasn't so stressing and stroboscopic like today. > > Today we suffered horrible deformations. > Look at me, I get already impatient, because I'm waiting for Mike's decision > for 12 hours only, although he is at the moment 10,000 miles away from me, > and where we would have sent then letters forth and back for the same thing, > which would have taken easily 3 weeks. > > Skol > Martin > > PS: Iiiieeek! German collectors have not only to pay import-VAT on the > meteorites sent fom non-EU, but also on the postage! That's mean, cause in > Germany buying stamps is VAT-free. > Always those communists.... > > (PPS: To Adam I say, make money not war, then it works also with the > states-budget again ;-) > > PPS: By the way, I'm sitting at the moment in front of my computer and I'm > typing this posting... ;-) > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com > [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von Galactic > Stone & Ironworks > Gesendet: Montag, 28. Januar 2013 16:12 > An: Adam Hupe > Cc: Adam > Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] OT: USPS price increase: international = crazy > increase! > > My local clerk gave me a heads-up about this hike last week. It still sucks > though. Gripe +1. > > This is just another cost that dealers will have to pass along to > collectors. > > A while back, I stopped using boxes to ship Riker displays. Now I wrap them > up in a double-layer of padding and put them into a bubble-mailer. This > saves several ounces on weight and a few dollars on postage. There is a > higher risk of breakage now, but thankfully none have been broken so far. > I'll replace the occasional damaged one when the situation arises, so it's > worth it to keep the overall costs down a bit. > > The international increase is the worst part. I ship a lot of First Class > International packages to places like Canada and the UK. Some of these > could be shipped for $4 or less. Heck, a small bubble mailer to Canada > often cost under $3 and was cheaper than sending the same package to Hawaii > or Alaska. I guess that has changed now. It's bad enough the customs short > form now requires 10 minutes of standing in line for each package, and now > this. > > Like Adam said - I recall the early days of Flat Rate shipping (not that > long ago actually), and while the cost has gone up, the amount or quality of > service paid for has not. It's the same as most consumer goods or services > over the last decade - less for more. > > Best regards, > > MikeG > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com > Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone > Twitter - http://twitter.com/GalacticStone Pinterest - > http://pinterest.com/galacticstone > RSS - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > On 1/28/13, Adam Hupe <raremeteori...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> This is typical of USPS and Government in general. Give absolutely no >> warning of impending price or tax increases and make decisions at the last >> possible second. There are going to be a lot of shocked taxpayers once > they >> realize all of the hidden tax increases in the Affordable Health Care Act. >> As far as shipping goes, USPS is famous for surprise increases. I > remember >> 8 years ago when a small flat rate Priority Mail box cost only $2.80. It > is >> now exactly double at $5.60. >> >> How many people's salaries have doubled in the last 8 years? The > government >> should learn to manage our money better instead of spending it like a >> drunken gambler. At least the gambler is spending his own money. Most > of >> us are forced to live within our means! >> >> I can hear the complaining now from eBay buyers about the new shipping > price >> hike. We go through this once or twice a year. >> >> Happy Shipping, >> >> Adam >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Yinan Wang <veom...@gmail.com> >> To: METEORITE LIST <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> >> Cc: >> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 12:15 AM >> Subject: [meteorite-list] OT: USPS price increase: international = crazy >> increase! >> >> Hi List, >> >> This is more of a "OMG, did you see the prices" message, although it >> is a subject that affects both meteorite sellers and buyers. >> >> For those not aware, the USPS raised it's prices on Sunday, while >> domestically it didn't change by much, internationally it's an insane >> price increase: >> >> https://www.usps.com/business/prices.htm >> >> So small flat rate priority international went from $16.95 to $23.95 >> (a 40% increase!). To Canada small flat rate went from $12.95 to >> $19.95 (over 50%!). >> >> Even first class international starting price is now $6.55 and for >> some places seem to have gone up 125%! >> >> Unfortunately, there's not much anyone can do, alternatives are few >> and still fairly costly. Although, anyone with affordable shipping >> suggestions, feel free to chime in. >> >> -Yinan Wang >> ______________________________________________ >> >> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> >> ______________________________________________ >> >> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
