Re: (313) New WPA record

2010-02-15 Thread Martin Dust
On 15 Feb 2010, at 10:22, Williams, Graham wrote: > I guess it's who you know Martin, my last order didn't cost anywhere near $36 > :-) I guess but that wasn't really my point, in a world where blogs are now serving up 20,000 releases and making more money than the labels/artists getting peopl

RE: (313) New WPA record

2010-02-15 Thread Williams, Graham
I guess it's who you know Martin, my last order didn't cost anywhere near $36 :-) G -Original Message- From: Martin Dust [mailto:mar...@dustscience.com] Sent: 12 February 2010 21:28 Cc: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) New WPA record Shame about UPS, £36+ for postage i

RE: (313) New WPA record

2010-02-15 Thread Williams, Graham
I guess it's who you know Martin, my last order didn't cost anywhere near $36 :-) G -Original Message- From: Martin Dust [mailto:mar...@dustscience.com] Sent: 12 February 2010 21:28 Cc: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) New WPA record Shame about UPS, £36+ for postage i

Re: (313) New WPA record

2010-02-12 Thread Martin Dust
Shame about UPS, £36+ for postage is just too much for one 12" - which is a real shame as I'd love to support UR direct but for that postage I could get into a real tangle in my local :) m

RE: (313) New WPA record

2010-02-12 Thread John Sokolowski
> Doesn't bode well for the 12" when 95% of the replies are about the up postal > system and the rest about whats contained on the record. > > Dont mind the flip side though > > I'm going to be in detroit end of march so ill try [pick it up when i'm out > there.. The flip side does sound ni

Re: (313) New WPA record

2010-02-12 Thread Paul Wise
Doesn't bode well for the 12" when 95% of the replies are about the up postal system and the rest about whats contained on the record. Dont mind the flip side though I'm going to be in detroit end of march so ill try [pick it up when i'm out there.. On 12 Feb 2010, at 17:11, kent williams wro

Re: (313) New WPA record

2010-02-12 Thread kent williams
I've had good luck with USPS internationally, including shipping CDs to soviet union, when there was still such a thing. All bets are off shipping something to India, though. I tried shipping something to my son a few months back when he was in Kottayam, Kerala Province, and it was a comedy of er

Re: (313) New WPA record

2010-02-12 Thread JT Stewart
I think you'll find that UPS and Fedex have their own problems when you've got more experience using them (for instance, they just don't deliver to some surprising places, and failed deliveries lead to bigger messes). USPS, UPS, and Fedex each have their strengths and weaknesses depending on destin

Re: (313) New WPA record

2010-02-12 Thread Detroit Techno Militia
I personally use USPS all the time (5-10 pieces per day) but Bridgette has her reasons. I've had several items get lost using their international service. 2 were returned to me. Not bad, but they were larger packages and I had to pay additional shipping to get the boxes back. 10 shirts cost

Re: (313) New WPA record

2010-02-11 Thread JT Stewart
No, it's not. I run a mail-order record business, we still use USPS. We send around a thousand int'l packages a year, to some slightly exotic places. A package goes missing maybe once every two years, and usually it's not entirely clear whether it's even the USPS' fault. International shipments ov

Re: (313) New WPA record

2010-02-11 Thread Martin Dust
On 11 Feb 2010, at 01:13, Detroit Techno Militia wrote: > Too many issues shipping with USPS. If you want to take your chances, > I'd be more than happy to pick one up for you and send it 1st class. > :) Is the US postal service that bad? Everything we send seems to get through! m

Re: (313) New WPA record

2010-02-10 Thread Detroit Techno Militia
Too many issues shipping with USPS. If you want to take your chances, I'd be more than happy to pick one up for you and send it 1st class. :) Angela Schwendemann Label Manager Detroit Techno Militia http://www.detroittechnomilitia.com 313-449-8655 On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 5:01 AM, Martin Dust

Re: (313) New WPA record

2010-02-10 Thread Jussi Lehtonen
"Yeah" on UR-080 sounds especially nice. - J On Wed, 10 Feb 2010, Southern Outpost wrote: This record and John Collins new one (UR-80) is some hot hot wax been waiting for UR to hit with this sound again. P. On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 7:02 PM, Detroit Techno Militia wrote: I just recei

Re: (313) New WPA record

2010-02-10 Thread Mike Taylor
Take care, mt > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Martin Dust > To: 313 <313@hyperreal.org> > Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:01:51 +0000 > Subject: Re: (313) New WPA record > Hey Ang, > > How comes Submerge only use UPS? $36 is a lot of wedge for postage. > > m

Re: (313) New WPA record

2010-02-10 Thread Southern Outpost
This record and John Collins new one (UR-80) is some hot hot wax been waiting for UR to hit with this sound again. P. On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 7:02 PM, Detroit Techno Militia wrote: > I just received the message from Submerge.  There is going to be a new > WPA record. > Bridgette has samples

Re: (313) New WPA record

2010-02-10 Thread Martin Dust
Hey Ang, How comes Submerge only use UPS? $36 is a lot of wedge for postage. m On 10 Feb 2010, at 03:02, Detroit Techno Militia wrote: > I just received the message from Submerge. There is going to be a new > WPA record. > Bridgette has samples up on the Submerge site and this release is > g