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jasoncole · 09-06-2003, 03:40 AM

is it bad trading to choose several people who have what your after email them back and forth then choose who you want to go with but politely emailing the others to say you dont want to go ahead with the deal does anybody view this as time wasting

Agent 13 · 09-06-2003, 06:51 AM

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Originally posted by jasoncole
is it bad trading to choose several people who have what your after email them back and forth then choose who you want to go with but politely emailing the others to say you dont want to go ahead with the deal does anybody view this as time wasting

Not at all! I suppose if it stretches out after a long period of time, but it certainly wouldn't offend me.

Jen

jasoncole · 09-06-2003, 07:23 PM

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Originally posted by Agent 13
Not at all! I suppose if it stretches out after a long period of time, but it certainly wouldn't offend me.

Jen

thanks jen if someone like you thinks thats its okay i will stick with this process this is how i got my f troop set by the way is your real name eric stewart i would like to trade in the future but we have different tastes in shows

mabye i can get you too show a sudden interest in the full sets of rhoda,marytylermoore etc

Agent 13 · 09-06-2003, 07:49 PM

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Originally posted by jasoncole
thanks jen if someone like you thinks thats its okay i will stick with this process this is how i got my f troop set by the way is your real name eric stewart i would like to trade in the future but we have different tastes in shows mabye i can get you too show a sudden interest in the full sets of rhoda,marytylermoore etc

Jason,

My "want list" is always incomplete.

I'm pretty open to lots of stuff. Really, my main stipulation is that the shows be pre-1980, preferrably black/white. F Troop would be fun. If you didn't live in Tasmania

I'd ask you for your "have list".

jasoncole · 09-06-2003, 09:03 PM

hey whats with the tassie icon oh well at least you couldn't find one with two heads

at least im not up to my neck in snow

really though god bless the land of many sitcoms

Agent 13 · 09-06-2003, 10:41 PM

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Originally posted by jasoncole
hey whats with the tassie icon oh well at least you couldn't find one with two heads at least im not up to my neck in snow
really though god bless the land of many sitcoms

Jason,

The "tassie icon" was what my head would look like if I had to ship to Tasmania.

Do you really live there? Or is it hopeful thinking?

As for being up to our necks in snow

, we really don't have as much as most people think. We're far more known for the bitter winds, which I could definitely do without.

Jen

jasoncole · 09-06-2003, 11:03 PM

i sure do live there its a beautiful place but is slowly being ruined by greedy people

i know what you mean about freight i would be getting new sets all the time but it costs so much, not from my end but from the u.s to here normally about $ 40.oou.s for 8 tapes

mabye i should get some convicts to row them over

Cheyne · 09-08-2003, 11:49 AM

Hey Jason,
I know what you mean about the shipping costs. Im from Melbourne and would have to mortage my house to get all the stuff I wanted sent over here.

Agent 13 · 09-08-2003, 12:35 PM

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Originally posted by jasoncole
i know what you mean about freight i would be getting new sets all the time but it costs so much, not from my end but from the u.s to here normally about $ 40.oou.s for 8 tapes

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Originally posted by Cheyne
Im from Melbourne and would have to mortage my house to get all the stuff I wanted sent over here.

Jason and Cheyne,

I have said this before, and I'll say it again...

There is a cheaper method of shipping from the USA that is not commonly used called the M-Bag. Since this is not used often, most postal workers are unfamiliar with it. (Our postal workers are very cautious using this method, checking their book to do it just right.)

The M-Bag (similar to media mail in the US) is far cheaper than the other options (approximately 1/3 the price). There is a longer waiting period, but I think it's worth looking into.

There are some restrictions for this service (package can't be too small or too big). It seems to me that many USA traders don't feel like they need to go the extra mile to get prices on this option since the shipping fees aren't coming out of their own pockets, so you really need to insist upon this.

jasoncole · 09-11-2003, 06:12 AM

thanks jen i made a mistake above that was supposed to be 40.00 aus that is still a lot though, that cost was for air mail the surface mail rates are quite reasonable and would be even cheaper with m-bag.i was only having a joke with you by the way i thought i need to lighten up on these boards because a lot of my posts are serious ones
hello cheyne its good to see other aus traders popping up on these boards i might start a thread and see if we can get some have/want lists going right now i am only interested in complete sets otherwise my collection will start to be all over the place i am after the complete set of i love lucy next

09-06-2003, 03:40 AM	#1
jasoncole Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jul 10, 2003 Location: tasmania Posts: 226	is it bad trading to is it bad trading to choose several people who have what your after email them back and forth then choose who you want to go with but politely emailing the others to say you dont want to go ahead with the deal does anybody view this as time wasting

09-06-2003, 09:03 PM	#5
jasoncole Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jul 10, 2003 Location: tasmania Posts: 226	hey whats with the tassie icon oh well at least you couldn't find one with two heads at least im not up to my neck in snow really though god bless the land of many sitcoms

09-06-2003, 11:03 PM	#7
jasoncole Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jul 10, 2003 Location: tasmania Posts: 226	i sure do live there its a beautiful place but is slowly being ruined by greedy people i know what you mean about freight i would be getting new sets all the time but it costs so much, not from my end but from the u.s to here normally about $ 40.oou.s for 8 tapes mabye i should get some convicts to row them over

09-08-2003, 11:49 AM	#8
Cheyne Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jul 21, 2002 Posts: 38	Hey Jason, I know what you mean about the shipping costs. Im from Melbourne and would have to mortage my house to get all the stuff I wanted sent over here.

09-11-2003, 06:12 AM	#10
jasoncole Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jul 10, 2003 Location: tasmania Posts: 226	thanks jen i made a mistake above that was supposed to be 40.00 aus that is still a lot though, that cost was for air mail the surface mail rates are quite reasonable and would be even cheaper with m-bag.i was only having a joke with you by the way i thought i need to lighten up on these boards because a lot of my posts are serious ones hello cheyne its good to see other aus traders popping up on these boards i might start a thread and see if we can get some have/want lists going right now i am only interested in complete sets otherwise my collection will start to be all over the place i am after the complete set of i love lucy next