On 28/1/07 10:20, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

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The cost of postage of packets within Europe is becoming ridiculous.

I recently had an example where it was cheaper to have a book sent from the
USA
via Auckland by air than directly from the UK bookshop where I ordered it to
NL.


Some time ago I wanted to order a DVD for someone living in Jersey and the
company distributing it did so from within Jersey. They still expected me
to pay the cost it would have attracted for posting from Jersey to anywhere
in Europe. I pointed out that it was going about two miles up the road. No
dice from them, so no sale to me!
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