Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]UPS, DHL & US Mail ship to India (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Newegg, etc). Indian law allows unlimited import of books/magazine/software without customs duty. I wonder what Blurb's self imagined problem is? Why cant they just ship to the complete roster of countries that the shipper services? They accepted my credit card, but wont ship to me, and poor Jim has to make a totally unnecessary trip to the Post Office. Cheers & special thanks to Jim Jayanand On 1/5/07, Ken Carney <kcarney1@cox.net> wrote: > > > > That noted, UPS will probably fix the problem. > > > > more power to them.... > > > > thanks Jim.... Steve > > I wonder what the issue is. We send everything by FedX and DHL, > to > U.S., Europe and CIS addresses. They (especially DHL) seem to have no > problem finding the addressees. We never send anything by USPS unless all > we have to do is prove a U.S. postmark. > > > > > > > > > J > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org > > > [mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > > > Steve > > > Barbour > > > Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 5:35 PM > > > To: Leica Users Group > > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Helping Blurb's Management > > > > > > > > > On Jan 4, 2007, at 3:31 PM, Jim Shulman wrote: > > > > > >> Luis, > > >> > > >> Thanks for the information on the US Postal Service. Unfortunately, > > >> blurb.com has elected not to use the US Postal Service for their > > >> shipping, > > >> either domestic or outside the US. > > >> > > >> Evidently blurb.com wishes to maintain an exclusive relationship > > >> with UPS as > > >> their shipper. > > >> > > >> It's not uncommon for US companies to have exclusive shipping > > >> arrangements, > > >> possibly because the exclusivity gives them better shipping terms, or > > >> because the shipper has a financial interest in the organization. > > >> I don't > > >> know if either--or neither--is the case with blurb.com. > > >> > > >> However, as a former direct mail guy, I can tell you that it's lousy > > >> business to disappoint or turn away customers because of shipping > > >> restrictions. When I ran a direct mail catalog, I'd do anything > > >> possible to > > >> ship around the world to customers. When one shipper posed a > > >> problem, I used > > >> another option. In short, if clients were paying, I was shipping! > > >> > > >> Apologies again to the group for this problem. I specifically > > >> selected > > >> blurb.com because they indicated that they shipped worldwide to most > > >> countries on the LUG roster. If I'd known that this silly issue > > >> would have > > >> held up shipments, I'd have produced the book elsewhere. > > > > > > > > > Jim, > > > > > > perhaps you should simply upload it to another site...Steve > > > > > > > > >> > > >> Best, > > >> Jim Shulman > > >> Bryn Mawr, PA > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org > > >> [mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > > >> Luis > > >> Ripoll > > >> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 5:19 PM > > >> To: 'Leica Users Group' > > >> Subject: [Leica] Helping Blurb's Management > > >> > > >> Maybe someone of you, or Jim... can reccommend to Blurb's > > >> Management this > > >> easy way: > > >> > > >> http://ircalc.usps.gov/ > > >> > > >> I hope this helps... > > >> > > >> Saludos desde Barcelona > > >> Luis > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Leica Users Group. > > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Leica Users Group. > > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >