Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 05:31 PM 9/29/01 -0700, you wrote: >I've used FedEx in the past to send film to my destination and then back >home. FedEx does not Xray. I just received a batch of Efke film from >Germany via FedEx and it was not Xrayed. I have an online FedEx account >and can print a FedEx waybill anywhere there is an online computer. Like >an internet cafe or wherever. In cases where I had specific times already >set-up, I printed out FedEx waybills for both sending and receiving before >I left home. FedEx online lets you tell it when you are going to ship. The >date really doesn't matter because the waybill is valid anytime after it >is printed. > >Jim Jim - I tried sending my exposed film back from Honduras by FedEx as an experiment. First I had to find a FedEx office in Tegucigalpa - not an easy task. Then I had to get my film there when they were open which meant leaving communities one day early to get back to the capital. I sent only 40 rolls by the cheapest air route possible. Then I worried obsessively until I saw the film again. The film did arrive home shortly after I did, but it cost me $150 and a lot of worry. I don't think I'll be doing that regularly. Tina Tina Manley, ASMP http://www.tinamanley.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html