At 01:00 PM 6/18/2004, Wouter van Ooijen wrote: >But especially the $5 handling can be high compared to let's say a $20 >package. Yeah - it is. And I'd *really* like not to have to pay it. But paying $5 is just so much more reasonable than paying $30 on top of that $20 package. Quite frankly, I gotten to the point where I mentally add in the import costs when deciding whether to purchase something from outside the country. I buy a *lot* of stuff from eBay - I got unpleasantly surprised quite a few times before I learned my lesson. Now I know what the costs are and figure my bid prices accordingly. If its still a good deal, then I bid on the item. If not, another will come along sooner or later. That's the other great truth I've learned from eBay - sooner or later, I will get the item I'm looking for at the price I'm willing to pay. It just may take a few weeks or months. dwayne -- Dwayne Reid Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd Edmonton, AB, CANADA (780) 489-3199 voice (780) 487-6397 fax Celebrating 20 years of Engineering Innovation (1984 - 2004) .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .- `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' Do NOT send unsolicited commercial email to this email address. This message neither grants consent to receive unsolicited commercial email nor is intended to solicit commercial email. -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body