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Re: Using mobile phone as an internet radio

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From: Dave Plowman (News)
Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2012 13:08
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In article <epudnWDGL-LfiO3NnZ2dnUVZ_oWdnZ2d@supernews.com>,
   Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> wrote:
> > The Americans do seem generally to be used to sending a lot by courier
> > when we would just put in the post. Tending to happen in the UK also
> > even though the Royal Mail / Parcelforce often give a better service
> > and of course do not charge extra to send further. There has been a
> > big campaign in the North of Scotland about companies charging extra
> > for many postcode areas.


> That's mostly a business etiquette thing, I think.  Sending somebody a 
> bunch of business documents in the snail mail sort of says that their 
> input isn't that urgent.  Letter mail here is also very secure IME.

Fine if 'they' want to do this and pay for it. My complaint is buying
goods from the US where I'm paying the P&P and not having the choice of a
reasonably priced service. Why would I want to pay in some cases more than
the value of the goods for postage, if I'm in no rush to receive them?

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    Dave Plowman        dave@davenoise.co.uk           London SW
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From: "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Using mobile phone as an internet radio
Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2012 14:08:41 +0100
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