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[patchell]

Michael Zacherl wrote:

> Hi Jim,
>
> patchell wrote:
> >     I would go with Johns recomendations about the Engineers Notebook
> > and Construction guide as well, the local postage to get the whole thing
> > ran just over $60 (From New York to California)...I would hate to think
> > what the postage would be overseas...
>
> yup, this and those taxes etc. was keeping me from
> getting it years ago.
>
> So you payed $ 300 + 60 + sales tax - how much
> sales tax?
>

    Bernie must include some postage in the price, I actually only paid
$300+$9.00 (he charges a bit extra for west of the Missisippi), and no sales
tax (only New York residents have to pay the sales tax)...I don't recall from
the order form anything specific about over seas shipping costs, from my
experience, it would probably depend a lot on which country it was going to.

>
> Being spurred on by your recent posts I _was_
> considering to order them nevertheless but for me
> that would be $ 300 + (at least) 100 + appr. 25%
> (customs and sales tax) = $ 500 ... big ouch ...
>
> >     And these things are great.
>
> sigh ... yes!
>
> > I was reading some of the issues from
> > around 1974....seems there is a guy up in Renton Washington that runs a
> > local group of MEG (Musical Engineers Group) by the name of.....John
> > Marshall...when I am up in Seatle this summer...I hope to meet the guy
> > ;^)
>
> yeah, this is written history - man, this almost
> is 30 years ago ... (getting touched to tears ;-)
>
> Happy Easter!
>
>      Michael.

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