medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Dear Meg,
That is terrible. (I was going to quote a typically witty risposte à
la Butthead, but this is a family list after all.)
I hope someone on the list can find that there is indeed a way to
send books abroad from the U.S.A. at a reasonable rate, and let us
know about it.
George
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George FERZOCO
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On 26 Jun 2007, at 16:53, Cormack, Margaret Jean wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
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> Dear George,
> That was April. The rates changed May 14, and MBags, which I was
> planning to use,
> are no longer possible, as I was informed both by my local post
> office and by the (much less friendly)
> person who answered the 800 number in Washington DC. (on about May
> 18, i.e. if I'd gotten to
> the PO a week earlier they would have gone through!)
> Meg
>
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> From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval
> religious culture on behalf of George FERZOCO
> Sent: Tue 26.6.2007 11:51
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [M-R] Journals - US mail
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>
>
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
> culture
>
> Dear Meg,
>
> This April, I used an M-Bag in sending books I'd bought at a
> conference in the States to my home in England. There were 20 pounds
> of books, and the delivery cost $19.95 (I paid about $4 for someone
> to pack the books properly.) Delivery was made about 7 weeks later,
> so don't use this if you are in a hurry.
>
> George
>
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> George FERZOCO
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> On 26 Jun 2007, at 16:43, Cecil T Ault wrote:
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>> Try the M Bag. I use it to send stuff to my wife in Serbia. I
>> don't know how much it costs now because I havn't sent anything for
>> over a year. It certainly is cheaper than what you listed. The
>> post office gives you the bag with a tag. The receiver keeps the
>> bag.
>> yrs, tom ault
>>
>> On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:50:56 -0400
>> "Cormack, Margaret Jean" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>>> Tom's note provoques me to send out this message to US members of
>>> this list.
>>> While not a strictly medieval topic, it effects all of us who
>>> study the middle ages and
>>> who might like, at some time, to send books overseas. This
>>> includes publishers,
>>> anyone who sends books out for review, to their friends, etc. etc.
>>> As I discovered when
>>> I wanted to send a box of journals to myself for a research
>>> project, the recent
>>> changes in the US Mail service have COMPLETELY DONE AWAY WITH
>>> overseas surface mail. You can still mail your packages at a
>>> slightly
>>> lower rate than airmail, but there's no point: this only means
>>> surface mail within the US;
>>> when the package reaches the coast, it will be put on plane, at
>>> the cost of about $ 36 per ten pounds,
>>> if I remember rightly. It takes about as long as sea-mail used to,
>>> but costs 3-5 times as much.
>>> The "book bag" which used to make scholarly life
>>> a bit more affordable for those of us who occasionally migrate
>>> across the atlantic no longer exists. Write to your congressman -
>>> the postmaster general -
>>> anyone you can think of!
>>> Meg
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>>> From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval
>>> religious culture on behalf of Ryan, Thomas F.
>>> Sent: Tue 26.6.2007 08:37
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: [M-R] Journals
>>> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
>>> culture
>>> I have numerous hardcopy issues of Speculum and the Journal of the
>>> American Academy of Religion that I'd like to give away. Any
>>> suggestions?
>>> Thanks,
>>> Tom
>>> Thomas Ryan, PhD
>>> Chair, Department of Religious Studies
>>> St. Thomas University
>>> 16401 NW 37th
>>> Miami Gardens, FL. 33054
>>> Phone: 305-628-6648
>>> Fax: 305-628-6764
>>> Email: [log in to unmask]
>
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