[meteorite-list] OT; Italian mafia and the mail?

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From: Zelimir Gabelica <Z.Gabelica_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:31:29 2004
Message-ID: <1.5.4.32.20040227075631.008b7c04_at_pop.univ-mulhouse.fr>

I use to send from (and receive in) Belgium and France to (from) USA,
parcels containing "geological" samples (minerals, meteorites,
impactites...) since more than 25 years.=20
It never took more than about ONE week (in agreement to what said Anne).

I use "small parcels" (less than 1 kg) as this is cheaper, but larger are as
fast, just a little more expensive.

I send simply "by air mail", NEVER insured (this considerably slows down the
delivery!) and (very important!) put on the green tag for customs:
"geological" or "rock" samples (for meteorites, tektites, impactites..) or
"minearlogical samples" (for crystallized minerals)=20
"for study (or, sometimes: "as gift"), with no commercial value"
.
Parcels are never open, even if they are sent to my private home, not to my
research lab.

I reckon that from France or Belgium to...Italy, it may take sometimes (but
not so often) longer...

Zelimir

At 21:50 26/02/04 EST, you wrote:
>In a message dated 2/26/2004 7:41:27 PM Mountain Standard Time,=20
>ltcrose_at_bellsouth.net writes:
>
>
>> I sent a package to Belgium and it took almost 2 months to get to the=
buyer.
>> You should have seen all the threats and nasty- grams I got from that=
one!!
>> And this was the second one I sent.
>>=20
>> Rosie
>>=20
>
>I send packages to France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland very often.
>I always send them by Global Priority Mail and they take an average of one=
=20
>week to get there. And no problem (Except for the one that made a detour=
thru=20
>Australia before going to Austria! Not everybody knows the difference,=20
>apparently!!! ) :-)
>=20
>Anne M. Black
>www. IMPACTIKA.com
>IMPACTIKA_at_aol.com
>IMCA #2356
><HTML>In a message=
dated
2/26/2004 7:41:27 PM Mountain Standard Time, ltcrose_at_bellsouth.net writes:
> 
> 
> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=3DCITE style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid;
MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I sent a package to
Belgium and it took almost 2 months to get to the buyer.
> You should have seen all the threats and nasty- grams I got from that=
one!!
> And this was the second one I sent.
> 
> Rosie
> </BLOCKQUOTE>
> 
> I send packages to France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland very often.
> I always send them by Global Priority Mail and they take an average of
one week to get there. And no problem (Except for the one that made a detour
thru Australia before going to Austria!  Not everybody knows the
difference, apparently!!! )  :-)
> =20
> Anne M. Black
> www. IMPACTIKA.com
> IMPACTIKA_at_aol.com
> IMCA  #2356</HTML>
>
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