| From: | Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> |
| Cc: | Oleg Bartunov <oleg(at)sai(dot)msu(dot)su>, Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu>, Vadim Mikheev <vadim(at)krs(dot)ru>, Postgres Hackers List <hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] Re: [CORE] Re: tomorrow |
| Date: | 1999-08-17 15:00:03 |
| Message-ID: | 199908171500.LAA08877@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> > Yes, DHL is good, but they can't do the entire trip with one person
> > paying it all. They have to have the sender pay, so that is why I was
> > leaning to including checks in the package for those who want it. Also,
> > DHL-type carriers only offer 1-3 day delivery, which can get expensive
> > if we have many stops.
>
> What about someone like FedEx, with one account? Instead of sending
> cheques around?
Most carriers don't allow "third-party" billing, where the shipment is
payed by neither the sender or receiver, in all global locations. That
was the problem with DHL and Airborne Express.
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