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Kiersten_love
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08-03-2001

Tuesday, October 23, 2007 - 12:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kiersten_love a private message Print Post    
Thank you so much Julieboo, Ykrazy, Lumbele and Escapee. I will try the Teltley one, maybe that doesn't smell as strong as the Stash's.

I am drinking it because I hear that its good for me, but I am having a problem with the smell of it, lol, so now I add milk to it, but I can't drink it straight like I would like too since the smell really makes me want to hurl.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Friday, October 26, 2007 - 11:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
New question:

I am returning two sweatshirts that were bought online to exchange for new sizes. What is the best/cheapest way to mail these? I just want to ensure that they do not get lost...

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Friday, October 26, 2007 - 12:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Anyone know? I know I am not giving very much time for an answer, but I only have a babysitter for a short time and our post office closes in an hour!

Scooterrific
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07-08-2005

Friday, October 26, 2007 - 12:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scooterrific a private message Print Post    
Just send them in the mail...that will be the cheapest

Nyheat
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08-09-2006

Friday, October 26, 2007 - 12:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nyheat a private message Print Post    
I would go with UPS, plus they are open later. I found their prices more reasonable than the Post Office for the size/weight, and they are more reliable IMO.

Good Luck!

Kiersten_love
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08-03-2001

Friday, October 26, 2007 - 12:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kiersten_love a private message Print Post    
Hi Julieboo, there is priority mail from the post office and you can do it that way, but I think its $8.90 to ship in a box. Sorry I didn't see this sooner, and I hope you were able to ship it cheaper than what I suggested.

Also for future, there is UPS, which is how I ship usually, and its cheaper too. They pick up the package, and all you do is call them and tell them how much the package weighs and they tell you how much it will cost. Most of the times its way cheaper to ship than the post office. Hope that helps.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Friday, October 26, 2007 - 12:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
I was planning to do USPS with some sort of a receipt or certified or something like that. I just don't know the choices. Is UPS better for something like that?

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Friday, October 26, 2007 - 12:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
With UPS is there any guarantee that the item will not get lost? TIA!

Nyheat
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08-09-2006

Friday, October 26, 2007 - 12:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nyheat a private message Print Post    
Julie here is a link to the UPS site, the store locator section. They have a tracking system and some sort of insurance. Mainly I used them at jobs more than for personal, but i was okay with them. Hope this helps!

http://www.ups.com/dropoff?loc=en_US

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Friday, October 26, 2007 - 12:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Thanks. So with UPS, you have them pick the item up at your home? There is not a drop off site?

Nyheat
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08-09-2006

Friday, October 26, 2007 - 12:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nyheat a private message Print Post    
There is both---easiest for you would be a drop-off site/store so that you can get the box weighed and fill out the paperwork. You can bring your own box or get a box there i think. Hope all this new info doesn't slow you down. UPS Ground is the cheapest and if you sent today most likely it would arrive at its destination on late Monday afternoon.

Kaili
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08-31-2000

Friday, October 26, 2007 - 1:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kaili a private message Print Post    
"if you sent today most likely it would arrive at its destination on late Monday afternoon"

Depends on where it's going (how far it has to travel). Next Day Air has a guaranteed Monday arrival, and Ground packages can get places by Monday that are within a certain distance, but otherwise it takes longer. I doubt a return is a priority- Next Day charges are a ton.

The difference between UPS and USPS parcels is that the USPS will not send out a truck of parcels until it's full. Your package may sit at the Post Office a day or two until they have accumulated enough to make it worth the trip. That's what I've been told anyway. I know for a fact that UPS trucks go out whether they're 5% or 100% full.

For NDA packages, we have had packages arrive late in the evening after the plane has left and they will sometimes even send a driver to the Milwaukee airport (that's about 150 miles or so) just to get the package out.

The biggest problems that hold up stuff in the UPS system (and probably other systems as well) are: poorly labeled packages, old labels not being removed from used boxes, reused boxes with prohibited markings on them, such as ORM-D (in the air system), bad addresses/bad zips, and of course there is human error when a person loads a package into the wrong container. Usually those mistakes are caught and the package can be upgraded to get to its destination on time. I work with Air and Express internationals only so there's no room for error- you can't upgrade Next Day Air.

And there's your completely irrelevant UPS mini-lesson for the day. :-)

Kiersten_love
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08-03-2001

Friday, October 26, 2007 - 2:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kiersten_love a private message Print Post    
Julieboo, if you want to know the price, just call UPS and tell them you want to know how much it will cost and make sure you tell them the weight. At least this way you can make a choice between the Post Office or UPS, and yes they both have delivery confirmation and tracking with it as well. Personally I have found that UPS is cheaper, but at least you can find out the price first before going to the location if that is what you prefer to do.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Friday, October 26, 2007 - 2:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Thank you all very much. I sent is USPS cuz I wanted to get them out ASAP. But I think UPS is what I will use in the future. By the way, it cost just over $5 and that included confirmation and the box. Does UPS have boxes too?

Nyheat
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08-09-2006

Friday, October 26, 2007 - 3:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nyheat a private message Print Post    
That sounds totally cheap to me, and the right move because untangling all the UPS info was really confusing to me the first time I used them. Yup, UPS has boxes.

Kiersten_love
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08-03-2001

Friday, October 26, 2007 - 7:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kiersten_love a private message Print Post    
It sure is cheap because when I quoted it as being almost $9.00 it included the box I believe, but I still think that UPS is cheaper.

Glad you got the package off for a refund or return though :-)

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Friday, October 26, 2007 - 8:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
LOL, looks like I am too late, but Julieboo did what I would have suggested. Parcel post via USPS with delivery confirmation would be cheapest most of the time, also slowest delivery if it is going some distance.

Kaili, only sending out a truck when it gets full is not true. Think about it - the USPS visits every house and every business in the United States six days a week anyway every week of the year. Well, federal holidays off, of course.

Now, during my brief experimentation with selling a couple items on eBay, most of the time (heh, maybe three out of four) UPS ground was both cheaper and quicker.

And yes, Julieboo, you got a bargain at $5.

Zachsmom
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07-13-2000

Saturday, November 03, 2007 - 10:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Zachsmom a private message Print Post    
okay, here is my assignment for class:

Computers are increasingly conditioning the kind of country we live in. The “digital divide” between certain demographic groups and regions of our country continues to persist. Discuss the efforts to fill the access gap at home, in schools and the community.



What is being done about the digital divide globally? (Hint: Nicholas Negroponte)

Find an article or an Internet site to support your view. To research this topic you can use the online databases (from home) at the SAC Library.

*Click on Find Articles (Connect from home)

*Choose Academic Search Premier or National Newpapers

Cite your sources in MLA format.

my problem is Cite your sources in MLA format.

what is MLA? where can i find information on learning how to do this? thanks in advance!

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Saturday, November 03, 2007 - 12:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/

Modern Language Association (MLA) Style is widely used for identifying research sources. In MLA style you briefly credit sources with parenthetical citations in the text of your paper, and give the complete description of each source in your Works Cited list. The Works Cited list, or Bibliography, is a list of all the sources used in your paper, arranged alphabetically by author's last name, or when there is no author, by the first word of the title (except A, An or The). [5.1-5.5]

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Saturday, November 03, 2007 - 12:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
For example:
In the text of your paper:


The first gambling Web site appeared in 1995, and online gambling has since become the most
lucrative Internet business (Will 92).
or,
George Will reported that in 2002 Internet gambling surpassed pornography to become the
Internet's most lucrative business (92).

In your Works Cited list:
Will, George F. "Electronic Morphine." Newsweek 25 Nov. 2002: 92.

http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/legacylib/mlahcc.html

Zachsmom
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07-13-2000

Saturday, November 03, 2007 - 1:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Zachsmom a private message Print Post    
thank you pamy!

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Saturday, November 03, 2007 - 7:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
One word: Google. And look at the first three hits.

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Saturday, November 03, 2007 - 7:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Costa, sometimes googling isnt the same as someone just telling you an answer in their own words. Also, sometimes the first 3 hits arent the best for what you really need, so even though ppl can google it is sometimes more helpful to ask here.

Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Saturday, November 03, 2007 - 8:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sunshyne4u a private message Print Post    
lots of misinformation found when Googling as well.

I've read some crazy inaccurate medical info for instance.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Saturday, November 03, 2007 - 9:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Hahahahaha, a Pamy answer. Good work, Pamy. I admit I had to read it several times to make sure there were no hidden innuendos I was missing. Regular Pamy fans know what I mean.