One cent box

[Skeleton Man]

btw, how do those 1 cent mechs work anyway ? (ie. putting the penny in that mech and the rest in the other mech)

[collecture]

The penny boxes were hard wired into the power source and connected to some sort of block out arm on the coin mech of the machine. Once a penny was inserted, a switch energized an electromagnet pulling the block out arm out and allowing coins to be inserted in the normal coin entry.

[Creighton]

Strange but, Canada takes the longest. UK 7 is days CN 12+. I'd have the seller meet you over the border on your side.
Creighton

[Skeleton Man]

Mail from the states seems to take forever to get here. Mail from the UK to Canada is also faster than the USA to Canada (some weird logic there).

[davethebirdman]

Its also cheaper to send mail between UK & Canada than it is US. Might have something to do with the Commonwealth. We have just changed to a system whereby the price is based not just on weight but also on size of package. That has and will continue to cause huge problems.

Big items that were fairly light could be sent at a reasonable prices but now it makes shipping with the Post Office the expensive option.  Anything by the Government to screw anyother penny out of you. I'm seriously giving thought to getting the #### out of here. But I suppose its a case of "The grass is greener..."

[MoonDawg]

Quote (Skeleton Man @ Aug. 15 2006,5:25)

Out of interest, if I was to buy a machine from the states and meet the seller at the border (Niagara), would I have to pay customs fees ?

Customs fees are set by value right?  So claim $100. spent on that old Coke machine. How could they detrrmine otherwise?

[davethebirdman]

Posting this way - Customs set the value on not only what the item is worth but also on the cost of postage.

I imported a Juke once. It cost more in customs fees for the shipping price than it did for the value of the box.

Money grabing  ......

[Skeleton Man]

Quote (davethebirdman @ Aug. 16 2006,3:00)

Its also cheaper to send mail between UK & Canada than it is US. Might have something to do with the Commonwealth. We have just changed to a system whereby the price is based not just on weight but also on size of package. That has and will continue to cause huge problems. Big items that were fairly light could be sent at a reasonable prices but now it makes shipping with the Post Office the expensive option.  Anything by the Government to screw anyother penny out of you. I'm seriously giving thought to getting the #### out of here. But I suppose its a case of "The grass is greener..."

You guys are only just switching to cubic weight (instead of just physical weight) ?  That's been the standard back home in Oz and here in Canada for as long as I remember.

I know what you mean by fairly light big items still being expensive...  10kg in a small box would cost me half as much to ship as something weighing 2KG in a large box..

[Skeleton Man]

Quote (MoonDawg @ Aug. 16 2006,11:37)

Quote (Skeleton Man @ Aug. 15 2006,5:25) Out of interest, if I was to buy a machine from the states and meet the seller at the border (Niagara), would I have to pay customs fees ? Customs fees are set by value right?  So claim $100. spent on that old Coke machine. How could they detrrmine otherwise?

You have a point there.. not that I plan on doing it any time soon.. (4 hour drive at least)