:p i wouldn't call it only, but $160 is definitely crazy, watsup with UPS? <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 5:33 PM, Federico Lorenzi <<a href="mailto:florenzi@gmail.com">florenzi@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Ha, only 100 dollars for you. Shipping to South Africa is $160<br>
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On 7/7/08, Flyin_bbb8 <<a href="mailto:flyin.bbb8@gmail.com">flyin.bbb8@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> hey everyone i live in Qatar, and just to see how much the shipping would be<br>
> for the 900 MHz i just tried to check out the 850 version and shipping to<br>
> Doha - Qatar ( where i stay ) with UPS worldwide expedited is 97.59 USD, and<br>
> UPS saver 101.23 USD, that's just unacceptable and very expensive..... why<br>
> so? and why do we not have other choices like FedEx or DHL or even others...<br>
> why are we restricted on using just UPS, we should have more options... i<br>
> have done other purchases from other websites and normally the shipping<br>
> would be between 20 USD to 40 USD as a maximum... but not 97 USD<br>
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