[Info-vax] Alpha Firmware v7.3

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On Monday, March 4, 2019 at 4:39:33 AM UTC-5, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
> And besides, how do I prepare an "prepaid mailer" for an US shipment
> from Sweden? It *is* in the US, right? It doesn't say, so I'm guessing
> wildly her. Most times that the location is hidden, it *is* the US.

I'm definitely not speaking for Carl here, but he may have meant that the
person that wants the disc should just send him (via email) a pre-purchased
(via http://usps.com) address label. That makes it a lot easier for the 
sender - just print the prepaid label and put it on the package, then drop
the package in the nearest mailbox. For stuff I'm giving away, I've often
done that - it cuts down on my work, and also puts the burden on the recip-
ient to enter their address / contact info correctly.

> Should I first ask someone in the US to send me that so that I then
> can send it back over the pond?
> 
> You should of course just accept the payment for the flat rate
> international padded envelops (or cardboard boxes, I do not know
> the size of the item) that USPS supplies.

For someone outside the US, it is likely not cost-effective. As an example,
the USPS "Priority Mail International Small Flat-Rate Envelope" is over US
$35 to send a few ounces of uninsured paper from the US to the Netherlands
with non-guranteed delivery "within 10 days to many major markets". Someone
has to subsidize the UPU's guarantee of 99-cent shipping of packages from
China to the rest of the world, and that seems to be us. 8-{