[Slowhand] RE: Offering Crossroads Festival Sunday EC's gig

[ToeKneeF]

As someone who has regularly offered freebies to fellow Slowhanders, 
without restriction, it disturbs me when people who have benefited from 
my offers, and probably those of other US Slowhanders as well, place 
geographic restrictions on their offers.

I send out all my offers "letter rate". This eliminates the need for 
customs forms. When I was in Spain (also a member of the EU) in June, I 
mailed back some "purchases" for myself. Although I was asked to 
complete customs forms, I insisted that I wanted to mail my padded 
envelopes "letter rate". When they looked it up, they saw that there was 
NO requirement for customs forms for items mailed letter rate.  I relay 
this incident because I believe it should be the same across all EU 
nations. Even if it is not, I regularly receive packages from European 
trading partners that have customs forms and they tell me it poses no 
problems in the mailing of CDs to trading partners.

As for myself, let me say that if any Slowhander makes a freebie offer 
and places geographic limitations on it, PLEASE DON'T BOTHER RESPONDING 
TO ANY OFFER OF MINE. I'M MAKING A LIST AND CHECKING IT TWICE.

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Subject: [Slowhand] Offering Crossroads Festival Sunday EC's gig
From:"ollio" <ollio at mbnet.fi>
Date:Fri, 30 Jul 2004 10:52:45 +0300
To:<slowhand at planet-torque.com>

Hi all,
I'm offering back to the list recording of EC's set on Crossroads 
Festival Sunday 6th of June.
I'll send this cdr to the first 3 to e-mail me. Sorry, this offer is 
only to Slowhanders from European Union (due to customs regulations).

Keep on growin'
Olli


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