The Natural Philosopher wrote:
John F. Morse wrote:
On Mon, 09 Apr 2012 12:27:42 +0100 Davey wrote:

On Mon, 09 Apr 2012 10:27:25 +0100
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

In article ,
Davey wrote:
But you live in Kansas. This is a uk. newsgroup!
It has quite a few non UK readers, so that doesn't matter. But I
do wish people would use a sig. which says where they are. Even UK
ones, when asking where to buy something.


I know this fella, he hosts my newsreading, so I have no problem
with his dropping by. He was probably just surfing his hosted
newsgroups. But I agree with your thinking, I see requests for
suggestions for things or places, and it makes a difference where
the poster is. That said, I use just one sig., which for most
purposes does fine without adding any locality information.
Maybe say that it would help if people were more inclined to
indicate their location when it matters?


Well, I certainly knew where you are. ;-)

As Davey stated, he knows where I am, but for Dave's information,
I'm located in Overland Park, Kansas, USA. A suburb of Kansas City
(Missouri, the larger, and Kansas, the smaller).

Overland Park is the second largest city in Kansas, following
Wichita. http://g.co/maps/9zsmu

I do occasionally read parts of this group as I find time to scan the
Subjects for interesting items. The users seem to be polite, and
quite knowledgeable. Just the opposite from what I find in the
a.o.l.u group. I am curious though, just how much does it cost someone in the UK to
order from a company in the US? Is there just postage (shipping), or
does one or both countries charge some export/import "tax" on the
goods?
I spent nearly $80 in courier shipping VAT and taxes on $100 of parts.

Stuff from china comes in parcel post for a fiver. Go figure.

Most of the stuff I get from china is post free now.