On 4/5/2014 6:35 AM, Mathis Lefebvre wrote:
CRNG wrote, on Fri, 04 Apr 2014 06:05:45 -0500:

the guy in Italy puts the stuff in a box. addresses the box and
takes it to the Italian post office. He fills out the proper form,
pays the postage and gives it to the post office. You will receive it
a month or so latter, depending on the size.

As stated in the OP, he'll send me the stuff, but I have to send
someone over to get it.

That's the whole problem.

Time to take a vacation...I hear Rome is nice this time of year...

If you can't bribe your Italian compatriot w/ a little lucre or exchange
barter to do the local PO thingie your options are, as others have said,
going to be expensive. Only unless you happen to know or can find some
other individual who's willing to do the legwork gratis.

The one thing I'd caution is that despite the size/weight, before you do
anything like this just be sure it's not anything at all on the a
restricted list for IP or the like on export/import lists. I once put a
small part from my employer in US mail to Canada and when it arrived
caused a near international incident it seemed owing to being so naive
as to presume what is essentially a thermocouple-like device was
innocuous-enough to not need any special treatment. And that was almost
40 yr ago; I'd probably be on the waiting list for Club Gitmo now with
the rampant paranoia.

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