"Michael Cash" <mikecash@sunfield.ne.jp> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 21:27:48 +0900, "Ryan Ginstrom"
> <ginstrom@hotmail.com> belched the alphabet and kept on going with:
>
> >
> >"Michael Cash" <mikecash@sunfield.ne.jp> wrote in message
> >news:nualgvoomb7gpdvjne19q2c31ogigtjbi5@4ax.com...
> >> What I need now is a recommendation for a reputable site. Does anyone
> >> have one?
> >
> >Outpost.com has always been cool for me.
> >http://www.outpost.com/
> >
> >I have been ordering from them for years, and never had a problem. They
were
> >still shipping overseas last time I ordered from them. Since the product
> >descriptions are weak at best, I often use Amazon to check out products,
> >then order from outpost.
> >
> >They have sub command:
> >http://shop1.outpost.com/product/3489243
> >$9.99
>
> Love that "detailed description". You have a gift for understatement.
>
> Thanks a lot for the info. I was able to order through them and order
> the books through Amazon Japan. Now everything will come straight to
> my door and I don't have to worry about my poor feeble old mother
> slipping on the icy steps at the post office and breaking her hip. Old
> folks don't live long after stuff like that, you know.

I agree with cyberian outpost. One big problem with having your relatives
ship you stuff is that they have to deal with US postal service lines. Maybe
you've forgotten what it's like, but going to a sepponian post office is an
awful lot like going to disneyland or the DMV. You wait in a long line to
get a number so you can wait in line to talk with the information desk
dudette where you will find where you can wait in line in order to get a
number for the line that actually deals with mail, but which actually in is
in charge of issuing the required paperwork to make an appointment.