posted 09-20-2005 08:44 AM            

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posted 09-20-2005 09:25 AM               

Kirsten (E)
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posted 09-20-2005 01:25 PM               

Also I've just had a hard disk failure and been laid up with some flu I picked up in China.

Anyway I need to get the box moved so I have decided I will have to pay these silly couriers fees and there was a guy on ebay quoting about £30 so once I get a momment and find out when they can collect I'll send it on its way again.

Hope you guys on the mainland will be able to afford the postage back to the USA

posted 10-04-2005 02:15 PM               

So fingers crossed I can get this box out of my house in time for the Auroa auction winnings to get to me!

posted 10-04-2005 02:58 PM               

IMHO I think its a bit much to hold onto the box for 10 weeks before shipping it to the next recipient. I felt bad enough about having it for 4 days as I know that some cS members forwarded it the same day they received it.

Just my two-pence worth, Derek

posted 10-05-2005 11:38 AM               

I've been hit with a postage bill of nearly $60 which is far less than the $300 that some of the courier companies wanted to charge me, Plus I got the box just before I went on holiday for 3 weeks and unfortunatly I'm also limited to when the wife is working from home to get the box collected.

I was going to get my company to ship if for Free as a collegue was moving to Holland at the end of September but this is now December.

I must admit I'm very concerned that the cost of posting the box back to the USA is going to be VERY expensive for someone

I have been in contact off list with Kirstien to explain the delays etc on almost a weekly basis.

Once again I'm sorry for the delay but if you check ebay you will see I'm having to sell some of my collection to pay for postage.
And I wish I was joking http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6565703865
or just seach skippyinspace closes in about an hour!

Thanks for everyones patience.

posted 10-05-2005 06:21 PM               

Am posting early in the hope that any other Aussies may want to add/remove/look at what is inside so at any stage if anyone in OZ wants to take a peek they can email me offlist and I will be sure to wizz it around then back to me to be resnt to the next person overseas.

Should only take a week or two at best then back overseas.

This will save it having to come back here for some time along with international postage costs.

If everyone is happy with that perspective I think we can run with that for now.

Late 2006 possibly if we are lucky.

Patience is my virtue.

posted 10-06-2005 12:35 PM               

or list what's in the box for the interest of any takers.

the party of interest sends postage coverage to whoever currently have it.

hopefully the box size reduce...reducing postage cost til it climbs again.

posted 10-06-2005 04:55 PM              

On the flip side of that, the idea of listing some of items and having folks on collectspace pay the shipping if it's something they want is a good idea in order to lighten the load. Then the box can still be shipped to them and they can still contribute..and by not listing everything that's in it, it can still be a surprise to whoever the box goes to next..and who knows, they may even lighten the load further if there's something there that wasn't listed.

posted 10-07-2005 06:21 AM               

I do think an idea whould be before it went back to the USA to get a list made up of what is in the Box and some how come to a consensus on triplicate items what to do.

There is what I would consider a lot of Junk in there but it might be up someone else street!

I know there is about 30 NASA bookmarks in there will they ever get taken out.

The problem is if items are sold who gets the money...

The actual issue is we all have put in more items than we have taken out!

posted 10-15-2005 02:48 PM            

and see the box at my house with some of what is inside

It is going to take a while I think to go and see what is inside and what I'm going to take out...I will let you know what I took and what I'm going to add.

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Jacques
www.spacepatches.nl

posted 10-15-2005 06:31 PM               

The cheapest way for me to get it moving on was to leave the big cardboard box Ian had put around it here and transport some lighter stuff in the blue box and all the paper stuff in my rucksack to Jacques by train. Good luck Jacques when you are trying to get it to Germany !

Nice idea btw, having everyone sign the lid of the blue box and keeping a "guestbook". So now I can at least add "handwritings" to some of your screen names ...

All the best,

posted 10-16-2005 03:04 AM               

let me know, if you would agree to pick up the box at your house or somewehre else.

maybe together we can really safe some money when shipping the box back to the US....or maybe here are some other european guy´s interested to look inside ;-)

first of all have fun in going through the items in the box.

michael

posted 10-17-2005 04:52 AM            

Ofcourse you are welcome here to to pick up the box, please contact me private to work out the details...

Well I took a first look at what is inside the box... and came accross this, see photo below:

What is it, I'm sure the person who put that in can tell, so please do....

Later in the week I will let you all know what I took out, and what I'm going to put in...

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Jacques
www.spacepatches.nl

posted 10-25-2005 09:40 AM            

I'm ready with the box and I tried to contact you but...no answer....

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posted 10-25-2005 11:46 AM               

sorry i just have seen your email today...and i answered at once ;-)

posted 11-22-2005 03:53 AM            

Do you still want the box ???

I have send you several e-mails but you are not responding....

If you don't want the box say so, so I can send it to the USA again...

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posted 11-22-2005 03:56 AM            

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posted 11-22-2005 09:59 AM            

I hope that he reads this because next week I'll be in Germany on Holiday, so hopefully he can pick up the box at my vacation address...is that not possible the box moves to the USA again....

posted 12-06-2005 08:20 AM            

Here an update,

The box is ready for shipment to Robert, he is not next on the list but the 2 above him don't want the box....

I have found out about shipping the box, and it is VERRY VERRY much to send it to the USA again...the box is more then 20 kg so shipping is about $150....

I hope some folks who are next on the list are willing to donate some $$$ to pay for all the shippimg costs...

There are 20 names on the list so if all of them pay about $5 we will have the box on the road again this weekend...I already have a donation from Kirsten...

Donation can be made by paypal at this acount: paypal@mach25.nl

Thanks a lot to you all

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posted 12-06-2005 09:52 AM            

So here is what I put in:

*a orange t-shirt that was handed out during the launch event for Andre Kuipers at ESA/ESTEC

* ESA decals
* ESA bags
* a lot of photo's
* some spaceflight magazines
* other magazines
* posters

and a lot more

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Jacques
www.spacepatches.nl

posted 12-08-2005 12:21 PM               

It is my opinion (as someone who was in at the start of this whole thing) that a fine selection of the best(!) items should be picked to continue this journey, and the remianing lesser items should be passed along to some museum to give to kids - or something like that. In this way, a selection of good items would carry on with the grab bag's journey, but the constant weight of a multitude of lesser items would be over. I also feel that a particular briefcase/case should be selected to be the "shipping box" (MUCH smaller than the blue tub) and when it is full, that's it - no more in till stuff comes out... :-)

It should be a good thind to be next on the grab bag list - not a dreaded time when you have a huge shipping bill ahead of you. I'd forsee a $20 shipping cost for a briefcase sized package. A used/strong/durable briefcase could be picked up for about the cost of what is being suggested to ship the tub just one time!

Al this being said, this is a group effort and I'm open to other opinions on this subject.

posted 12-08-2005 12:54 PM               

I would say break it up at least and send to different people on the list.

This started out as a great idea but I think the trend will always show that the good stuff goes first and most people only want to give away the type of memorabilia that isn't worth anything.

posted 12-08-2005 02:15 PM            

The other stuff, most of it is, paperwork, old NASA brochures etc. I will make a list of that, and post it here and (if that is oke with the group) send it to those who have interest in it, this way it is much cheaper for me to send it....

I hope you will all agree on this....

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posted 12-10-2005 08:29 AM            

The rest of the stuff I will post that here and if there are members who have interest in them can contact me and I will mail that to them...

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posted 04-12-2006 01:37 AM               

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Originally posted by HouseDadX4:
Any updates on where "The Box" is??

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