Not Happy with ShipIt

[Bob Nielsen]

On Mon, Aug 01, 2005 at 04:10:37PM +0200, Vincent Trouilliez wrote:
> > I found a yellow slip in my mailbox from the US Postal Service, saying
> > that they had attempted delivery of a package, but I was not available
> > to receive it.  So, they were supposed to have it at the post office. 
> > I went to the post office, and they couldn't find it.  I spoke to my
> > postal carrier, who described to me the undelivered package, which
> > sounded a lot like my order of Ubuntu CDs.
> > 
> > The USPS has no tracking number, and apparently no clue where the package is.
> > 
> > And so, the saga continues . . .
> > 
> > -- 
> > 
> >   -- AL --
> 
> 
> Hmmm... as we discussed before... shipit really needs some kind of new
> options to let people pay a little something if they want/need fairly
> fast and reliable (tracking?) shipping, and/or to get DVD's, if they
> can't download ISO. Whatever the fee would be, I doubt it would be
> anywhere near 80 or 100 Euros, which is about what Mandrake or Suse cost
> IIRC.
> 
> Maybe there is a wiki page somewhere on the Ubuntu site that pertains to
> shipit, where we could suggest these ideas ??
> 
> 

There are several outfits which sell Ubuntu CDs and DVDs for quite 
reasonable prices (I found CDs listed for 3 Euros and DVDs for 5 Euros, 
plus shipping).  Check with Google....