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Jul 23rd, 2007, 19:54
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| Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: USA
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| Computer by Poste Restante Hey all! So I'm already in Asia, and I'm getting a laptop sent to me by a friend (yay second hand goods and their cheapness!). But of course I don't exactly have an address in Delhi. If i got a laptop sent Poste Restante, would that be the stupidest, shortest lived ownership of a laptop ever? And the bigger question; how do i get that laptop to India short of flying home for it? Thanks! |
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Jul 23rd, 2007, 20:34
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| On the Road, wherever I am  Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: in the mountains of Idaho . . . now the red-rock plateau of southern Utah
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 | If it's really important to you, to get it, you might try DHL or some carrier other than the postal service. Reminds me of a story . . . was living in Varanasi for six months in '99-'00 . . . had painted a watercolor for a friend of mine . . . wanted it to arrive un-spindled/-bent/-mutilated . . . wrote on the front of the package, "Fragile! Do Not Bend!" . . . took it in the post office near Asi Ghat . . . post master looked at the package and handed it back to me . . . I asked why . . . he said, "Here we bend."
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Jul 24th, 2007, 19:20
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| Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: USA
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| No address... So again, I wouldn't mind using DHL or something similar...but i don't have an address in Delhi. If i stay at a nice hotel, could I receive a package there - and if so, any suggestions on where? Any other bright ideas? |
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Jul 24th, 2007, 19:41
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| Super Mode  Join Date: May 2005 Location: Chandigarh - Blore NON-STOP
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If they say Yes, you need to check with the hotel if you can get a package delivered at the hotel. Usually, DHL would give you the package personally, not to anyone else. If all this is done, you should be good to hit Start 
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Jul 24th, 2007, 19:56
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| Crazy for the furry ones  Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Pune, India
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 Glorious! Oh I love India!
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Jul 24th, 2007, 20:00
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| Aircraft Service Engineer, Astronomer & Traveller  Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Mumbai, India. (Lat 18.967 N, Long 72.833 E, Alt 11 m)
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| Usually, here we bend (the rules too!!!). It may cost you almost as much as the cost of the cheap laptop to send it by DHL or any similar courier company, I guess!!! So would it be worth sending it by post/courier? Cheers, Aadil.
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