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JULIAN HALES - 13 Apr 2004 17:17 GMT

Won a couple of kits off a German seller, it seems he made a error when he
selected to ship outside his own country,

Hes willing to sell to me, but his English is really bad, about the same as
my German so i guess he could offer to by me a drink and want to sleep with
me.

Can someone just translate this bit(btw what is the airshipping called?).

"Both kits, well packed by airmail to England.
Do you just take Euros or any other type?"

I asked him in English and my German so no doubt he doesnt understand either
as his English back doesnt make much sense.

This is the last bit i got from him

Hallo mrcooljules,

i have make an error about the prices of pakage.The price is
8,20? or 16,50?.it`s your believe,what you want. Excuse me!

Maybe thats both air and sea?

ta!

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Bill Banaszak - 14 Apr 2004 03:31 GMT

Jules, here's my contribution. It may not be 100% grammatically or
syntactically correct.

> Can someone just translate this bit(btw what is the airshipping called?).

Luftpost

> "Both kits, well packed by airmail to England.
> Do you just take Euros or any other type?"

Beide modellbausätzen, wohl gepacken auf Luftpost nach England.
Nehmen Sie nur Euros oder jene anderes Geld?

> I asked him in English and my German so no doubt he doesnt understand either
> as his English back doesnt make much sense.
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>
> Maybe thats both air and sea?

Probably

> ta!

Bill Banaszak, MFE

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Jan Gelbrich - 15 Apr 2004 13:20 GMT

> Won a couple of kits off a German seller, it seems he made a error when he
> selected to ship outside his own country,
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>
> Can someone just translate this bit(btw what is the airshipping called?).

Luftpost

> "Both kits, well packed by airmail to England.
> Do you just take Euros or any other type?"

"Beide Bausätze, gut verpackt, mit Luftpost nach England.
Nehmen Sie nur Euros oder auch andere Währungen ?"

(I am German Native.
You should *not* rely on online translators,
they just make You either laughing or mad ...)

Greetings from Germany !
Jan

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JULIAN HALES - 15 Apr 2004 13:49 GMT

> > Won a couple of kits off a German seller, it seems he made a error when he
> > selected to ship outside his own country,
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> Greetings from Germany !
> Jan

Hallo
Yes people in the past said use bobblefish or what ever the online
translators are called, i found they made funny sentances so stayed away.

Someone emailed me not long after with what i needed, but the guy/girl in
Germany hasnt replied. First time i have seen a German with poor English,
actually quite hard to make sense of what they wrote, infact i know many who
can write better English than me.

I write first time with my poor German, which i guess wasnt a good idea.
thanks!

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