[Milsurplus] Fwd: Seen at Fair Radio this AM

[Bruce Gentry]

Railway Express was the best for me. Because of my family situation, I 
had to sneak stuff into the house as much as possible. Mail was the 
worst because it would ALWAYS arrive on the day my mother was not at 
work, and I would face the ninth degree from her. Railway Express was 
fairly predictable as far as transit times, and was willing to wait for 
me to call them to see if something  had arrived. I could then arrange 
some way to go pick it up. They also discounted the price if you picked 
it up instead of having it delivered to your address. I was told REA was 
absorbed by UPS. I got a lot of stuff that way with "Cut grass-Pump 
Gas-Throw papers" money.


        Bruce Gentry, KA2IVY


On 5/18/18 3:44 PM, Thekan, Paul wrote:
>
> I have a SCR 178 chest with radios that has a large Railway Express 
> label pasted on it as well as what�s left of the pasted on address label.
>
> I can remember the  REA freight building here in town by the rail 
> yard. They had quite a few trucks there to for delivery�s and 
> pickups�all gone now�including the rail yard.
>
> Paul
>
> N6FEG
>
> *From:*milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] *On Behalf Of *Hubert Miller
> *Sent:* Friday, May 18, 2018 12:16 PM
> *To:* Military Surplus Mail List
> *Subject:* Re: [Milsurplus] Fwd: Seen at Fair Radio this AM
>
> I haven't scaled up shipping costs from those days, but it seems to 
> me, just looking at the cost, where it is stated, seems quite
>
> reasonable, even given the inflation scaling. So you could actually 
> save money up from your paper route, and then order that
>
> monstrosity new in its wood crate, and have Railway Express ship the 
> thing for not more money than the item itself cost.
>
> -Hue
>
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