My old Ultimate Ears triple.fi 10s have developed the rather common issue where the shell just breaks apart cleanly. I need to repair them asap for a trip, and I know many people have successfully glued theirs back together with epoxy resin, but I'm unsure exactly where I should apply it. Just...

As far as I know, there are no federal regulations governing the use of the "Kona" name.  Hawaii has state legislation that doesn't allow anything less than a 10% blend to be sold as "Kona blend".  Even this is a major sore point for Kona producers, because consumers buying Kona blend coffees...

Quote:     I am happy to take Japanese/Chinese "curry" for what it is, but it's basically a crappy version of the crappy British version of the real thing from India.  "Curry" means so many different things in so many cuisines all over the world.  Even in just India there is a vast...

I see retailers trying these scare tactics on Australian customers on other forums quite a lot.  There are a couple of major coffee-related forums, but Australians have their own, and it's set up to be extremely protectionist towards the sponsors.  Discussion of importing to save money is met...

If nothing else it would be good to have your hearing tested to see how much of the loss is psychological.

Quote: You misunderstood what I was saying.  I didn't mention BitTorrent in my original post.  That comment was directed at the ISPs I talked about in the previous sentence.  I don't blame anyone for using their internet connection, and there are plenty of legal reasons for using...

Quote:   The policy is specifically called "usage based billing" so I don't understand why your reply is so condescending.  Bell will be rolling it out in February.  DSL resellers have started to contact customers and inform that they no longer receive unlimited internet usage.  Some...

Quote:     I guess you haven't heard about "usage based billing".  All the major ISPs are about to ram their bandwidth caps down the throats of the resellers.  Bell is doing it right now, Rogers, Videotron, etc. will be able to do it starting this summer.   Thanks for ruining the...

Quote:   To clarify, you understand the difference between a megabit and a megabyte, right?  Utorrent would be reporting about 128KB/s at that speed.   Quote: Try being stuck on a 1mbit connection for a while.  Youtube sucks.

I have a Steiff teddy bear my grandparents bought for me in West Germany me before I was born.  He's in terrible condition: one eye replaced, re-stuffed multiple times, holes sewn up, flat because I slept on him for years.  I'm really glad I have such a well-loved childhood toy.  It's actually...

  Quote:   Lesson learned: don't ship anything of value by First Class Mail International.  I only have extremely minor eBay items sent this way.  It's a total crapshoot whether it arrives in a week or a month, though I've never actually had anything go missing.  Priority to Canada...

Seriously?  I'd be more concerned about constantly putting soap in your ear canals than a tiny bit of hot water.

A friend of mine in high school tried to murder his parents a couple months before graduation.  He'd been telling us for ages that they were "going back home to Vietnam for a few months", and that we were invited to lots of big parties while they were gone.  He was pretty weird, but none of us...

When do you get to the homeopathic remedies?

  Quote:   Quote: The "customs number" you're referring to is the tracking number that comes with international Priority and Express Mail.  Tracking inside the States is quite good, but you're correct that it's only as good as it is in the destination country after this.  You...

I receive a lot of Priority packages from the States, and I consider a week in customs abnormally long.  Usually no more than 2-3 days.  I expect Priority packages to arrive about a week after they're mailed, so maybe Friday for your package (or Monday if you're unlucky).   It may be worth...

Could you post or PM me the tracking number?  I've never seen an ETA shown that way before.   e: Nothing to be worried about, anyway.  I have no idea what the ETA is referring to, but I wouldn't expect it to show up on Monday.  Priority is very fast (five business days) most of the time...

I kind of figured we were all talking about shipping to Canada, not Australia, since even your location profile says Pacific Northwest.

  Quote: This isn't true for international packages.  Priority Mail International (other than the small flat rate box and envelope) and Express Mail International both come with full tracking, which is not the same thing as delivery confirmation.   Quote: Correct.  Priority...

Quote: I assume we are talking 100% Blue Mountain, top grade, in good condition from one of the better producers, freshly roasted and ground?  Probably not...  Blue Mountain and Kona are both fairly boring and overpriced coffees under the most favourable conditions.  Much of what is sold...

Quote: People who don't know any better rave about all sorts of crap when it comes to coffee.  It sounds like you really should have known better.

Quote: Simply put, I don't believe a lot of what you wrote here.  I agree that UPS beats the hell out of packages, but a 20% loss rate and 50% damage rate is way, way beyond any acceptable (or believable) standard.  If that many items are arriving broken, I would question the ability of...

Quote:   When importing into Canada, the gift declaration is only useful for items valued and insured below $60.  If you have a package insured for $300, they will use this value to calculate tax and duty.  Mailing to the US, other head-fiers could chime in, but I've never had a package...