Re: CEBIT Expo 2006 GNOME Booth

> On Tue, 2006-07-25 at 15:29 +0200, Murray Cumming wrote:
>> > Hi Murray;
>> >
>> > There's a possibility that we might have a GNOME Booth at CEBIT
>> Eurasia,
>> > and we might need GNOME Event Box for that event.
>> >
>> > Expo is 5 days long, and it's possible that we will there for 5 days.
>> > Expo starts at 5th of September, and people will start setting their
>> > stands starting at 2nd of September.
>> >
>> > Can you please tell me the availability of GNOME Event Box for that
>> > event? If you can ship one to Turkey, can you please tell me the
>> average
>> > cost and customs information about shipment from Germany to Turkey (if
>> > possible)?
>>
>> Baris, yes the event box seems to be available for that time. But I
>> doubt
>> that we would be able to ship it to Turkey easily. We would probably
>> have
>> delays and costs at the border.
> It generally does not cost astronomic amounts. And you generally get
> items from customs easily (if you list the ingredients completely). (I
> had shipments from different countries of Europe before). Is it possible
> to ask for UPS, or DHL about such a delivery?

UPS have an online calculator. But I need a postcode/Zipcode in Turkey (I
guess it is in Istanbul.)

> Forgetting about hardware, do you have some booth material handy to ship
> to us? Like GNOME Poster, lanyards, t-shirt etc? Shipping them might not
> cause any customs problem.

There is a big GNOME foot poster, but I am currently trying to get it back
from Sven Herzberg. He's a pain.


Murray Cumming
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