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No **** I got charged $50 just in "brokerage fees" the other day. They were so cagey about it when I asked them what service they actually provided. I'm tempted to copy the massive email chain here to show all the (contradictory) reasons they gave for why "brokerage" cost so much.
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Most companies have a fixed fee no matter the size and cost of the parcel and 30$ is not bad my shipping agent charges 120$ each time.
 

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Rag Simons
 

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Funny, I was snoozing on a couple of Cabourn jackets on sale, only to find out that I'm getting a nice 'bonus' from work. As I went to buy them, they were both gone.
 

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clothing pet peeve:

people calling bombers an MA-1 when it doesn't have an arm pocket and pen slots. drives me nuts. its a bomber people, not an MA-1
 

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bomber is basically any waist cut jacket that was historically an aviator jacket.

A-2 is a particular design with a classic collar and pockets on front, usually made in leather
MA-1 has a shawl collar and a pocket on the arm, usually synthetic
(there are also the B-3, CWU, etc)

these are all true "bomber" jackets that were actually worn by aviators during various campaigns and eras. anything else that never had a military purpose is a derivative and should be referred to generically as a bomber.
 
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Current A-2 seems more like a hybrid type jacket with elements of the G-1 (Schott 674) thrown in

Edit - I thought I was in the TOJ thread haha
 
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the thing is that G-1 has a fur collar and was worn by Navy aviators (as opposed to USAF guys who wore A-2s)

That's the cool thing about the TOJ, you get two classic aviators jackets in one :slayer:

but theyre pretty similar otherwise.
 
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