She said using the helicopter would not cost customers any extra money, but due to the limited capacity - about half a tonne of post in each trip - special delivery would be subject to availability.

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Ultimately, though, there's only so much you can do to fine-tune a 20-year-old design, and one that was originally envisaged - let's not forget - to launch astronauts, with all the extra assurance and cost that human spaceflight entails.

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So much so that the extra cost of the gateways that will be needed between the two telecommunications worlds do not bring the costs up to the same level as the costs for switched circuit telephone networks.

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It is not hard to see that food-related security problems overseas could cost us far more than the extra pennies we'll pay at the grocery store.

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The airline later refunded the cost of the original flight and apologized, saying the siblings were not asked to pay for extra seats at the time of purchase.

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With first hand experience I can say without doubt that most sellers are not at all happy about having to pay extra fees to put their properties on the market and for some the extra cost has been the "last straw" causing them to decide against marketing.

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