1.   Where it is necessary for any goods to be sent by post please make allowance for this in your remittance.

2.   Fax or telex messages should therefore refer to the standard terms, but the terms themselves be sent by post.

3.   Medicines sent by post are much more likely to be stolen in transit or intercepted by the authorities than other mail-order products.

4.   Service providers said Wednesday that making them liable would be like making a road construction company responsible for accidents or a postal systems responsible for messages sent by post.