Automator - Creating a service - to Copy and Paste Folders

I keep trying to create an Automator service to copy a set of folders and paste them in a location where I have right clicked, but I can not make it happen.
Can someone please help me or point me in the right direction of some information.
Thank you in Advance!

Are you always copying to the same location or does it change locations each time? If it changes each time we'll need to create a step to ask for the pathname.
I built a workflow that might do what you need. Haven't tried it since upgrading to Snow Leopard but the actions are still there.
1. Use the "Get Specified Finder Items" to select the files that will be copied. If you click its options you can choose "Show When Run" which lets you choose new files each time the workflow is run.
2. Add a "Copy Finder Items" actions. Choosing the "Show this action when run" option will allow you to choose a new destination location each time the workflow is run.

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