Re: here we go again...

["GarberStreet" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"RichardK-PB" <atari@NOSPAMbtconnect.com> wrote in message
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: Skip wrote:
:
: > I see in your description that one could bid for the monitor only, but
: > would still be bidding against those who bid on the whole system. How
: > do you handle this? Would somebody bidding on the monitor only, have to
: > outbid those who bid on the whole system?
: >
: > What kind experience would one expect if it were to be shipped to say-
: > North America?
:
: My logic is thus: An Apple //c LCD panel will cost me about $30 to ship,
: insured and airmail. You can pick up a //c in the US for pennies as far
: as I can tell - here, they're quite hard to find. If you're bidding
: against a US user, there's a fair chance they only want the LCD too
: after all.
:
: So anyone bidding from the US will probably really only want the LCD -
: the CRT monitor is 220v and heavy to ship (and again, common as muck),
: the //c is a UK model with a 220v PSU.
:
: Therefore, if you only want the LCD, you will have to be the high
: bidder, but you will not have to pay shipping at all - it will be
: shipped insured Airmail, packed extremely carefully, and I will
: (depending on how much it goes for) either donate the //c to a
: museum/collector I know, or list the //c on it's own in a UK only auction.
:
: Needless to say the item would be marked as a gift so no customs
: charges; unless you were really concerned. I would also have both return
: and recipient address very clearly marked so customs don't destroy it -
: I have heard that if there is no return address, items could be trashed
: at customs. Horrific paranoia they have there...
:
: If you want the whole lot - you can pay the shipping and have everything
: except the CRT monitor, because it would be really silly to ship that.
: Shipping the CRT monitor would cost far more than finding one in the US
: and there's a risk it would get broken. Shipping for the //c system,
: without the CRT monitor, would be around $80. So you'd be paying another
: $50 to get a computer than in the US would probably only cost $10-15 and
: wouldn't need a replacement PSU.
:
: Does that make sense? I know it's confusing me!

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