Re: $1225 for an Apple IIGS???

["Phil Abel" <phil_nospam4you_abel@prodigy.net>]

I just got on fedex.com and did a shipping cost estimate for 20 lbs USA to
Tokyo + insurance.  The "economy" shipping was just over $200.  Wow.  All of
a sudden 37 cents for a first class stamp doesn't seem so bad.

"Terry & Utahna" <tolsen64@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:dAWK9.357680$%m4.115817@rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net...
> >
> > That the entire feedback history.  Ebay member since only 11/11/02.
> > Location Japan.  When you add overseas shipping to all the above it gets
> > even more $$pricey$$ !!!  What about $151 for that repair book?  No
> feedback
> > yet for the $1225 GS so I will anxiously watch the feedback to see what
> gets
> > posted.
>
>
> I once sold a IIgs to a guy in Japan.  He paid me $600 for the computer
and
> then threw in $400 on top of that for the shipping.  He was very happy to
> pay that much.  He said that Apple computers are extremely hard to get in
> Japan and if I would go to the trouble of shipping the whole system to
him,
> he would gladly make it worth my while.  He later paid me another $500 for
a
> bunch of Apple II magazines.  The guy was really hard-up for Apple II
stuff.
> Wish I still had his address...maybe this bidder on ebay is the same
guy...
>
>