Re: Getting back to the ][, but it aint easy!

[Michael_Ewen@mindlink.bc.ca (Michael Ewen)]

Mark Percival (percim@odyssee.net) wrote:
: After using the various Apple ][ emulators for a year, I decided that
: the time was right to get then *real* thing once more.

 : Sunemarketing advertises a Platinum /e for $99 US.  This looks like
 : the way to go for me.  They charge $15 for S&H and send me my Apple
 : /e via UPS.  Since I am in Canada, this $114 US translates into
 : $159.46 CDN.

  : UPS shows up at my home looking for another $47.82.  This is for
  : federal tax,  provincial tax, duty and a whopping $27.05 for
  : "brokerage fee".  Despite being annoyed by this I cough up the money.
  : Total damage at this point is $207.28.

        Mark, UPS does jam us Canadians, but you need to check into the
question of taxes (both federal and provincial).  I have bought ALOT of
Apple IIGS stuff through US mail order companies and know that there is no
taxes (beyond GST) on computer hardware or software, unless your province
charges something.  The way I finally got around being jammed by UPS is to
get the material sent to the nearest US border town (30 minute drive for
me) and pick it up at FedEX (I never would use UPS after they left a hard
drive on my front steps when I was away for 2 weeks).

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          Michael Ewen
School Trustee (New Westminster School District)
    michael.ewen@mindlink.bc.ca

"It was fun."  last words of Captain James T. Kirk
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