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Offline Oli_hd

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Re: Shipping rip-off from these UK guys
« on: January 16, 2007, 09:47:48 AM »
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And can someone explain to me WHY sending a CD32 would require a box of dimensions big enough to fit a human being inside?? He quoted: H=26cm W=45cm L=58cm

Ermm, have you seen the size of the PS3 or Xbox 360 box, I would say thats about right size wise, I know my CDTV Pro Pack box is massive (CDTV with keyboard, floppy etc), probably more like 75cm by 50 by 50.

As for the cost itself check out ParcelForces website and use the online calculator, you should get this:

International Datapost    From 2 days    Tracked    £103.35    
Global Priority    From 3 days    Tracked    £95.95    
International Standard    From 5 days    Not Tracked    £95.10    
International Economy    From 28 days    Not Tracked    £74.90

So he was right, And its not just Parcelforce, Heres UPS:

UPS Worldwide Express PlusSM  162.24 GBP*
UPS Worldwide ExpressSM       124.09 GBP*
UPS Express Saver             121.75 GBP*

I really dont think you should be so rude to the guy, how about you find a cheaper way to get it delivered (Say, use http://www.parcel2go.com/) and see if he would ship by that.

Or you could ask just the CD32 to be posted, not the box and padding, which would save postage but is probably not what you would want.
(PS: This unit will be PAL)
 

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Re: Shipping rip-off from these UK guys
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2007, 10:10:07 AM »
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We have a couple of pallets of unboxed CD32 units here from Eyetech so we dont need anymore ATM.


Hehe, it always puts a smile on my face when I here things like that (And the Cybergraphics card Softhut found)..
No chance of it being next to a pallet of A4000't's or the Amiga's second coming is there?  :lol: