Imperfect refurbished A500s for cheap!

[redrumloa]

If only I was in N America Jag, I'd take some bits off your hands...

That's no excuse! I have shipped to Australia, Malasyia, Czech republic, Poland, Japan, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, UK, Taiwan and many others in the last month alone:-D

[Cyberus]

But is it not expensive?

[Cyberus]

Damn, I thought you were going to offer to be my trained monkey for a second there.

:roflmao:
 ........ :-D

[x56h34]

@Cyberus:

Maybe you get free shipping on certain quantity...ask! :-) Your worst enemy IMO is the customs. At least here in Canada it is.

[redrumloa]

Cyberus wrote:
But is it not expensive?

Depends on what you consider expensive, and I give options. I just quoted shipping to Denmark a few minutes ago, here is what I quoted.

A500 to denmark via USPS:

Global Express Mail (EMS)  3 - 5 Days $88.00
Airmail Parcel Post  4 - 10 Days $71.00
Economy (Surface) Parcel Post  4 - 6 Weeks $40.00  

[Cyberus]

I don't suppose you still have any A500s with imperfect boxes left then do you? :-)

[redrumloa]

Cyberus wrote:
I don't suppose you still have any A500s with imperfect boxes left then do you? :-)

The ones I listed on eBay for $70 are gone. I just checked and I have one more in the office ATM with a 'slightly' imperfect box I suppose I could sell for $70:-)

[Cyberus]

That's very kind of you!

Hmm - let me see, $70 + $40 (cheapskate shipping) = $110 = approx £70

I think I might have to start making some more room in my house!
Ah, have you had anyone have them shipped using the slow overland mail method? Have you had any feedback from them as to how they arrive? I worked in a sorting office last Christmas, and I see how they treat boxes with  'Fragile' written on them!
 

[redrumloa]

Ah, have you had anyone have them shipped using the slow overland mail method?

Yeah they've gotten there..sloooooww.. Box in o-k condition. I'd personally recommend Air, but surface will get there eventually.

[Speelgoedmannetje]

Those Amiga500 floppy drives are crap, Two of my three Amiga500's has a dead floppy drive and I am very careful with my last working one

[Cyberus]

@speelgoedmannetje

err, thanks...I suppose...

speelgoed is 'toy' in English, I know
but what does mannet mean?

[EpyxWork]

It translates to "little man" or "little boy" either works.

The root word means man or male. The je at the end of a dutch word implies it is tiny or small.

So translated literally it would loosely mean "ToyBoy". So I think the author is having a bit of fun  with the word "BoyToy"

[aardvark]

Your worst enemy IMO is the customs. At least here in Canada it is.

They only hold things up if they're over about $20 Canadian.  The REAL enemy are the pirates UPS (at least on transborder shipments)
Canada Customs charges(or maybe it's the Post Office, I'm not sure :-? ) a flat $5 fee for brokerage, UPS will hold you upside down and shake all your spare change out of your pockets, kick you in the nads, and bill you for the remaining extortionate brokerage charges sometimes totalling in excess of $40.  Boycott anyone who tries to ship UPS across the border! :-x

[Methuselas]

I NEVER use UPS. They still owe me 300$ for a 2000 they damaged during shipping, so I returned to them. They 'evaluated' it, only to return it 3 months later worse than how I sent it. I couldn't believe it. F*ckers!  :-x

[Cyberus]

@ EpyxWork

I knew that -je was the dimunitive

I thought 'man' was man in Dutch(?)
Why 'mannet'?
I'm no expert - I'd be interested to know!

[odin]

Cos mantje or manje just looks and sounds silly :-).