"I'd be glad to find a way to access US sales at reasonable cost"
Might be worth investigating MyUS. On Tue, Jul 2, 2024 at 7:42 AM Adrian Godwin via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > Brexit made a big difference to postage costs from EU to UK but I don't > think affected US costs much. However eBay's US all-inclusive postage > seemed very expensive compared with USPS, and many sellers using > independent methods have now got very expensive too. I'm not sure if prices > have risen to match or if there's some other influence. > Chinese to UK shipments are still relatively cheap but have also risen > somewhat with more sellers charging for postage. I think eBay and > Aliexpress are managing (surcharging) the increased import costs that UK > and other governments are imposing. > > I recall getting a huge 16500B from the US a few years ago for a fairly > reasonable shipping cost but now just the plug-in cards have shipping > prices of $100 - often more than the card. > > I'd be glad to find a way to access US sales at reasonable cost. Postage > costs are a major factor at the moment and I rarely need things fast. > > On Tue, Jul 2, 2024 at 5:42 AM Ethan Dicks via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 1, 2024 at 8:28 PM ben via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > > wrote: > > > On 2024-07-01 6:04 p.m., Mike Stein via cctalk wrote: > > > > Hey, I sent you a motherboard from Toronto all the way to the South > > > > Pole, remember? Well, OK, via San Francisco, but It wasn't too bad > > > > then. > > > > Mike, I do remember. I still have that motherboard on the shelf over > > my work area at home. I never did get a stable composite adapter made > > down there (I had to work with the parts I had on hand). The board > > was fine but the output was shaky because of my adapter. > > > > The postage was just Toronto to SFO because it went via APO box. > > > > > Hey there must be lots of vintage stuff at the south pole > > > nobody ships stuff back. :) > > > > Because of the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978, everything that > > goes down has to go back. There's millions of pounds of sorted waste > > that goes North on the cargo vessel every year, including the category > > "Electronic Scrap". > > > > -ethan > >
