[cctalk] Re: Bubble Memory

2022-10-21 Thread Peter Corlett via cctalk
On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 12:15:02PM +1100, Doug Jackson via cctalk wrote: [...] > Yet another American seler who doesn't understand how simple overseas > shipping is. As far as I can tell, the price to ship anything overseas from the USA is twice the value of the item, plus fifty bucks, plus ten bu

[cctalk] Re: Bubble Memory

2022-10-21 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 10/21/22 05:55, Peter Corlett via cctalk wrote: On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 12:15:02PM +1100, Doug Jackson via cctalk wrote: [...] Yet another American seler who doesn't understand how simple overseas shipping is. As far as I can tell, the price to ship anything overseas from the USA is twice t

[cctalk] Re: Bubble Memory

2022-10-21 Thread Doc Shipley via cctalk
On 10/20/22 20:15, Doug Jackson via cctalk wrote: Sigh... Yet another American seler who doesn't understand how simple overseas shipping is. Oh, we understand, we really do. We also get really tired of strangers asking us to lie, on paper, to foreign government agencies. We understand why

[cctalk] Re: Bubble Memory

2022-10-21 Thread Doug Jackson via cctalk
It is disappointing that you have encountered people like that. My most recent purchase was a couple of potentiometers for a Kenwood TS440 radio - made from true Unobtanium. from memory, I paid $100 USD for the auction and $70 USD for the shipping. They shipped through the Ebay global shipping sy

[cctalk] Re: Bubble Memory

2022-10-21 Thread Jim Brain via cctalk
On 10/21/2022 4:55 AM, Peter Corlett via cctalk wrote: On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 12:15:02PM +1100, Doug Jackson via cctalk wrote: [...] Yet another American seler who doesn't understand how simple overseas shipping is. As far as I can tell, the price to ship anything overseas from the USA is twic

[cctalk] Re: Bubble Memory

2022-10-21 Thread Tom Hunter via cctalk
It would be better to stay on topic and avoid the hostile rhetoric of some of the posts. Thanks Tom On Sat, 22 Oct 2022, 9:49 am Jim Brain via cctalk, wrote: > On 10/21/2022 4:55 AM, Peter Corlett via cctalk wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 12:15:02PM +1100, Doug Jackson via cctalk wrote: > >

[cctalk] Re: Bubble Memory

2022-10-21 Thread Jim Brain via cctalk
On 10/21/2022 9:46 PM, Tom Hunter via cctalk wrote: It would be better to stay on topic and avoid the hostile rhetoric of some of the posts. Um, I am.  There were concerns about international shipping of this eBay item, followed by some info on eBay international shipping, so I was offering t

[cctalk] Re: Bubble Memory

2022-10-21 Thread Tom Hunter via cctalk
I was not referring to you Jim. Your message was helpful unlike some of the others. On Sat, 22 Oct 2022, 12:39 pm Jim Brain via cctalk, wrote: > On 10/21/2022 9:46 PM, Tom Hunter via cctalk wrote: > > It would be better to stay on topic and avoid the hostile rhetoric of > some > > of the posts.