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Re: anything wrong with this auction?
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lugnet.market.theory
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Sat, 18 Mar 2000 03:07:13 GMT
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Mike Stanley wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Mar 2000 19:55:14 GMT, "Shiri Dori" <shirid@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > In lugnet.castle, Lawrence Wilkes writes:
> > > With only 21 hours left this 6066 camoflouged output is stuck at just $17.50
> > > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=278828274
> > > Recent ones have gone for $60+
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> > > Is there anything wrong?
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> > Not *wrong* - just something that scares off lots of people...
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> Coupled with the fact that 6066 wasn't that *great* a set anyway. I
> certainly wouldn't pay $60+ for one, not even new in the box. Heck, I
> doubt I'd pay the original retail price for one new in the box.
Those fees seem outrageous too--if you want to pay in an IMO in DM, I guess you
could--but I can't possibly see the shipping costing that much by air. Shipping
three much larger sets from the UK by air doesn't even cost US$25! I wonder how
the seller came to those figures...
best
Lindsay
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| (...) guess you (...) Shipping (...) 2kg to the US is ~$25 from the UK. As a guide, a 8480 weighs 2kg (unpacked). (...) The UK system is based on a series of weight categories below 2kg. There categories get larger as the weight increases. The (...) (25 years ago, 18-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
| | | Re: anything wrong with this auction?
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| (...) $10 banking fee is actually rather on the cheap side. (...) Surface postage for upto 2kg is ~$8. Premium airmail postage is 250- 500g $11 - 750g $13 -1000g $15 -1500g $19 -2000g $23 as a "small parcel under 2kg". As a proper parcel there's (...) (25 years ago, 19-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
| | | Re: anything wrong with this auction?
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| Mr L F Braun schreef: (...) Depends on how you ship... I live in the Netherlands, and recently sold some stuff to people in the United States, Norway and Japan. From the dutch postal service flyer: To US: - under 1 kg : $15 for priority ($17 (...) (25 years ago, 21-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Re: anything wrong with this auction?
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| (...) Coupled with the fact that 6066 wasn't that *great* a set anyway. I certainly wouldn't pay $60+ for one, not even new in the box. Heck, I doubt I'd pay the original retail price for one new in the box. (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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