[cctalk] Re: what to do with our "treasures"

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(a)classiccmp.org> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 1, 2024 at 8:28 PM ben via cctalk <cctalk(a)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 >