20 Jun
1997
20 Jun
'97
2:32 p.m.
On 21-Jun-97, e.tedeschi wrote:
c) You are against helping "foreigners" (and
therefore "different")
collectors to export "your" stuff perhaps in the wrong perception that
it will diminish the heritage of the country (yours). I have striken a
deal with one of the subscriber here and he disappeared in the distance
after a while (he did not answer anymore...) By the way does anybody
need British stuff? I would be glad to help you with it.
I think in this case, the thing that chases people away is the sheer cost
of shipping these items overseas. Most of it is fairly heavy, and in my
experiece of shipping just within in U.S., can be quite costly to ship just
about anywhere. At one point I was working on a deal with a gentleman in
Australia to get a C-16 with a a lot of original cassette software from him,
but he eventually backed out because of the shipping cost, and this was with a
very small system. Unless it was quite a rare system, or something you wanted
quite badly, it wouldn't likely be worth the total cost, even if it didn't
cost anything to actually purchase the item. I myself wouldn't mind adding
some of the foreign systems to my collection, but don't for the reasons above.
Jeff jeffh(a)unix.aardvarkol.com
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