17 Mar
2013
17 Mar
'13
2:53 p.m.
On 3/17/2013 2:14 PM, Henk Gooijen wrote:
Weight ... a ton?
Correct, if "a ton" is approximately 60 lb (less than 30 kilos).
Still, shipping that weight will cost money, that's true!
- Henk, PA8PDP
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From: "Alan Perry" <aperry at snowmoose.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2013 6:06 PM
To: <cctech at classiccmp.org>
Cc: <cctech at classiccmp.org>
Subject: Re: Selling a DEC RX02 on Ebay
I shipped two of these cross country in the last year. One by FedEx and
the other by UPS. Each cost less than $75 to ship including supplies. I
did all the packing myself and my own shipping account. The stores will
rip you off on the paking supllies, packing service, and the shipping
rates.
The UPS stores are the worst. If something costs $20 to ship on the UPS
website it will probably cost $38 at the store. They take the full
non-discounted UPS rate then add more on top for the store. The UPS
stores aren't owned by UPS. They are individual franchises and they can
charge whatever basically.
On Mar 17, 2013, at 1:36 AM, R SMALLWOOD
<rodsmallwood52 at btinternet.com> wrote:
I have several of these beasts.
I do go back to when they were current equipment.
The price asked for an RX02 in unknown condition is well over the top.
The shipping price may not be far off as they weigh a ton!!
I got one with my 11/750 15 years ago. I sold it for around $200,
close to what
I paid for the entire system. It was a local sale and I don't recall
the drive's weight.
alan