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Khers wrote: Just out of interest, how much would shipping the great white from Europe to Australia be?

61,99 EUR !

Half-Saint wrote: I've got a NIB (box has been opened for photos) Lexmark branded SSK, french layout. How much would that go for nowadays?

I'd say €350-400.

seebart wrote:

Khers wrote: Just out of interest, how much would shipping the great white from Europe to Australia be?

61,99 EUR !

That's what I pay for just about everything coming from the US ...

Slom wrote: That's what I pay for just about everything coming from the US ...

Which is why I try to avoid that.

Try shipping a beamspring from Canada to the UK. That was painfully expensive and painfully slow

seebart wrote:

Slom wrote: That's what I pay for just about everything coming from the US ...

Which is why I try to avoid that.

Watching the tracking on the USPS website kinda explains why its that expensive: I recently bought something in NY which traveled to Charlotte first and now seems stuck in Miami. Maybe I should expect it to go to Texas, SoCal and Montana as well.

I sure those USPS shipping routes are perfectly logical, I mean after all you need to get something for your money.

wobbled wrote: Try shipping a beamspring from Canada to the UK. That was painfully expensive and painfully slow

I haven't done a large scale comparison, but Canada Post international shipping (excluding U.S.) is among the most expensive, if not the most expensive, in the world. I did do one direct comparison and shipping a keyboard from Canada to the UK was twice as expensive as shipping it from the UK to Canada, using the equivalent shipping service.

seebart wrote: I sure those USPS shipping routes are perfectly logical, I mean after all you need to get something for your money.

agreed... it reminds me of the old Bugs Bunny cartoons where a package finally arrives with 30 passport stamps on it after circling the globe

Tuntematon wrote:

wobbled wrote: Try shipping a beamspring from Canada to the UK. That was painfully expensive and painfully slow

I haven't done a large scale comparison, but Canada Post international shipping (excluding U.S.) is among the most expensive, if not the most expensive, in the world. I did do one direct comparison and shipping a keyboard from Canada to the UK was twice as expensive as shipping it from the UK to Canada, using the equivalent shipping service.

Any idea why it's so expensive? I'm pretty sure my package came by boat too so it took a ridiculous amount of time.

wobbled wrote:

Tuntematon wrote:

wobbled wrote: Try shipping a beamspring from Canada to the UK. That was painfully expensive and painfully slow

I haven't done a large scale comparison, but Canada Post international shipping (excluding U.S.) is among the most expensive, if not the most expensive, in the world. I did do one direct comparison and shipping a keyboard from Canada to the UK was twice as expensive as shipping it from the UK to Canada, using the equivalent shipping service.

Any idea why it's so expensive? I'm pretty sure my package came by boat too so it took a ridiculous amount of time.

Within Canada, I can understand why the rates are how they are. Huge land mass, small population. Internationally, I don't know. You'd think the costs would be similar or at least in the same ballpark for any postal service shipping worldwide.

lot_lizard wrote:

seebart wrote: I sure those USPS shipping routes are perfectly logical, I mean after all you need to get something for your money.

agreed... it reminds me of the old Bugs Bunny cartoons where a package finally arrives with 30 passport stamps on it after circling the globe

It's actually the cheaper services that end up with the convoluted routes. Instead of forcing the parcel along the most direct path so it arrives quickly, they toss it wherever they have space for it and it gets there when it gets there.

I could pay for shipping with my Blue alps NEC PC 8801

Wingklip wrote: I could pay for shipping with my Blue alps NEC PC 8801

PM'd.

seebart wrote:

Wingklip wrote: I could pay for shipping with my Blue alps NEC PC 8801

PM'd.

IT'S official.... Seebart just put out!!!

lot_lizard wrote:

seebart wrote:

Wingklip wrote: I could pay for shipping with my Blue alps NEC PC 8801

PM'd.

IT'S official.... Seebart just put out!!!

Naniiiii

How much is the darn thing worth anyways
Got $150 all the way to 300USD, though it uses some proprietary connection made to work on PC 8801's from Nibbong. It's also cracked in the case and chipped there slightly, and the switches very slightly gummed, but I cleaned out most of them (painfully).
This is one of them boards with texta'ed blue switches at the top, two of them for the stop and copy keys being nearly double the weight of a normal blue.

Tuntematon wrote:

wobbled wrote: Try shipping a beamspring from Canada to the UK. That was painfully expensive and painfully slow

I haven't done a large scale comparison, but Canada Post international shipping (excluding U.S.) is among the most expensive, if not the most expensive, in the world. I did do one direct comparison and shipping a keyboard from Canada to the UK was twice as expensive as shipping it from the UK to Canada, using the equivalent shipping service.

I'm pretty sure Sweden/Scandinavia is pretty high on that list as well. I get ridiculous quotes when trying to ship anything above about 50g abroad and paid around about $70 to get an SSK here from Norway. For the record, it travelled approx 500km.

wobbled wrote: Try shipping a beamspring from Canada to the UK. That was painfully expensive and painfully slow

That's a lot of volume in packaging!

Someone (seebart) requested a photo of the alps black ponder board

Ciao again! I found three Viglen (Acer) 6312-TW, what should I do with these? I was thinking to keep the keycaps and put the keyboard in the bin, they are quite dirty and god this switches feel horrible.

I have a rare Northgate Omnikey Evoulution in near mint condition. Complicated white ALPS, doubleshot caps. Here are some pics. It also has a low serial #. http://imgur.com/a/u9rKT Thank you!

Can you help me? .. very good conditions; very heavy; but NO working cable

What is this Triumph Adler worth?

Damn, those are nice caps. Is this what people are on about when they're on about Triumph Adlers? xD

I have the same one but in different colours, but no idea what it's worth either. I was meant to be trading it to photekq for a G81-3000SAU but he isn't responding to my PMs anymore.

No idea how much they are worth but I love them!

seebart wrote:

Khers wrote: Just out of interest, how much would shipping the great white from Europe to Australia be?

61,99 EUR !

Half-Saint wrote: I've got a NIB (box has been opened for photos) Lexmark branded SSK, french layout. How much would that go for nowadays?

I'd say €350-400.

350-400€? Didn't these used to sell for about $800 not so long ago?

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Not sure if you you'd be able to get $800 honestly but you may! AZERTY...

Well my memory may be playing tricks on me.

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Half-Saint wrote: Well my memory may be playing tricks on me.

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Actually the Lexmark branded ones are more rare, ohaimark has a nice little Lexmark selection:

photos-f62/lexmark-mini-collection-t151 ... collection

Speaking of which, has anyone ever seen a black M13 with a Lexmark logo? I can picture the Lexmark logo looking sexy in black...especially with that red diamond.

Harshmallow wrote: Speaking of which, has anyone ever seen a black M13 with a Lexmark logo? I can picture the Lexmark logo looking sexy in black...especially with that red diamond.

Red IBM logo on dark gray square metal badge on an M13. Ohh yeahhhh.

Chyros wrote:

Harshmallow wrote: Speaking of which, has anyone ever seen a black M13 with a Lexmark logo? I can picture the Lexmark logo looking sexy in black...especially with that red diamond.

Red IBM logo on dark gray square metal badge on an M13. Ohh yeahhhh.

You, sir, are speaking my language.