Apple II boards

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Fri Jan 25 09:31:42 2002

I saw something on the news last evening that said there's some European
airline that's selling tickets from London to somewhere on the continent for
about $15. At rates like that, you might be right about it being cheaper to
fly.

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jarkko Teppo" <jarkko.teppo_at_er-grp.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 12:09 AM
Subject: Re: Apple II boards


> Richard Erlacher said:
> > If they're popular enough in .fi, perhaps we can save a few landfills
> > from them by sending 'em to interested parties there.
>
> I'm not sure about other interested parties but I've always wanted
> one. Maybe some day...
>
> >
> > An Apple IIe is not uncommonly priced at $5 around here (I just bought
> > one that had a couple of drives bundled with it for $8, though all I
> > wanted was the PSU) . A IIc is not uncommon at that price either.
> > It's been a while since I saw more than one ][+ in the same store, but
> > those seldom cost more than $10, and usually closer to $5. I would
> > estimate that the freight would exceed that amount by quite a little
> > bit. Disk drives are often together with these units, though that
> > propels their cost into the $10-$12 range.
> >
>
> The freight is a definite problem. I once bought a few HP9K/300 items
> (total weight around ~400 grams) and with the freight and the currency
> transfer the price tripled from the original $20. And I didn't choose
> overnight UPS delivery either as it took something like a few months.
>
> It almost seems cheaper to fly there :-)
> --
> jht
>
>
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Received on Fri Jan 25 2002 - 09:31:42 GMT