Cotty, I hear what you say, it's just that everything I (or for my non-computer friends) want, has a stumbling block - I get press ganged into finding items - some of my friends are bigger than me and you!
Malcolm :-) > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Cotty > Sent: 13 February 2002 22:24 > To: Pentax List > Subject: RE: LX on ebay > > > Hi Malc, > > >And yet another "ship to United States" only! > > > ><sigh!> > > If I want something that the seller indicates he or she will ship to the > US only, I drop them a line asking if they will consider shipping to the > UK. I point out the ease of sending USPS (United States Postal Service) > air mail, that parcels only take about 5 days or so to arrive, and that > we are really the 51st State of the Union anyway ;-) > > I have yet to be turned down! > > Just bought a Zip drive for a PowerBook G3, paid less for it in US > dollars than what it would be in pounds here. I used to pay in money > orders, but now use Paypal, despite horror stories. Paypal charges a > conversion commission, but it still works out up to HALF the price on > some things, especially computer parts. (Being British, we know well and > truly how we get ripped off here on consumer goods - and we can apologise > for it better than anyone else ;-) > > My eBay feedbacks stand at 56 so far, and I think about a quarter are > international. I've yet to be burned, but I'm sure I will be. Shame I > can't leave John Mustarde a nice big positive for my new toy (hurry up > March...) > > Regards, > > Cotty > > _______________________________________________________ > Personal email traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > MacAds traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Check out the UK Macintosh ads > http://www.macads.co.uk > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
