Subj : Re: My new* 486 (*=old)
To   : Commodore Clifford
From : Atari8Guy
Date : Thu Feb 16 2023 00:21:04

On 13 Feb 23  17:31:32 Commodore Clifford wrote...

CC> On 12 Feb 23  10:16:40 xbit wrote...
CC> 
CC> XX> I understand. That said, ebay has a pretty good protection policy
CC> XX> and seller rankings and grades help a ton as well. I've always
CC> XX> had good luck with it as long as I follow 4.5-5 star sellers.
CC> XX> Even if something goes wrong, you can get refunded. --- SBBSecho
CC> XX> 3.14-Win32  * Origin: The X-Bit BBS - x-bit.org - Forest Grove,
CC> XX> Or (21:4/107)  
CC> 
CC> To which Commodore Clifford replies...
CC> 
CC> While I may agree about eBay being trustworthy, one thing to consider
CC> is shipping.  Not sure what country Pavel is from, but I can tell you
CC> I won't even consider ordering anything from overseas unless it's
CC> something small that should be good in shipping... but anything like
CC> a computer or a monitor... no way.
CC> 
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To which Atari8Guy replies...

Yeah, shipping is a bitch, especially for the last thing I'm really
looking for - a CRT VGA monitor.  I thought that would be easy to source,
but I haven't had any luck locally and though the show up on eBay the
shipping is always more than the monitor...sigh.

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