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Oh, so that's why it went out of stock until now! :-)
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ZX81->Spectrum->Memotech MTX->Sinclair QL->520STM->BBC Micro->TT030->PCs & Sun Workstations.
Added code to the MiNT kernel (still there the last time I checked) + put together MiNTOS.
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stephen_usher wrote: 30 Apr 2024 16:10 Oh, so that's why it went out of stock until now! :-)
I think it was out of stock for a while before I purchased mine.. But only purchased one anyway :)
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Looks like I'm going to have to wait for my Electrolube... DHL failed to put it onto a delivery van this morning.
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ZX81->Spectrum->Memotech MTX->Sinclair QL->520STM->BBC Micro->TT030->PCs & Sun Workstations.
Added code to the MiNT kernel (still there the last time I checked) + put together MiNTOS.
Collection now with added Macs, Amigas, Suns and Acorns.
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stephen_usher wrote: 01 May 2024 10:52 Looks like I'm going to have to wait for my Electrolube... DHL failed to put it onto a delivery van this morning.
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800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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OK... If you have bought something on eBay "collection only" don't try to get a courier from Shiply.com.

(a) It's extremely expensive. For two items from Kingston upon Thames to Oxford the cheapest quotes (couldn't put them together) were £61 each (and no discount for multiple items) paid in advance. The most expensive quote was well over double that.
(b) There's no checking of the courier's trustworthiness. They could be scam artists.

I may have wasted ~£200 on the items and the "courier"... beware.
Intro retro computers since before they were retro...
ZX81->Spectrum->Memotech MTX->Sinclair QL->520STM->BBC Micro->TT030->PCs & Sun Workstations.
Added code to the MiNT kernel (still there the last time I checked) + put together MiNTOS.
Collection now with added Macs, Amigas, Suns and Acorns.
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Ouch.... :stars:
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stephen_usher wrote: 01 May 2024 23:14 OK... If you have bought something on eBay "collection only" don't try to get a courier from Shiply.com.

(a) It's extremely expensive. For two items from Kingston upon Thames to Oxford the cheapest quotes (couldn't put them together) were £61 each (and no discount for multiple items) paid in advance. The most expensive quote was well over double that.
(b) There's no checking of the courier's trustworthiness. They could be scam artists.

I may have wasted ~£200 on the items and the "courier"... beware.
Assuming that you went ahead with the transaction?

Fingers crossed it works out!!
Collector of many retro things!
800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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Well, the bank has blocked the payment anyway and I can't get them to budge on that because they want me to talk to the company directly to ask them for the same details that they gave via Shiply.com... (How will that stop fraud?) However, I can only contact the courier via Shipy.com... Catch-22. So, I'm going to have to cancel and lose the £22 deposit.

So, the day I'd booked off work next week to rejig my home mail server so that I can sent to Gmail will have to be a road trip to Kingston upon Thames instead.
Intro retro computers since before they were retro...
ZX81->Spectrum->Memotech MTX->Sinclair QL->520STM->BBC Micro->TT030->PCs & Sun Workstations.
Added code to the MiNT kernel (still there the last time I checked) + put together MiNTOS.
Collection now with added Macs, Amigas, Suns and Acorns.
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stephen_usher wrote: 02 May 2024 10:23 Well, the bank has blocked the payment anyway and I can't get them to budge on that because they want me to talk to the company directly to ask them for the same details that they gave via Shiply.com... (How will that stop fraud?) However, I can only contact the courier via Shipy.com... Catch-22. So, I'm going to have to cancel and lose the £22 deposit.

So, the day I'd booked off work next week to rejig my home mail server so that I can sent to Gmail will have to be a road trip to Kingston upon Thames instead.
Oh boy, what a palaver...
Collector of many retro things!
800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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