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Boxed and complete 128k+3 with new belt

xbomberxbomber
edited November 2011 in Sales
Hopefully the last in "operation appease the missus" for a while.

Also now have a +3e from morcar and just can't justify having two!

So...Boxed +3 with instructions and changed drive belt.

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?itemId=280774394618

If a fellow wosser wins it then I'll include a couple of boxed, original disc games free of charge.

Also, if making an offer please do mention if you're from here - I'll be more likely to go for it.

Next week I'll be listing a boxed grey +2 I forgot I had. A sign I need to clear the loft maybe?
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  • fogfog
    edited November 2011
    none mobile link

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/280774394618?

    "operation appease the missus" is a nationwide type thing :)

    if I was married it's be more "operation lynch hubby for having retro tat" ..sounds like you got a milder version :)
  • morcarmorcar
    edited November 2011
    If i had the money LMAO see all this spectrum stuff is no good for me and i only just sold one lmfao
  • Alessandro GrussuAlessandro Grussu
    edited November 2011
    :-o Why, of the whole of Europe, only Italy is excluded from shipping? It sounded very interesting to me, although I already own a +3 in great conditions (it still has even the infamous AY sound distortion bug) - which I purchased from ebay, by the way.
    Spectrumpedia, the most comprehensive book ever written about the Spectrum - Zankle Soft - Corrections for games incompatible with the +2A/+3 - TAP files for DivIDE/DivMMC - SetoLOAD fast tape loading scheme
  • jdanddietjdanddiet
    edited November 2011
    Alessandro Grussu wrote: »
    :-o Why, of the whole of Europe, only Italy is excluded from shipping? It sounded very interesting to me, although I already own a +3 in great conditions (it still has even the infamous AY sound distortion bug) - which I purchased from ebay, by the way.

    The italian PO doesn't have *ahem* the best reputation so a lot of sellers exclude Italy.
  • Alessandro GrussuAlessandro Grussu
    edited November 2011
    jdanddiet wrote: »
    The italian PO doesn't have *ahem* the best reputation so a lot of sellers exclude Italy.
    Worse reputation than, say, the post services of Kosovo (just to keep in Europe)? Or worse than those of Afghanistan or East Timor (no offence to folks living in these less fortunate parts of the world of course)?
    I can hardly believe that. To me, that seems an exaggerate and unjustified discrimination.
    By the way, that's the first time ever I come across it - and I have perused the ebay a lot in the last few years.
    Spectrumpedia, the most comprehensive book ever written about the Spectrum - Zankle Soft - Corrections for games incompatible with the +2A/+3 - TAP files for DivIDE/DivMMC - SetoLOAD fast tape loading scheme
  • xbomberxbomber
    edited November 2011
    Hi Alessandro,

    I think it's a fair question, and I apologise if I have caused you or other Italian users offense.

    jdanddiet pretty much called it but to give you context... in the course of 10 years as an eBay seller I have sold 5 items to Italy. 3 of ended up being reported as not arriving at their destination. This was annoying enough when it was a DVD, a barebones SNES and an N-Gage QD (yes, laugh it up you lot) which left me ?30ish out of pocket as each bidder filed 'item not received' complaints... but this would be really bad for a more valuable complete systems I sell.

    I don't like those odds and I'm truly sorry but I cannot and will not take that risk - I just cannot afford it.

    So discrimination - yes, informed and based on experience.
    Unjustified - no. Three times bitten, fourth shy!

    That aside, if an interested bidder wants to collect in person that would be great or preferably fly me out there and I'll drop it off in person :-). I love Italy... just not the postal service.

    And as for the amazingly beautiful Italian women... OK really shutting up now :oops:

    Re. Kosovo - don't know. No bidders have come from there yet.
  • xbomberxbomber
    edited November 2011
    Further to previous response it seems as if others have had similar issues to me and if you look at this thread:

    http://forums.ebay.com.sg/thread.jspa?threadID=500000654&start=80

    You'll see a list of items that are prohibited by Italians Customs. This includes:

    Footwear of any kind.
    Hats of any kind.
    Playing cards of any kind.
    Ribbons for typewriters.
    Toys not made wholly of wood.

    Unfortunately because
    • The +3 could be classified as a "toy not wholly made of wood"
    • The box could make a natty hat
    • The keyboard might look like it is a typewriter
    • You can load Sam Fox poker on it
    • ...could be hollowed out and used as footwear
    I would be remiss in attempting to send it to Italy. I don't want to get anyone in trouble and you can't be too careful.
  • fogfog
    edited November 2011
    Alessandro, I worked with someone who is in Italy on some synth sounds (muz3um for rapture :) ) anyway.. he told me about the "wonderful" post system there, when him and his wife visited.. that's coming direct from an Italian, half of his post goes missing and he's lived in 3 places around the country. Another person who is married to a friends sister also confirmed the same thing.

    I wouldn't post to ex-soviet countries or that part of the world either (unless its UK army etc as their post is different) Heck I don't even like posting to some of Europe.. as the "loss" rate I've experienced is far higher. It's a lot harder to prove it arrived once it leaves the UK, regardless of country.

    the odd bit of post I've had in the UK has gone missing even BUT the % is far lower.. thats all I care about, I really don't like paying for things that goes "walkies". People try that *** with me in the UK the odd time, but I have a way of dealing with them.. normally it "magically" turns up next day ..odd that.

    A dodgy ebayer didn't help matters either.. he bid on a load of my stuff and "presumed" I'd post there.. and all his feedback was angry brits who he'd ripped off. The routine was.. buy stuff from the UK.. claim it as lost / get refund.. then re-list under another name.. I'm sure others pull that stunt, but within the UK it's far easier to catch people who do that out. Also to take action legally.

    in that case it's a few dodgy ****s that spoil it for the many who are honest . (I think thats fair way of putting it)

    so sadly it's mainly a reflection on the postal system there and and yep there are other Euro countries I don't like posting to either. It boils down to "will they claim for something that got lost? " even though it arrived ...nothing else, I'm not a charity for people.
  • jdanddietjdanddiet
    edited November 2011
    Alessandro Grussu wrote: »
    Worse reputation than, say, the post services of Kosovo (just to keep in Europe)?

    Probably not, but then there are more ebayers in Italy.
  • Alessandro GrussuAlessandro Grussu
    edited November 2011
    All right fellas - I understand your point, but in all honesty I can say that, although being at times painfully slow, the Italian postal service is not (always) as bad as you seem to think. Heck, last March I had to fetch a parcel from the main post office in the outskirts of town down here, since nobody was home at the time of delivery, and the clerks there not only politely asked me for the receipt I found in my mailbox before handing me it, but they even had the care of storing it in a separate closet along with other undelivered goods! And it was, guess it, a rubber keyed 48K I had purchased from a British ebayer.

    That's unfortunately the same with several other parts of public services here - and I work in the public sector, so I know that very well - ie that although there are some very precise regulations about the service, there is very little (if all) control upon them. Therefore you can, and will, find competent people who can offer you a service up to the standards, but you might also be unlucky like the person working with fog. We are so used to this that everybody here asks advice to friends or trusted people in order to know which office/hospital/school etc. offers the best service for their needs, although being public they are supposed to always offer the same level of performance.

    Only once in my life a parcel arrived here in terrible conditions - and sadly it also contained some peculiar biscuits from Sardinia... :( we had to send it back.
    jdanddiet wrote: »
    Probably not, but then there are more ebayers in Italy.
    Sorry but I don't understand what you mean.
    Spectrumpedia, the most comprehensive book ever written about the Spectrum - Zankle Soft - Corrections for games incompatible with the +2A/+3 - TAP files for DivIDE/DivMMC - SetoLOAD fast tape loading scheme
  • fogfog
    edited November 2011
    Alessandro JD means.. there are more ebayers from italy.. than in kosovo


    I just came back from my local sorting office.. to pick up 3 missed parcels....

    I came back with 2 :sad: one is missing.

    so the week before I didn't get magnificent 7 + pitfall 2 either..

    and thats just UK post... so NO the post isn't perfect here either and WORSE when agency people are in as some steal because they think there is no come back (I had ?50 worth games stolen that way, when post office was on strike)
  • jdanddietjdanddiet
    edited November 2011
    unfortunately the rep, whether its justified or not, has ebay sellers running for the hills scared of INR claims...I'm really surprised you've not encountered it before. Don't take it personally.
  • xbomberxbomber
    edited November 2011
    Now sold and removed from sale, subject to payment being received.

    Thanks for your interest.
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