"Local Only" because folk either don't want the buyers grief over (potential / guaranteed) transit damage, or (for folk who cherish old systems) they want to hand them on directly to another pair of kid gloves.
I have seen quite a few things come to grief in transit, old plastic mouldings seem guaranteed to be packed where bounce testing can crack them; best to hand carry. Alternatively, you have to use serious packing - wooden or metal boxes with designed supports / restraints / padding, not bubbles and cardboard. Martin PS I would be up for an 11/23, but I'm an ocean away - in the UK. -----Original Message----- From: Paul Koning via cctalk [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 20 June 2025 20:53 To: [email protected] Cc: Henry Bent <[email protected]>; Paul Koning <[email protected]> Subject: [cctalk] Re: eBay strikes again!! I'm always puzzled by "local only" offers. It's expected that shipping costs get added, but why would a seller make a decision that shipping is "too expensive"? Logically the buyer should decide that, and if the buyer will pay the shipping, even if pricy, why not do the transaction? paul > On Jun 20, 2025, at 4:41 PM, Henry Bent via cctalk <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I offered a working 11/23 with 1MB of RAM and a DEQNA, plus an MFM > drive, on this board somewhat recently and had no takers because it > was local pickup only in NE Ohio. The people who are interested in > this stuff are really few and far between. Sadly, the cost of > shipping it freight probably outweighs the money you would get back by > parting it out on eBay. > > -Henry
