I have the same problem. I would love to have an Apple //gs, and I have seen several of them go out of bid without selling and with a $1 start price. I would have bought one of them if the s&h costs weren't near $60. In my case, the ZIP code (as stated by Bryan) wouldn't help very much, because I'm in Spain, across the Atlantic... :-(
It's sad, but it's evident that old computers doesn't matter to the transport aggencies... Greetings, Antonio Rodr�guez (Grijan) <ftp://grijan.cjb.net:21000/> "J.S. Garrison" ha escrito: > I spent the evening trolling through eBay. There were a few units I would > have bought, but the shipping has become such that it can be triple or more > the asking price of the unit offered. > > Wonder if there can't be established a special shipping fee by all > commercial shippers that would be set so as to eliminate or at the very > least, reduce to a minimum, the price of shipping old computers as an > emphasis on cutting the number of them that end up in landfills. > > Anyone out there have connections to agencies that might pick up on this and > implement it?? > > Jeff G. -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
