At 16:52 -0800 01/29/2003, Howie S wrote: >Like I was sayin', it might be good for Canadians due to ATI being in >Canada, and being that OWC shipping prices to Canada are sometimes a deal >killer. I've aborted web purchases when I saw the Canada shipping costs >added on.
I wish more places were willing to use the postal service. Shipping to Canada is very affordable by mail, and the stuff I send seems to arrive within seven days. Digi-Key recently (last couple of years) added USPS shipping. Contrast these two. In the past the most economical choice for shipping with Digi-Key was UPS Ground which cost a minimum of $6 and more often closer to $8 and always takes at least seven days. Now, with USPS (postal service), shipping by Priority Mail starts at $3.85, sometimes goes as high as $5 (electronic components don't weigh a lot) and always arrives within three days. I will say that OWC's shipper did get an order to me once, I think, the day after I placed the order and I paid for their normal shipping. So that was impressive. But with some other seller, I've been waiting on an Airborne ground shipment to work its way to me. It left over a week ago and I'm not sure it has gotten out of California yet. And they charged $10 for shipping on an item the post office would have moved for $6. >But the main thing to me is, don't send in a good vid card to ATI. Send in >some PC junk, or old worthless Nubus thing. Keep your TwinTurbo or other >usable cards. Otherwise just check eBay or the local Buy&Sell. If it's a NuBus card, make sure it isn't a good card. No-one makes NuBus cards any more and those of use on the Vintage, Quad and 1st PowerMacs lists might appreciate a crack at it, if it's a decent card amongst NuBus cards. Basically, any of the 7" long NuBus video cards are worth a second look, especially if it was made by Radius. If you have a Thunder IV GX or Thunder 24/GT it could go for upwards of $80. The longer (12" Generally) ones tend to be old and slow and not of much interest, but the exception would be the Video Vision Studio. This one has an extra connector on the back plane and is two (maybe three) cards sandwiched together. Feel free to dispose of old PC cards. :-) Jeff Walther -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
