sicklittlemonkey wrote:
> On Mar 4, 4:57 pm, "Michael J. Mahon"  wrote:
>> sicklittlemonkey wrote:
>>> Or about $200 in Japan. :-) Anyway ...
>> Is postage that expensive?  Crazy.
> 
> No, I'm talking local prices, and postage is extra!
> That said, not much is selling in this economic climate.
> 
> A 128k platinum //e went for $200 the other night with
> SS2, mouse and disk cards in it.

So the problem is that US sellers are unwilling to ship
to Japan?

As I'm sure you know, $20 is a middling price for a
//e here, and shipping should be under $70, so it's hard
to see how the market can be so out of whack...

When my daughter was teaching in Japan, I found it quite
easy to ship there, and relatively reasonable.

-michael

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