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Surplus Hardware (& other stuff) For Sale &
Wanted,
Mostly From & To Munich Germany
(Meist Zu Verkaufen Ab Muenchen)
INDEX
- INTRODUCTION
- House on edge of park, Dunorlan,
Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
- Americans Please First
Understand The Warning Below
- Computer Equipment I Reconfigure
With New Free Software
- Computer Hardware Wanted
- Surplus Equipment (To Sell, Dispose, Swap, Give,
or Keep & Use later, Depending)
- Computer Hardware
- Cameras
- Car Accessories
- Electrical, TV etc
- Sports Equipment
- Other Stuff
- Legal
- Friend's stuff
- Sold / Gone / Swapped & I Have No
More
- I & others have surplus equipment, some to sell,
& some to give away to certain friends.
I also want to buy some other equipment.
- I do not buy or sell stuff for a living, ( I am a Consultant for a Computer Company)
This page is just a convenience to list & maybe shift
stuff I don't need.
- None of it has ever been on EBay or similar, No time for
that.
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HP Network
ScanJet 5 If you've got one for sale, or know of an
office (ideally in Munich) with one lying around unused,
probably shoved in an office corner (as HP originals boot
off NT networks that businesses are now migrating away
from)
Money & Trust ?!
Thieves & forgers (of goods & money) & loonies
etc all lurk on the net. I know people who've been ripped
off. Any thinking of trying scams on me will just waste time:
I'm Very Distrustful/ Paranoid ! Techniques: Face to face;
cash; no over invoicing; waiting till cheques are cleared and
can't be revoked; proving equipment works.
I saw this on ebay.de 2005.11:
- Bitte stellen Sie ihre Fragen vor Abgabe eines Gebotes.
Bei meinen Auktionen handelt es sich ausnahmslos um
Privatverkäufe. Das neue EU-Recht sieht eine
einjährige Gewährleistung bei Gebrauchtwaren vor,
die jedoch bei Privatverkäufen ausgeschlossen werden
kann. Was ich hiermit ausdrücklich mache. Mit der Abgabe
Ihres Gebotes erklären Sie sich damit einverstanden, auf
eine Gewährleistung zu verzichten.
- So in English: My stuff is private, not business sale. I
Exclude a guarantee. However if I know or suspect something
is Not working or not OK, I'll certainly tell you.
Surplus Computer Hardware
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DSL Modems, used working on Deutsche Telekom 1 M Bit/s,
good up to 3 Mbits/ I'm told by DT, not usable on DT DSL-2
16 Mbit/sec
- 2 x Deutsche Telekom "T Teledat 430 LAN" 12 V Dc
0.7A, + 2 x Transformers: 12 V, 800 mA, 9.6 VA,
positive centre,
- 1 x Deutsche Telekom Teledat 331, 12 V AC 1A. No
transformer, but I've probably got a compatible, &
I recall works fine with Teledat 430 transformers.
- 1 x Deutsche Telekom Big white DSL modem, square
shape, not rounded shape.
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DAT Tape Drives (& Tapes)
I have several drives I'm not really using & a bunch
of tapes (90 & 60 m. I think). I think most are 2 Gig
uncompressed, but with hardware compression available on
some or all. One is an HP C1536
Gary @ 2006.05 also has a 12Gig.
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Brother M1509 Matrix printer.
With 2 Manuals English & German Takes extremely wide
paper as well as A4. With tractor. Works with or without
tractor hole edged paper. Very low profile. About 6 spare
sealed ribbons.
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Portable batteries driven ink jet printer - Kodak
Diconix 150 Plus.
  
Serial Interface 25 pin (I've perhaps got a 25/9
converter)
Accessories Included
- Transformer American 120 V, 60 Hz, 14 W,,Output: 9V
DC 1A, Negative centre pin. Would work with a European
transformer too. I might have one or could advise.
- Ink cartridges. 4 unopened Diconix .
- No Software to drive it. Not bothered to try
under Unix, (ghostscript would be a good place to start
looking).
Micro$oft XP drives pretty much anything these days,
so addict users of that viral monopoly boast. Yours to
try, I don't have time.
- Batteries. NiCad rechargeable Takes [3 or 4
batteries, up to 5 batteries spare
(NiCad). Subject to need/negotiation. (NiCads have non
infinite shelf life, I can test before sale).
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Laptop Carry Cases
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Black - Wide - Manufacturer: Targus
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Laptop computer Toshiba T1100+
LCD screen, Blue font, Green background (I recall), not
back-lit, 2 * 720K floppy drives, 7MHz 8086 Sehr neue
eingebaut NiCad batterien/ New inbuilt NiCAD battery set.
Zustand/Condition: Gut/Good, plastic chassis somewhat
faded. Dokumentation: Perfect Zustand inc. Orig Boot Flop
MSDOS-3.2 USA Keyboard, Original USA 110V power supply +
my own self built 220/240V supply Shoulder bag available.
Original Price advertised on page 363 of Byte was
US$1750 (though that's just of historic interest  I still occasionally run this
to connect to my PC532
using Kermit, but I don't really need it. It also used to
run Minix, though I don't have that any more.
 
Various PCMCIA cards
- Some of the cards in the picture above I may still
need, some not.
- Additionally I now also have other cards not pictured,
but listed below, for which I have No transducer/dongle
for. For these, I'm both interested in selling cards AND
trading my surplus cards for your surplus
transducer/dongle, (ie if you have eg burnt out cards, but
good transducer/dongle, Do contact me :-)
- 2 x 16 bit card: 3 Com Megaherz 10Mbps. Tested Working,
using a 3 Com transducer/dongle from another card
- 2 x 16 bit card: 3 Com EtherLink III 10Mbps. Tested
Working, using a 3 Com transducer/dongle from another
card
- 1 x 16 bit card: Compaq 10/100 Probes OK with FreeBSD
as device "xe" (**), Don't know if really working as I only
have one never tested 3 Com 10/100 transducer/dongle that I
suspect is bad.
- 3 x 16 bit card: Xircom Credit Card Ethernet
10/100-Ready. FreeBSD recognises these as device type "xe"
(**). All tested OK with rlogin etc, using
transducer/dongle I bought for Norbert.
- (**) FreeBSD-6.0 `man xe` extract: 100BaseTX:
Full-duplex operation is currently not supported.
- 1 x 32 bit card:Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 Mobile
Adapter CardBus, Probes OK with FreeBSD as device "dc" (++)
Don't know if really working as I only have one never
tested 3 Com 10/100 transducer/dongle that I suspect is
bad.
- 2 x 32 bit card: Xircom CardBus Ethernet II 10/100.
Probes OK with FreeBSD as device "dc" (++) but I have no
transducer/dongle to test with. Needs a physically
different shape ethernet connector (compared with 3 Com
& goproject.com) to the external
transducer/dongle.
- (++) FreeBSD-6.0 `man 4 dc` extract: full-duplex Force
full duplex operation. The interface will operate in half
duplex mode if this media option is not specified.
- 2 x 16 bit card: MP3510
Combi card 56,000 bit/sec + 10baseT GSM compatible.
FreeBSD doesn't recognise these, & they crash FreeBSD.
Needs a physically different shape ethernet connector
(compared with 3 Com & Xircom 32 bit) to the external
transducer/dongle. 2 pictures I've seen on web show
different transducer/dongles, one with coax & no
apparent space on it for a UTP as well, & 2nd UTP, no
room for coax..
Libretto 70 CT Original Floppy set for MS-Windows 95
- NOT the Libretto itself, which is NOT for sale. Just the
floppy set. I
installed FreeBSD instead as I do NOT like Micro$oft.
Lots of people sell Librettos, doubtless some lose the
install floppy set, & or get infested with Micro$oft
Viruses. This is your chance to get a new floppy set to
recover from (though frankly I consider Micro$oft a
nightmare, & would recommend you try FreeBSD instead
(11,000 free programs - Free !). I also install &
configure FreeBSD on Librettos - for a commercial consultancy
fee.
"PS Re Software marked: For Distribution Only with a new
PC" & Software You purchase somewhere, can't read the
license, then have to click "Yes I agree ..." before it will
work.
Far as I recall from my University days & from my reading
of various odd "law books for amateurs" & industry
magazines etc, this is, to use an American phrase apposite to
American law: "Bullshit", it's just American corporations
trying yet again to impose their law over ours. American
residents might be restricted to not resell software, we
Europeans are Not, ('except Micro$oft might cut off your
supply if you'r a dealer - but they risk being
fined yet again by the European Union, for monopoly
infringement, each time they get too pushy ;-).
English law anyway. Precedent I would refer to is: when
NCP lost the appeals court decision decades back: Some driver
had a brick fall on his car. Lower court ruled" "Tough, NCP
have a sign saying tough, so tough". Overturned on Appeal.
Judge ruled any extra clauses not available to reader until
after car park fee paid, were invalid. So NCP changed their
car parks so all their "Not our fault if .." clauses are now
readable from car before paying money. & There was (at
least in Canterbury NCP) an escape lane after notice &
before payment, built shortly after that appeal court loss,
so one could decline to accept (if one blocked the queue long
enough to read all the guff).
German law: Someone told me in 2009, as far as she knew,
in Germany one had maybe 10 mins to leave the car park if one
did not accept terms only visible after entry. (With poor
customer rights in Munich, I'd rely on that only after
corroboration, but confirmation/refutation) welcome.
Many excremental American legal clauses with which
software is sold internationally (even bundled hardware eg
laptops) seems some cocktail mix of bullshit / un-enforceable
/ illegal: Don't believe it, until you ask a lawyer in
whichever of 170+ sovereign independent countries of
purchase, if actually legally binding.
ZIP 250M Media, also a Drive
, up to 12 @ 6 pounds each (street price UK is or was 15
pounds, street price Munich is 15 euro @ April 2003)
Location: England, Tunbridge Wells & London.
2 * LS120 Drives + 9 Media Discs, a few still virgin
sealed.
Pic. shows 1 drive loose, but I have a second unused in a
chassis.
DAT Streamer 2 Gig (uncompressed, lots more compressed)
SCSI
50 pin SCSI (SCSI-1 physical connector style, ie 50 PIN DIP
1/10" spacing, SCSI-2 electrical style). Manufacturer. Well
I've got 3, which is too much some are in service but I don't
need all. Tapes available, mostly 90m, some 60m. 5.25" Single
slot height.
Tape Streamer 1 Gig QIC SCSI
50 pin SCSI (SCSI-1 physical connector style, ie 50 PIN DIP
1/10" spacing, SCSI-2 electrical style I assume).
Manufacturer Probably TEAC + (any tapes Gary ?) (Source: Gary Grafing, near Munich Germany. )
5.25" Single slot height.
Modems
Supra Fax V32 9600 & V32bis 14,400, External, small,
light. (V32bis Purchased From USA, V32 9600 I'm not sure of).
Aluminium Chassis
Supra Express 366 V+ Black plastic chassis.
Power block but No manual.
Modem: Discovery Datatronics 9632am
(Purchased in Germany). It weighs 1.6 Kg including modem, 9V
1.5A transformer & booklet. No original box, I'd have to
find/ make one to post in which would
weigh a bit. Assume < 2Kg inc packing when you look it up
on http:
Modem Escom. Stands vertically
Bookshelf style (shown horizontal to save space on this
page). Purchased in Germany, but never used. (I mention that
'cos the Germans once had some law mandating their modems be
limited on auto redial capability, so that if software blew,
you wouldn't drive someone berserk, ringing his phone non
stop . I think the mod. was to only allow a few dial
attempts, then back off for a few minutes. You still wouldn't
get much sleep though if someone else's modem software went
wrong. A near pointless law, unless it was NOT motivated to
protect the consumers at all, but to protect the phone
network from overload by too frequent dialling - but wouldn't
that have produced profit to the telco ?
Modem: US Robotics Sportster VI
Purchased in UK. (Thus no German dial restrictions).
Zip Drive Blue plastic chassis.
Power block but No manual.
Logic State Analyzer
Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard Model: 1602A Portable,
Repetition Rate 10 MHz Max Input Load one low power Schottky
(<400uA source), Input threshold TTL 1.5V, 16 bit, 64
word. Original User Manual in good condition.
Emulex SCSI Bus to 2 * ST506 Adapter card
Was 2 cards, identical I think. I think I gave one away.
Parts From A Toshiba T4600C Laptop
(486/33 MHz 4Mb) (laptop scrapped due to bad battery recharge
circuit failure inside laptop). May / probably be useful for
other Toshiba's.
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Mouse (track ball actually)
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Battery pack.
I took the lid off the battery & checked all cell
voltages & they were all fine, so felt sure it was my
charge regulator in the laptop that had gone, & was
feeding a false level to the microprocessor, so the
laptop simply wasn't turning on it's charge circuity.
Externally charged, I recall, the battery was just fine,
so I strongly felt the problem lay within the laptop, but
I already had 2 newer laptops, & it's a swine to
disassemble the 4600C in enough bits to get & unfold
all the circuit cards (stacked in a heap at back of
laptop, & try to figure which analogue regulator
component was faulty. I just couldn't be bothered to
reassemble that laptop, dumped it & just kept the
bits. bothered finding & fixing it, I already had 2
other laptops.
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Keyboard
(English, not American or German). Re-found 2006.11.
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Floppy drive.
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No Manual, no screen, no boot discs
Power Supplies
6 to 8, open frame, 220 input, 5 + 12V output, can & have
driven big 5.25" discs with heavy start up surge)
Power Supplies
6 or so 220 to 5+12V 1A enclosed (not for 5.25 full height
drives needing 4A start current ! )
More Power Supplies.
Unknown.
Extension peripheral box.
Has a power supply. & a SCSI-1 cable.
IDE Drawer
(not sure I've still got it) . (shown up side
down) I've probably got a key if I look.
Games Joy sticks
. Pre PC era , don't know what PC's use, but these are just
linear pots far as I recall. Electronics people won't be
scared, PC people might & should.
2 ISDN cards
: "Teles S0-Karte Revision 1.2 Copyright 1992 by TELES" 8 bit
ISA slot 9 pin D shape female connector You have to make up
your own simple converter cable, pin out
(don't worry it IS isdn despite plug shape & file name)
Postage detail (so others preferably.
not me can work out postage :-) raw
card size unpacked: 15 cm x 13 cm x 2cm ~ 100 grams naked
(without even an anti static bag weighed in)
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Camera Pentax ZOOM-70
, AF Zoom Macro, f=35mm-f=70mm Tele Macro. + spare long
life battery (ies & spare cells), + takes normal
batteries. + Blue carry case + Manual.
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Camera Ricoh Singlex TLS
SLR= Single Lens Reflex
Speeds: (/sec) 1000, 500, 250, 125, 60, 30, 15, 8, 4, 2,
1, B.
Aperture: 1.4, 2, 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16.
Lens:Auto Rikenon 1:1.4 f=55mm27593 Lens Made In Japan.
Screw not bayonet fitting.
Camera & Lens have Automatic stop down. Lens Has a
supplemental manual rotate stop down. Inc. a "Rollei"
case.
Uses no battery.
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Camera Zenit-E
SLR= Single Lens Reflex
Speeds 500, 250, 15, 60, 30-X, B. Rotary lever marked X
& MF. Integral flash shoe (cold). Socket on front for
flash. Mechanical auto timer. Inc original case (damaged
case but repaired). No damage to camera.
Lens: 3.5/50. Industar-50-2. Screw not bayonet
fitting.
Neither camera nor lens have Automatic stop down.
Aperture 3.5, 5.6, 8, 11, 16. Inbuilt light meter.
Uses no battery.
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Camera Wide angle Lens
f=35mm 1:3.5 Prinzgalaxy
Aperture: 3.5, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16. Lens does not have
Automatic stop down. Fits both the above Zenit-E & Ricoh Singlex
TLS .
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Camera Light Meter
"Leningrad 4"
Speeds: 1/1000, 1/500, 1/250, 1/125, 1/60, 1/30, 1/15,
1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 1, 2, 4, 8, 15 secs.
Aperture: 1.4, 2, 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, 22
Film Sensitivity: 3-800 ASA = 6-30 DIN
Uses no battery.
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Car Twin Carburetter Balancing Kit
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href= "large/car_rack_bars.jpg"][img valign="middle" alt="xx"
src= "small/car_rack_bars.jpg"][/a]
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Car Cool Box
Passive one, Cheaper & considerably lighter than
ones using 12 Volt.
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for car tyres. ie 2 pairs. High quality with Spur- Kreuz-
Lauf- Net = Square Inserts for Ice. Manufacturer Rud. Item
Code 97 917 Other number 45 117 2 packs of 2 in plastic box
Original price was DM 320/pair < ADAC Sendlinger Tor Dec
1985. Still in good condition, rarely used. Obviously I'd
accept Much less though. Annoyingly, these chains are much
better than new chains one can buy now, like I have on my
new car: I couldn't find any to buy with square ice
grippers for my new car !
(One chain has a link snapped on the tightenening
chain of one chain of one pair. Either needs welding, else
convince me to sell you 1 set & maybe throw the other
set in free, so you have a spare chain)
Used on my old car's Tyres "175 / 70 R 13". also quoted
quoted by RUD as good for
175/70-13__165__-13
145___-14__155__-14
165/70-14__135__-15
145___-15
Here's
a C program & manual to allow one to calculate chains
for tyres.
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Car Horn
was bolted on, so light corrosion on aluminium. Not sure
I bolted on compressor or not. Always wanted to make a
burglar alarm / klaxon from this, never had the time.
Makes a nice racket :-)
12 Volt dry cells (lead gell or acid batteries) would
should drive this, for eg a boat.
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TV Satellite Decoder/Decrypter
Obsolete, ie it works but they stopped broadcasting.
Designed & Built by Jim Lucas.
Good for a tech. wanting box & power supply for
parts.
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TV Satellite Tuner
Manufacturer: Nokia
Product: Sat 1600 Videocrypt IRD PANDA
Part Code 627-1900110
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TV Sky Digibox
Manufacturer: Pace
Product: Sky Digibox
BSKYB 2500S3 or 250083
With Remote controller
Has got the phone plug with white UK power etc.
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Digital TV Tuner ?
Philips Digital TV
DSR1000/00M
Prod. No. QM010247110950
From: Can't remember With Remote Controller
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Digitial TV tuner
Digitial TV tuner
Manufacturer: Pioneer (Made in UK)
Model: DBR-TF100GB
Manufactured: November 2003
In perfect working order, swapped out as new TV had a
digital tuner.
With remore controller.
Chassis: Metal shiny front & aluminium.
From: UK/JES, What's know in UK as a "Freeview
Unit".
Jim said 2011.01 this (if one adds an aerial) should
pick up over 20 channels in Munich (but not CNN)
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Digitial TV tuner
Digitial TV tuner
Manufacturer: Philips
Model No: DTR210/05
Made in Hungary
Inc external power 12V DC, (positive centre pin)
With remore controller.
Chassis: Lightweight black plastic.
From: UK/JES, What's know in UK as a "Freeview
Unit".
Jim said 2011.01 this (if one adds an aerial) should
pick up over 20 channels in Munich (but not CNN)
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Remote Controller Philips VCR
AV5600 for Philips video recorder VR6464.
No video recorder, that itself died,
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Air Ionisers (2)
2 x `Mountain Breeze' Particularly useful against
allergies. Black centimetre size: 18 Wide x 12 Deep x 4
High.
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Walkie-Talkie / CB Set. 2 Units.
Manufacturer: Harvard. Model: 410T 40 Channel. Has 12 V
external charge socket. Rotary Controls: Volume, Squelch,
Channel. Buttons: Emergency channel & Display
Illuminate (channel). Long extendible aerials. Side thumb
grip to transmit, & 2nd to send tone ? LEDs: RX:
Green. Call: Red. Works with both NiCad Rechargeable
Batteries or Normal Disposable Zinc Carbon.
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- The pictures are all of the older more antique one,
does work, but would like nice on a Restaurant wall or
Museum.
- Theres also a more modern powerful one, also
works,
- Neither have wheels on each end of bow (do they calls
those reflex ?).
- Set of 15 bolts.
- Some places might need a weapon certificate.
- Would not sell to anyone irresponsible.
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Ski Trousers
- A tight fast racing set. With excellent built in
crash pads for the knees & side of thigh to hip. I
don't crash much now though, & they're also too
tight on waist for me. Blue & Black.
- Picture shows them
creased. That's just 'cos I dumped a load of wind
surfing gear on top. Creases won't show if stored flat
under a weight :-)
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Wet Suit
- I'm maybe 5' 9" tall. But it's Too narrow for me now.
I've got a wider one. Well it didn't shrink when it got
wet ! Maybe it's to do with the quality of the Dunkles in
Bayern ;-)
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Wind Surf Shoes
Nominally size 44 / 9.5 but a fraction too small for me
so I bought another pair. Got nicked on outside of one
side so I stuck leather on to protect it.
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Wind surf `trapeze'
- ie a simple hook with back support, not what the
Germans call a `Sitz Trapeze'. Good for people who've
recently learnt, want to relieve the strain on their
arms, but who are not yet good enough to sacrifice the
extra control that you lose using a Sitz-Trapeze.
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Ice skates
- Modern Hockey style, eg slightly rounded front to
back to aid turning. (Not long flat with spikes at front
for ice dancing style).
- Colour: slate (ie dark) blue.
- Manufacturer: Koflach
- Size: Boot says 10, Maybe thats an American 10 (if
American 10 might be eg British 9.5 ? dont know if that
guess true or false) Known to someone that wears 9.5
English = 44 metric.
- Condition: Perfect. Reason for sale: fell over. I'm
not perfect ;-)
I'm not interested in arranging packing & postage from Munich Germany, for random web
browser buyers, unless sufficient money is being offered to be
worth my time
Exception may be made for technical projects I'm involved
with though.
USA Resident USA Citizens, Do Not Make False
Assumptions
If you'r not resident in USA, you can skip this section !
If you live in the USA, _DO_ read this section !
So many people from the USA have mailed me, making foolish
false assumption(s) that I was in USA, I've had to . add
this section, & modified the rest of the page, to deter
Americans who forget the Web actually is World wide
, & an English language page does Not imply USA based
Geography, Transport, Currency & Banking etc.
Please Realise:-
- I am not in the USA.
- I can Not ship by USA national (cheap internal) US
Mail. - Mail will cost you more than you expect, likely a
lot more! (How wide is the Atlantic Ocean ? ;-)
- I can Not accept US bank dollar checks (cheques in
English!) or bank transfers for small amounts - It can be
worse than useless: - international bank charges can exceed
monetary value ! (Ask your bank how much it will cost you
to pay both your bank charges & my recipient bank
charges - you may be surprised !).
- You may have to pay USA customs/ national import tax
from Europe.
- I might have to waste time to fill a customs
declaration form for you. & to mail back & forth to
you, what you want me to declare etc, for numeric value
& description re tax you will pay etc, & it's your
problem to decide that not mine, as it's your country you
want to import into, & I don't know your import tax
system/ rates/ allowances. (I'm not interested in
paperwork, unless you are paying serious money).
No offence intended to the subset of globally aware
Americans, but I needed to to stop a stream of USA based
people mailing me with queries based on false assumptions.
(No one from any other English speaking country assumed I was
supplying goods from inside their national territory, just
USA citizens made that false assumption regularly. English
language plus a .com .net or .org domain does Not mean USA
only.
My Time Is Expensive - It may not be cost effective for
me to sell to you.
- Listing equipment here just means I _could_ dispose of
it _if_ it's cost effective for me to consume time doing so
!
- Some limited subset of the equipment might be given
away to project friends, much preferably locally to avoid
the hassle - NO I won't tell you what's for free, I don't
want random net browsing scroungers wasting my time,
(technical project associates are viable though).
- I am a freelance computer consultant, with a heavy
permanent backlog of things to do, & unless I'm going
to receive a decent amount of money selling something, it's
not cost effective for me to waste time arranging
international money transfers & packing/ postage .
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Often that means the proposed recipient of equipment
should be geographically local to
Munich, Germany, Europe
so they can
collect by hand, and/or pay cash
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- Please do not waste my time asking about stuff that's
not worth my time to pack, postage ,
& arrange international money transfer for.
- In some cases it will be cheaper for you to buy more
locally, from someone in your own city, in your own
country, on your own continent.
- Nearly all the equipment is in Munich Germany Europe.
- I am based in Munich Germany Europe , using the particularly
expensive German postal service, (Noticeably more expensive
than British & Dutch over the years). International
postage & bank charges are more expensive than national
postal services. It may be cheaper for you to buy a more
expensive equivalent item from within your own country at a
cheaper postage rate.
- Before you email me asking what the postage would cost
you from Munich Germany to your location on planet Earth,
realise I'm usually too busy to waste time finding out.
(It's dead easy for random strangers to browse through
this web page, from some random place on earth, & pose
that seemingly innocuous question, but much more wastefully
time consuming, for me to assess all items belonging to an
equipment, & figure packing, sizes, weights, & then
find out the multiple weird ways Deutsche Post has to
calculate their charges.)
- Links for you to research
how much postage will cost.
- Guess your size & weights, & ask your own post
office what they would charge you to ship from your
position on planet earth to Munich Germany ... & then
add some, perhaps quite a bit, because Germany is expensive
for postage, & you'll probably under estimate).
- If you still think it's worth the purchase cost +
postage, then mail me, it might then be worth me
investigating, but don't ask me to waste time asking at the
post office until you've agreed a purchase price with me
!
Money
- Foreign (IE including USA $) cheques are useless for
transferring small amount of cash internationally.
- Ask your bank how you can pay a German bank in Euros,
or a British Bank in Sterling & what the bank charges
would be for you to pay Both Sender's bank charges &
Recipient's bank charges, before you bother negotiate a
price. The bank charge added may make any price
unattractive.
- You must pay international bank charges for both
ends/countries. I'm not interested in paying half the
international bank charges, unless the price is above 300
Euros / 200 Pound Sterling
- You must pay in Euros or British Pounds Sterling, find
out for yourself what the current exchange
rate is to your own national currency.
- Any money (whether for equipment, packing, or postage)
must be received by me before I send the equipment.
- I accept without handling charge: Cash { UK Sterling,
Euros, American Dollars} and Cheques on British or German
banks.
Prices
- A lot of things I don't know a price for, it's often
old or unusual stuff, & I don't care, & markets
& prices change, & I've got better things to do
than waste time updating prices on this page.
- Make me an offer, I'm always busy, & I'll likely
not get round to answering your mail if you make it hard
for me by asking me to decide a price. I'm simply too busy,
& not motivated, unless it's an expensive item worth
time to think about.
- Discount: Price is related to hassle, eg it's no effort
if you happen to be in Munich at some event I will attend eg at the
Beer gardeners
Stammtisch & carry there & you pay cash.
Whereas if its bulky/ tricky to pack & time consuming
to evaluate postage for & I have to take time to go to
the post office ... I'll also offer a cheaper price if you
want several things bundled in one box.
Free Stuff
Anything you hope I might possibly give away for free:
- Sorry, but I did NOT put this page on the web so people
with search engines half a world away can find it, &
mail me asking for free stuff. I put it here so that tech
associates usually in my city who already know me, can see
what I'm not using, & arrange transfer. i don't have
time for begging email nor time to arrange post &
packing etc, let alone to consider if people I've never met
should be given something for free ! Certain tech projects
are looked on with a kindly eye though ...
- Most more expensive stuff is Not available free !
Mostly free terms only apply to local friends, club
associates, & my internet technical associates, for any
others where the hassle of international despatch applies,
I prefer to sell it & make some money, if I must lose
time shipping it
- Either the above section on "Postage & Packing"
applies, Or Check with your post office Before
emailing me, whether they will forward to you, any package
I send with no postage stamps on, Marked "Recipient To Pay
Postage", with no return address on, & no customs
declaration on.
- Don't ask me to list all equipment I'm prepared to give
away for free, I just delete such mail unanswered. Rather,
tell me who you are & what you want & why. Why
should I give it to you ? Make your case if you think you
are so worthy a cause, that I should consume valuable time
arranging packing & postage !
- If friends run similar pages I'll happily cross
link.
- If you have seriously weird non PC computer stuff to
offload VCFE like unusual
stuff, the more unusual the better.
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