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Post by mikeyb on Nov 29, 2017 19:21:56 GMT
He could make his price list a lot easier to find on the website! I could not see a price list!  3 clicks 😉 |
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Post by Mr Whippy on Nov 29, 2017 20:19:08 GMT
Anyone used the Japanese version of eBay? What a rip off. What a rip off. Out of curiosity I went after an Audio Technica AT666EX Disc Vacuum Disc Stabilizer - and won it, for about £76, which seemed OK. The final cost, however, came to a total of about £172, with carriage & insurance and packing fee (£57) and fees (£39). A centre handles international orders, allowing local sellers to sell to anyone. So you have a fee to get the item to the centre. Then there's the auction fee. Then there's a banking fee. And then you have a fee for simply transferring money from PayPal into your account. Never again.  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2017 21:09:07 GMT
+ Import Duty. Just aint worth it, It's why i stopped buying Japanese card sleeve CD Editions.
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Post by mikeyb on Nov 29, 2017 22:53:49 GMT
Anyone used the Japanese version of eBay? What a rip off. What a rip off. Out of curiosity I went after an Audio Technica AT666EX Disc Vacuum Disc Stabilizer - and won it, for about £76, which seemed OK. The final cost, however, came to a total of about £172, with carriage & insurance and packing fee (£57) and fees (£39). A centre handles international orders, allowing local sellers to sell to anyone. So you have a fee to get the item to the centre. Then there's the auction fee. Then there's a banking fee. And then you have a fee for simply transferring money from PayPal into your account. Never again. Ouch! |
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Post by MartinT on Nov 30, 2017 8:07:51 GMT
I've used the Japanese Amazon and the (now defunct) Japanese HMV to good effect. There's Snow Records, too.
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Post by julesd68 on Nov 30, 2017 9:30:02 GMT
I've used the Japanese Amazon and the (now defunct) Japanese HMV to good effect. There's Snow Records, too. Snow Records are excellent. They dispatched my order a couple of hours after I placed it and I had it a week later. |
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Post by julesd68 on Nov 30, 2017 9:32:56 GMT
Out of curiosity I went after an Audio Technica AT666EX Disc Vacuum Disc Stabilizer - and won it, for about £76, which seemed OK. The final cost, however, came to a total of about £172, with carriage & insurance and packing fee (£57) and fees (£39). Yes that is painful. But what do you think of the kit? |
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Post by Mr Whippy on Nov 30, 2017 20:00:16 GMT
Dunno...
It hasn't come yet!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2017 20:05:15 GMT
When you get bitten by excess cost it tend to influence what you think of the product you bought.. Basically because its put you in a pissed orf mood.  |
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Post by Mr Whippy on Nov 30, 2017 20:32:39 GMT
Well I'm not pissed orf. I've just accepted it now. Bit of a fatalist.
I have been curious about the item for decades.
Recently I could have got a faulty PD300 turntable and Mission 774 arm for about £350. Which would have been much better value.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2017 20:42:35 GMT
You would have been better with the Luxman, they are easy enough to repair... The AT Vacuum platter is a bit of a piss about tbh..
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Post by Mr Whippy on Nov 30, 2017 21:04:18 GMT
Aye...
But I've always been curious.
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Post by julesd68 on Nov 30, 2017 23:46:54 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Dec 1, 2017 6:22:19 GMT
Quite who is going to buy them on eBay for £17k without hearing them, I can't imagine!
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Post by ChrisB on Dec 1, 2017 7:00:25 GMT
They have been at quite a few shows I have attended.
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Post by MartinT on Dec 1, 2017 7:06:21 GMT
Indeed, I've heard them, too. What I mean is: are you going to buy them on an auction site without hearing them in your own system?
P.S. wasn't that impressed with them, really.
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Post by ChrisB on Dec 1, 2017 7:19:09 GMT
No!
And yes!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2017 14:52:15 GMT
Utter insanity.. Good sounding item but the quality & finish is far from desirable. One of those faddee things that gets talked about to much on forums hence the inflated price arm |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2017 14:55:06 GMT
One for Pinkie. These dont come up very often Pinkie |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2017 16:30:24 GMT
One for Pinkie. These dont come up very often PinkieMy mate bought one off EBay and it came in bits. He put it back together and it sounded poor. He sold it quickly and it fell to bits in transit again. It ended up in the bin. I saw the thing and the way it was built. Without doubt the shoddiest bit of kit I have ever seen.......by a big margin. |
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