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   Clocky to Martin 'Martinland' Schemitsch   
   Re: Thanks Robert! (Re: "Commodore: a Co   
   04 Dec 10 08:04:26   
   
   XPost: comp.sys.cbm   
   From: notgonn@happen.com   
      
   Martin 'Martinland' Schemitsch wrote:   
   > On Fri, 03 Dec 2010 01:49:52 +0100, Clocky wrote:   
   >   
   >> Martin 'Martinland' Schemitsch wrote:   
   >   
   >>> The only thing I have to worry about now:   
   >>> What should I do with my first edition that surface-shipped directly   
   >>> from Australia (which took ages) more than four years ago and that I   
   >>> have been cherishing up until now?   
   >>>   
   >>> Hmmm...   
   >>   
   >> Australia? I'm in Australia and had it shipped from the US (Amazon)   
   >> because it was half the price of buying it locally   
   >   
   > Ah, I see *waves in the general direction down under*, but when I   
   > wanted to order it (maybe I was wayyy too early) it was _only_   
   > available that way. No other option whatsoever.   
   >   
   >   
      
   Do you remember which store it was? I had trouble finding it locally, maybe   
   I wasn't looking in the right places ;-)   
      
   >> What to do with it is something I'm now contemplating also... I could   
   >> probably make triple what I paid for it on ebay so maybe it's a   
   >> collectable keeper like my PAL C64DTV ;-)   
   >   
   > Hmmm, sure, it will be worth hundreds of ebay $$$...   
   > ...you just have to find the right buyer (not so right in his mind   
   > ;-D)! LOL!   
   >   
      
   LOL, indeed :-)   
      
   > Actually I think I'll keep the old one as a pedestal for the new one,   
   > that way it will command more attention on my   
   > retro/commodore-trolley. ;-D   
      
   I think that is where mine will find itself also.   
      
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