[Coco] The 25 Pound TRS-80 MC-10

[Arthur Flexser]

Of course, you haven't taken into account that what they're citing is the gross
weight when shipped, including the cement bricks they use as protective padding.

Art

On Fri, 22 Feb 2008, Derek wrote:

> I do some buying of vintage computers on the Goodwill online auction web
> site so today I see an MC-10 here :
> http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=3402328
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> I notice the weight says 25 pounds. Now being the Tandy savvy type of guy I
> am I send a polite e-mail them to let them know I want to bid but the weight
> is in error. I get a reply back stating that in fact the weight is correct
> and that it weighs 25 pounds and they will not change the weight in the
> auction. I thought some e-bay sellers were bad when it comes to padding
> shipping but this is a known retail establishment falsely listing an items
> weight at about 12.5X what it really is. I know where I will not be buying
> from in the future. Perhaps someone else can send am e-mail to inform them
> of their error.
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