wiseguyusa Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 It never fails, if I wasn't looking for it I would have 3 of them, but since I want to give one as a gift to someone I can't put my hands on a reasonably priced one. I will pay $3 or trade 3 Intellivision carts for one loose "Journey Escape" cart. It costs about $1 to ship that is $2 for a loose common cart, reasonable. Someone in here is sitting on a couple, help me out! Also offering 3 for 1 Intellivison carts for TRS CoCo carts. Also not rare or particularly valuable, just haven't found any. But I REALLY need a cheap Journey cart fast. Help a fellow nerd out, it will come around! Please & Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Yurkie Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 (edited) Shipping with box is likely nearly $3 with paypal shipping discount. $10 shipped offer would likely get you a better response. Edit: Should have said in a box, not with a box, I didn't mean CIB. Edited March 1, 2017 by Yurkie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariBrian Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 It costs about $1 to ship that is $2 for a loose common cart, reasonable. Are you serious ? I hope you are joking . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Loose cart in a padded envelope typically runs $2.67 and that does not include the padded envelope. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Yurkie Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 Thanks save2600. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Yurkie Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 (edited) Edited March 1, 2017 by Yurkie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari181 Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 (edited) Lol, $1 to ship? I thought this may have been a really old thread. BTW I have a few of them Edited March 1, 2017 by atari181 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoshiChiri Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 I just shipped a single Atari cart in a box- first class shipping was $2.67. You'd have to offer more to cover material cost- not everyone has access to free boxes/padded envelopes/bubble wrap. You should really be offering $6 at a minimum. There's a reason that's the low-end price on Ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiseguyusa Posted March 1, 2017 Author Share Posted March 1, 2017 You can't ship a cart "media" rate ??? That is like $1.50 tops. If I am patient I can find one for $1 at Retro Replay eventually. If I ship out 3 intellivision carts doesn't the shipping offset? How about wager me a Journey cart that I can't ship you a loose 2600 cart for less than $2.67? Granted it's been a while since I have shipped a single loose cart, but $2.67 seems steep. At least you aren't trying to argue the rarity or value of the cart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariBrian Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 There is no arguement ... that is the cheapest . And you cannot ship a game media mail . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiseguyusa Posted March 1, 2017 Author Share Posted March 1, 2017 You are right, you cannot ship cartridges via "Media" rate...... why the hell not??!?! Well never mind, I'll keep searching locally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennybrooks Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 No, media mail runs by the pound, so even if it weighs one ounce you are still paying the rate for a pound package which I believe currently is $2.67. Thanks You can't ship a cart "media" rate ??? That is like $1.50 tops. If I am patient I can find one for $1 at Retro Replay eventually. If I ship out 3 intellivision carts doesn't the shipping offset? How about wager me a Journey cart that I can't ship you a loose 2600 cart for less than $2.67? Granted it's been a while since I have shipped a single loose cart, but $2.67 seems steep. At least you aren't trying to argue the rarity or value of the cart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 But I REALLY need a cheap Journey cart fast. You can get one on eBay right now for $1.50 + $3.00 shipping. That's only $4.50, not much more than your offer. (It's not my cart on eBay. I just checked it out to see how much it would cost) Good luck on your Journey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiseguyusa Posted March 2, 2017 Author Share Posted March 2, 2017 So by definition thumb drives aren't "media" either, presumably the same goes for SD cards since they are "chips" right? http://www.stamps.com/whitepapers/media-mail-rate-guide.pdf Looks like I am late to the party on this rant, there are extensive threads both here and reddit on the subject. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Post Office randomly opened one of my Media Mail packages the other day. I had sent an old computer game on floppy disk from the 80's (was always reassured time and time again that magnetic media of ANY kind qualifies - audio, video, computer games, etc.) when I received this scathing letter explaining that games of ANY kind do not qualify. Enclosed was a letter outlining the kind of things that qualify as Media Mail - and let me tell you, it's extremely limiting. So many obvious things that we or anyone would consider "media" by definition, does not qualify. Been doing a lot more business via FedEx SmartPost since. What's even more aggravating... mid-way from wherever they decided to open my package, they then asked for postage from my customer to make up the "difference". Was about $8 extra AND they did NOT take into consideration the money I paid in the first place to send from my region. Not to mention the extra week or two it took in dilly-dallying to finally reach its destination. sigh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiseguyusa Posted March 3, 2017 Author Share Posted March 3, 2017 yeah, I sent my mom a deck of cards and a puzzle book media rate and it got searched and she ended up paying like $6 when it was all over in addition to the $4 something I paid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiseguyusa Posted May 23, 2017 Author Share Posted May 23, 2017 So after all that a fellow Atarian threw in a Journey cart with the Gemini system that I bought from him. My friend/boss was really excited about the cart, but I was disappointed to learn that he already had a copy, it was just missing a label. I thought I was so clever when he put a picture of his carts on FB and I didn't see that one among them. Not exactly a swing and a miss, but not the home run I thought it was going to be. Will call it a standing double I guess. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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