Journey Escape Cart

[wiseguyusa]

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

[Yurkie]

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

[AtariBrian]

 

 

It costs about $1 to ship that is $2 for a loose common cart, reasonable.

 

 

 

 

Are you serious ? I hope you are joking .

[+save2600]

Loose cart in a padded envelope typically runs $2.67 and that does not include the padded envelope.

[Yurkie]

Thanks save2600.

[Yurkie]

Edited March 1, 2017 by Yurkie

[atari181]

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

[HoshiChiri]

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.

[wiseguyusa]

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.

 

 

[AtariBrian]

There is no arguement ... that is the cheapest . And you cannot ship a game media mail .

[wiseguyusa]

You are right, you cannot ship cartridges via "Media" rate...... why the hell not??!?!

 

Well never mind, I'll keep searching locally.

[kennybrooks]

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.

 

 

[cvga]

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

[wiseguyusa]

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.

[+save2600]

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

[wiseguyusa]

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.

[wiseguyusa]

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