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#26 Sweeney

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Posted 21 March 2014 - 07:34 AM

Yeah, sorry @Dan, didn't mean to skip your question. The shipping was about £800, but I had to pay quite a bit for storage on top of that because the shipping company screwed up :p

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Posted 21 March 2014 - 08:10 AM

I am so excited to have his stuff here finally!  :x3:

 

He sold and gave away all of the things he didn't wish to keep over a year ago, and had the movers come box up and prepare the rest for shipment at the same time.  So Joe has literally only had what he came over here with in two suitcases for the past year.  He is especially glad to have his computer back ^_^

 

Our DVD collection has more than quadrupled, and our board/card game collection doubled.  Plus lots more artwork, books, mementos, trinkets, and other things.



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Posted 21 March 2014 - 08:13 AM

What were you doing over in europe? studing abroad?

 

Anyway, I guess £800 isn't terrible, with storage and everything. I wouldn't have been able to guess how much that would cost, but my guess probably wouldve been higher



#29 Sweeney

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Posted 21 March 2014 - 08:15 AM

What were you doing over in europe? studing abroad?
 
Anyway, I guess £800 isn't terrible, with storage and everything. I wouldn't have been able to guess how much that would cost, but my guess probably wouldve been higher


Being born and raised, actually :p

#30 Rocket

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Posted 21 March 2014 - 08:15 AM

I wish when I moved across the ocean it was that cheap (I only moved within the US too).

 

But Congrats @Sweeney and @Nymh !! 



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Posted 21 March 2014 - 08:33 AM

Yeah, sorry @Dan, didn't mean to skip your question. The shipping was about £800, but I had to pay quite a bit for storage on top of that because the shipping company screwed up :p

So 800 Euro didn't cost more than re-buying all the things you need to move to a new country? Go figure.


He sold and gave away all of the things he didn't wish to keep over a year ago, and had the movers come box up and prepare the rest for shipment at the same time.  So Joe has literally only had what he came over here with in two suitcases for the past year.  He is especially glad to have his computer back ^_^

My goodness so is that mostly just clothes? o.o



#32 Nymh

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Posted 21 March 2014 - 08:37 AM

My goodness so is that mostly just clothes? o.o

 

What he came over with?  Clothes, a couple books, a couple games, his laptop, his camera, and English foodstuffs that we can't get here (which are long long gone).



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Posted 21 March 2014 - 08:40 AM

What he came over with?  Clothes, a couple books, a couple games, his laptop, his camera, and English foodstuffs that we can't get here (which are long long gone).

if that lasted a year I think I would be grossed out :p English Twinkies.

 

and an ice cream maker right?



#34 Sweeney

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Posted 21 March 2014 - 08:41 AM

So 800 Euro didn't cost more than re-buying all the things you need to move to a new country? Go figure.


Pounds.

And no, not when I shipped a £1500 computer, an £800 bicycle, several hundred pounds-worth of books, several hundred pounds-worth of games and several hundred-pounds worth of clothes.

#35 Boggart

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Posted 21 March 2014 - 08:42 AM

Pounds.

And no, not when I shipped a £1500 computer, an £800 bicycle, several hundred pounds-worth of books, several hundred pounds-worth of games and several hundred-pounds worth of clothes.

Whoops. I'm an ignorant Canadian :(



#36 Sweeney

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Posted 21 March 2014 - 08:42 AM

Whoops. I'm an ignorant Canadian :(


And I am a materialistic Englishman ^_^

#37 Nymh

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Posted 21 March 2014 - 08:54 AM

if that lasted a year I think I would be grossed out :p English Twinkies.

 

and an ice cream maker right?

 

No, we bought that here :p



#38 Guest_Kate_*

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Posted 21 March 2014 - 09:04 AM

Whoops. I'm an ignorant Canadian :(

Pft, don't play that card. I knew the difference *hairflip*
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#39 Nymh

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Posted 21 March 2014 - 09:18 AM

Pounds.

And no, not when I shipped a £1500 computer, an £800 bicycle, several hundred pounds-worth of books, several hundred pounds-worth of games and several hundred-pounds worth of clothes.

 

Plus the few thousand pounds worth of camera equipment...



#40 Pilot

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Posted 21 March 2014 - 09:24 AM

Where are the pics



#41 Guest_Kate_*

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Posted 21 March 2014 - 09:27 AM

 

Where are the pics

 

We actually did most of the unpacking last night =P Without taking any photos :(



#42 Frizzle

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Posted 21 March 2014 - 09:30 AM

So 800 euro


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#43 Pilot

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Posted 21 March 2014 - 09:33 AM

 

 

Where are the pics

 

We actually did most of the unpacking last night =P Without taking any photos :(

 

 

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#44 Waser Lave

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Posted 21 March 2014 - 09:39 AM

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#45 Pilot

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Posted 21 March 2014 - 09:40 AM

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#46 Dan

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Posted 21 March 2014 - 10:47 AM

Yeah, sorry @Dan, didn't mean to skip your question. The shipping was about £800, but I had to pay quite a bit for storage on top of that because the shipping company screwed up :p

 

That's not bad at all. I'd definitely pay that and ship over a pallet-worth my stuff, if only to avoid the hassle of selling & rebuying all of my various items...

 

@Turnip I know the containers you mean - they're huge!



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Posted 21 March 2014 - 10:48 AM

 an £800 bicycle

 

Does the bloody contraption fly?



#48 Turnip

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Posted 21 March 2014 - 10:50 AM

Pounds.

And no, not when I shipped a £1500 computer, an £800 bicycle, several hundred pounds-worth of books, several hundred pounds-worth of games and several hundred-pounds worth of clothes.

 

Holy crap that's a lot for a computer :0 What are the specs like?~

(Also its really good that psus have that little voltage switch on the back huh :p)



#49 Sweeney

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Posted 21 March 2014 - 11:00 AM

Does the bloody contraption fly?


Sadly, no.

Holy crap that's a lot for a computer :0 What are the specs like?~
(Also its really good that psus have that little voltage switch on the back huh :p)


...good? :p I don't even remember.
And I'm actually running the whole rig on a power converter, so as far as the electronics are concerned, they're all still on 240v 50hz :p

#50 Dan

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Posted 21 March 2014 - 11:01 AM

Sadly, no.


...good? :p I don't even remember.
And I'm actually running the whole rig on a power converter, so as far as the electronics are concerned, they're all still on 240v 50hz :p

 

Please tell me you're not running it on a standard adapter, you're actually using a proper transformer? (I'm sure you wouldn't be this silly, just checking)




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