I think in reality to be awarded the gong of Jammy Git, the price has to a real bargain and I don't think it was in this case, unfortunately
How low would it have to be? He paid $65 USD.
Shipping was that much as well, its the total package that counts.
No, it wasn't....
Including shipping and import fees it was under $100 USD... (He said he ended up paying less than $135 CAD all-in.)
I think that's an incredible bargain.
I'd take that in a heatbeat!!
Well maybe I'm being a tad to harsh, but either way to me its still CRT scope and over here the considered going rate for them is £1 a MHZ. Taking the 135Cad$ and converting to GBP is £77. It was also badly damaged, it was really cosmetically as it turned out but it could have been so much worse.
Wow, feeling generous today are we? Is your last name Scrooge?
He deserves the award. That was a steal.
While I do appreciate the
JaMMMY, and
I certainly FEEL JaMMY getting this scope with this low hours for
US$139 total, I'm not sure it qualifies
in toto due to the cost of getting it here.
OTOH, maybe location SHOULD matter; as far as TE goes, EVERYTHING costs more up here due to the captive market. 10% of the cost was Import fees, so unavoidable. About 20% was the difference between normal domestic shipping and what it would have cost anyone in the local market, even paying for AllTest's top-quality shipping process. So cost adjusted for location was ~US$97.
Now as to what it cost... IN CONTEXT, it cost me -$13 and some elbow grease; I bought it with money from a sewing machine I curb-scored. After buying parts to fix the other sewing machine, I had $152 left over. So overall, I MADE $13 on the deal.
Is THAT JaMMY enough...? No... I'm not crowing here; I'm asking for honest opinions.
Now as to whether you apply the Jammy to the sewing machines (I think someone may have done that already, but not sure) or to the entire deal I leveraged out of them... I think that's up to our dear readers to decide.
mnem