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25-09-2006
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| Ey up, Sither!  Join Date: 28-11-2005 Location: W Yorks, Lat: 53.87 Lon: -1.93
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My System: Echostar AD3000-IP, Manhattan Plaza ST100, Gibertini 1m Dish, Inverto Silver Tech 0.2, Polar Mount, 12 Inch Actuator, Dragon CAM |
I just decided to buy the bits I need to go motorised. Well, I'll leave it up to you all to make your minds up as to which supplier this is as I'm not naming names but..... are they kidding!?  The order was for: 1x Gibertini 1m dish 1x Gibertini Polar Mount for 80cm or 1m dish 1x Jaeger 12 inch actuator 30m heavy duty 4-core motor control cable Needless to say, I deleted everything from the shopping cart. It'd be cheaper to hire a van, drive there, load up and drive home again! See attached screenshot... | ||
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25-09-2006
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| Folding*home  Join Date: 23-02-2006 Location: Madeira
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25-09-2006
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 | Judging by the fact that they list state tax, are you buying from America?? Or have you set the destination to USA? Equally it could just be a bug in the software, it might be worth contacting them and questioning this charge.
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25-09-2006
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| Hahaha...where is that? Why don't you order from HM-SAT or Satshop24.de or something? They are the best dealers and ships worldwide for much lower.... | ||
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25-09-2006
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| Mod and septic resident  Join Date: 01-01-2000 Location: London SW
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| You appear to have ordered a 40cm Gibertini, you could double the shipping for a 1m. 
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25-09-2006
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| Nasty Dish Obsession  Join Date: 01-06-2004 Location: Oxfordshire
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My System: SS1. 3.4Ghz Dual Core P4. 125cm Gibbi with Channelmaster feedhorn and Inverto C120 twin. 36v H to H  ...And thou were the truest friend to thy lover that ever bestrad horse..." | Just out of curiosity, I have just tried to buy the same stuff (got a stock length of cable) and told it I lived in Bradford.
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25-09-2006
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| Ey up, Sither! Join Date: 28-11-2005 Location: W Yorks, Lat: 53.87 Lon: -1.93
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My System: Echostar AD3000-IP, Manhattan Plaza ST100, Gibertini 1m Dish, Inverto Silver Tech 0.2, Polar Mount, 12 Inch Actuator, Dragon CAM | Well today at work, I put exactly the same stuff in the basket and hit the checkout button and for a 1m Gibbi, polar mount, 12 inch actuator and 30 metres of decent quality motor control cable the total with shipping to my door was approximately £180. Does that seem reasonable for transport from the west country to the Bradford area. Seems okay to me but what's everyone else's opinion on this? I mean, before, it would have been cheaper to hire a van and go fetch! | ||
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| Believe it when I see it Admin.  Join Date: 01-05-1999 Location: Southern England
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Blog Entries: 3 My System: Sky+, DB 7000s, Gemini 4.3 in flash, Var on USB stick. Transparent 80cm Dish, Moteck SG2100 DiseqC motor, lots of legacy gear. Meters: Satlook Digital NIT, Unaohm EP313, Swires Annie 204 Spectrum, Rover ST-4 Spectrum. | That sounds more like it.  Unfortunately a combination of bulky and heavy.
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25-09-2006
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| Ey up, Sither! Join Date: 28-11-2005 Location: W Yorks, Lat: 53.87 Lon: -1.93
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My System: Echostar AD3000-IP, Manhattan Plaza ST100, Gibertini 1m Dish, Inverto Silver Tech 0.2, Polar Mount, 12 Inch Actuator, Dragon CAM | Honestly. I don't know what to believe.. I just put it into my home computer and got a total including shipping of £154! So long as it keeps coming down, I'm not too fussed though... | ||
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25-09-2006
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My System: 90cm channel master, jaeger 1224 ,vantage x221tsci, skystar 2, diablo v2.3, setanta on 60cm minidish | is that the hisat place ? as i get £64.86 for a 1metre gibertini inc shipping so not too bad as it used to be 30 quid to just ship a dish | ||
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25-09-2006
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| Ey up, Sither! Join Date: 28-11-2005 Location: W Yorks, Lat: 53.87 Lon: -1.93
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My System: Echostar AD3000-IP, Manhattan Plaza ST100, Gibertini 1m Dish, Inverto Silver Tech 0.2, Polar Mount, 12 Inch Actuator, Dragon CAM | It is and it must have been a glitch and / or a mistake on my part. Now that the "State Tax" has been pointed out to me by Mickha, I suspect I didn't click on the sumbit button to update my address. I was sure I did but hey, it was late.  I'm getting the following now....which I'm pretty happy with: Total Goods:112.19Shipping:22.91VAT:19.63Grand Total:154.73 | ||
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25-09-2006
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| Ey up, Sither! Join Date: 28-11-2005 Location: W Yorks, Lat: 53.87 Lon: -1.93
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My System: Echostar AD3000-IP, Manhattan Plaza ST100, Gibertini 1m Dish, Inverto Silver Tech 0.2, Polar Mount, 12 Inch Actuator, Dragon CAM | Oh.  The website's just gone down before I could hit "Pay". Hmmph. Oh the .co.uk one works but the price is £181 instead of £154 on the .com one. Someone must have heard me......  | ||
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