Posted 4413 days ago by
Krunchin-Keith [USA]
Still 11 left.
First come, first serve.
This offer will not be repeated, once these are gone, you're on your own.
Posted 4417 days ago by
Krunchin-Keith [USA]
11 left
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i have computer problems this morning.
My main rig blew the controller for the liquid cooling system and the pump is out. I've pulled it apart but it will not be until tonight i can attempt to finsih it and rebuild a new pump controller. Once that is done I can get back to orders. Sorry, it may be a day or two before i can ship.
Posted 4418 days ago by
Krunchin-Keith [USA]
Well i'm sorry but I haven't heard from anybody else on the pre-lsit in two weeks. So i'm putting the unclaimed detectors left up for grabs.
First note: I do plan on buying another batch of 25. So if you miss this batch, you can get in on the next - a new thread will start for that at the appropiate time.
Second note: at this time i cannot accept credit cards, but i found a service that will allow me to process credit card payments, and the fee is not too bad. Since i would not be swiping the card and getting a signature, it is a little higher, they charge more because they figure more risk, but over the fee I found out that paypal charges it is only going to be like 50 cents more per detector which is not bad. I've kind of figured everyone does not have paypal and probally more people have credit cards so this would be easy to do and easier than mailing a check. Details on this will follow with the next batch. I know i can add that to my paypal account, but then still everyone does not use paypal so it still leaves some people out. This other serive is seperate and would allow me to process credit card payments from anybody with a credit card. If anyone is interested it is called http://squareup.com. They send you a card reader and you use it on your smartphone or ipad, both of which i have. A guy I know through work uses it for his business and as he is at jobs on the road is very convienient to get paid at the completion of the job before walking away. I see paypal coming out with a similar device soon.
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Here's the deal
Post in this thread if you want a detector now. I'll try to monitor and reply on a first come, first serve basis. Watch your PM box !!! I'm guessing some people don't have the setting to get an email notice when you get a PM is why a bunch of people have missed out and not repilied. I'll send you a PM with payment info, as i don't want to post my address and email address publicly and don't want to oversell on sensors and end up ahving to refund money.
The deal is this:
Unclaimed detectors for sale, 12 left !!!
I will begin shipping to those, first pay, first shipped.
You can pay by PayPal or Check/Money Order.
Paypal to: [will be in PM]
Note you must pay from paypal funds or bank account, I do not have the credit card acceptance option on my account. Paypal sends your address with payment so your confirmed address should be your mailing address, if not you can include a note with payment. I will use your email address on file with the payment to have the usps send you a confirmation receipt when it ships.
Check/money order, mail to: I will send once I receive check. Be sure to include a note with email address for receipt. Be sure your address on the check or envelope is your mailing address I can read it off them or write it on the note if you want.
Mail to:
[will be in PM]
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The amount is
25 Detectors cost 675 Euro which converted to at the time was $925.83 USD
The shipping to me was 62.20 British Pounds which is was $100.60 USD
This comes to $1026.43 for 25 units at 41.06 each
Add $5.15 for US Priority Flat Rate Box (Online price) and add 6 cents for label and ink.
You should reply back to me with a PM if you mail a check to let me know you mialed payment, paypal will notify me for those paying that way.
for mailing a check or money order
Total Due for One is $ 46.27
Total Due for Two is $ 87.33
for payment by paypal the amount is (They subtract $0.30 plus 2.9% fee from amount paid to me on it)
Total Due for One is $ 47.96
Total Due for Two is $ 90.25
Now you see why I waited to collect, conversion rates, different curriecies and postage went up the beginning of the year. I didn't need to collect three payments from everybody. This beats the price I paid before which converted to about 60 bucks for one.
Future batch will be similar price, but i won't know exactly until i pay for them and find out what the conversion rate is on that day. Shipping should be similar so i'll guess on that and i think the next abtch i can collect money in advance of getting the detectors, thus when they arrive jsut ship them out. That will all be covered at a later time in a new thread.
Posted 4426 days ago by
Krunchin-Keith [USA]
There still have 14 people whom have not contacted me or sent payment.
I will give them one more week.
April 1st (No Fooling) I will put the unclaimed ones up for grabs to anyone else in the USA.
Please wait until I post though before making a request. It will be on a best effort first come first serve basis.
Posted 4435 days ago by
Krunchin-Keith [USA]
I shipped five out on Monday. Those started arriving yesterday it appears and I see one person with credits already.
Another two going out today.
For those paying by PayPal, they include your confirmed address and email with the payment. When creating the USPS label there is a way to email a receipt so i've been filling in your email addresses.
I'm waiting for a couple of checks, I'll let you know when yours ship. If you did nopt include your address and/or email with the check, you may want to PM it to me.
Things are going sort of smoothly now, I'm actually glad everyone didn't pay yet. Months ago I had a full supply of ink. Now my printer is telling me the supply is low. I had to order a new cartridge and am hoping this one holds out until it gets here, maybe in the next couple of days. It seems nothing has really gone as planned.
Posted 4439 days ago by
Krunchin-Keith [USA]
Good News
All packaging done, i nrecord time. I expected to be here all day doing this. I did have to make a special trip to the office to get the USPS boxes, i had those here months ago but seeing it was going to take al ong time to get these, I took the to work to use up. I also picked up a bunch of materials I thought would work.
My intial thought was to cut sheets of cardboard and pack around thinking it would take four pices and a lot of cutting.
By luck the first one I ended up using a piece of cardboard scrap alread cut to about the same wideth of the box and it wrapped around the black box, with a little foam in between. Only had to snip off the end a little and fold some in. This fit very well inside the fold up shipping box, solid as a brick. Some are not as well done, I began to run out of materials but I feel all are well enough packed. This ended up less work than I thought and I had all packed up in 56 minutes (I was thinking several hours). The project had picked the perfect size black box to make this easy.
Now on to labeling, i'll begin those that paid and work on others as payments arrive. Some will go in tomorrows mail so I expect you'll should have them beginning Wednesday or Thursday.
Posted 4439 days ago by
Krunchin-Keith [USA]
Thanks guys.
Sorry but PM's has cut me off now from sending anything even after waiting over 12 hours, I had to send extra messages to everybody after I discovered the PayPal fee. Sorry for any confusion.
I did send the payment for shipping costs to the project and when I did I selected Personal, over purchase, and money owed. It still charged a fee, only 50 cents but gave me the option of payiong that, i guess instead of them taking it out of the amount the receiver got. The Postage was 62.20 GBP which with fee game to 100.60 USD. USD Converts to Euros for less than to GBP. We paid for the sensor converted to Euros.
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Yes the new revised amount I sent is only 4 cents over, i'll apply that to extra 50 cents I had to pay to send the final payment. as I had already figured that and notified everyone. I think I come out very clsoe on this with everyone in the end. I'm not looking to make money but I don't want to go broke either. A few cents is ok.
for ONE Send $48.00
for TWO Send $90.50
@Zombie - I Have you down for TWO. Send $90.50
@Toby Broom. Thanks for the Payments, sorry to find this out and have you keep paying. I guess that's what happens for being first in line. Your payment ended up 27 cents short. I'll eat that as if you send that much you'll have to add another 35 cents paypal fee. You can if you want but not necessary.
Posted 4440 days ago by
Krunchin-Keith [USA]
I have a problem.
I just got the first payment and Paypal deducted a transaction fee of $1.64.
I need to ask everybody contacted who is paying by palpay to add at least that much more, i guess the higher the amount the more fee so they'll take a little more out. add $1.75 to make it $48.00 even and hope that covers it so i don't go broke on this. (For 2 it is $90.50)
If you pay by check you don't need to add any extra.
I'm recontacting everybody, so between here and pm messages i hope to get everybody before they pay.
Sorry for the confusion, Paypal didn't take fees out before, but it has been a long time since i used it.
Posted 4440 days ago by
Krunchin-Keith [USA]
I have a problem.
I just got the first payment and Paypal deducted a transaction fee of $1.64.
I need to ask everybody contacted who is paying by palpay to add at least that much more, i guess the hight the amount the more fee so they'll take a little more out. add $1.75 to make it $48.00 even and hope that covers it so i don't go broke on this.
If you pay by check you don't need to add any.
Posted 4440 days ago by
Krunchin-Keith [USA]
Funny thing happened today a few minutes ago.
I was working on something and just by chance saw a vehicle stopped out by the mailbox. I usually don't rush out but since I was up and had a free moment, decided to go out. Ended up he was stopped to deliver a package and I met him by the stairs and signed for a package. Lucky me as if I wasn't home he would have left a note and i'd have to go out of my way to get it at the psot office on Monday.
Opened it up and found 25 little black boxes !!!
Each box is intact in one piece, so they survived the crossing of the pond, as i'm told it is called rom the other side.
By coincidence I have just finished notifying everyone to send money only moments before.
I should have the time tomorrow to go get the postal boxes, those are at my job, and get some packing material of some sort, i might have to get creative there. I would have brought stuff home, but I had not checked messages for days and didn't even know that had been sent until last night. I can maybe work on getting these packed up tomorrow, as I usually have more free time on the week-end than during the week.