RonTurner wrote:floppylobster wrote:(It was a fun trip but I took a week off work, flew down, rented a van and drove back to Auckland, so I'll be hoping to cover some of those costs.)
Can I ask, are you inferring that you rented a car and a plane flight and took a week off work just to get these PC items ? I presume you where on a holiday or visiting a friend/relative?
It was a bit of both. As I said, it was a fun trip. I saw my brother. But he was coming up here in June so I could have just waited until then to see him.
When the auction appeared and said delivery only in Timaru I thought of asking him to accept delivery for me. I'd been looking for an Amstrad 6128 and a ZX Sinclair (posted a request here, but deleted it because I got no replies and eventually found one online). Once it was delivered I asked him what was there. He sent some pictures. The first picture he sent was of an Atari PC3. I check online and found someone was interested in it. So I asked around and it became clear that different people were interested in different things that might be there. That's when I got the idea to go down myself, pick up the Amstrad (and any Commodore accessories), and sort through the rest in hopes of finding some other stuff to help fund the trip. (My half brother is much older than me and would not have been able to identify what was worth saving from the tip from the junk).
So as I say, it was a bit of both. I could have easily asked him to just send photos of everything. But I haven't seen him many times in my life so I thought it might be good to reconnect. I was happy to pay the original auction price for just the Amstrad because I always regretted missing out on the last one that was on Trade Me last year. If no one else was interested in anything I would have just asked my brother to bring up an Amstrad in June.
Was I saying I was hoping to get some of costs of trip back? Yes. Was I trying to suggest people make me large offers to pay for my trip? No. I've had some reasonable offers. That's all I asked for.