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Radio Shack Learning Lab

whiteoxewhiteoxe Posts: 794
edited 2013-05-16 23:19 in General Discussion
I came across this little gem. I wanted to buy a nephew a gift. Sadly , it does not seem to be available in australia. You can buy direct from The Shack , or Amazon. But... by the time you pay for freigjht it more than doubles in price :) I think I'll find another gift !!!

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3814337
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  • Oldbitcollector (Jeff)Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091
    edited 2013-05-15 17:25
    If your heart is really set on this, I'm sure one of us here in the states can assist you. I ship packages into your area all the time and I seriously doubt it would double the price.

    I'll bet you might realistically be looking at $20-$30 (worst case) shipping USPS from the US to Australia. I can do some actually number crunching on that if you'd like.

    Jeff
  • ElectrodudeElectrodude Posts: 1,658
    edited 2013-05-15 17:33
    Ah, memories... This board introduced me to electronics when I was 4, I loved it. The buttons and the breadboard are the only things that wore out/broke in the six years that I used it. The breadboard could be fixed by opening it up and pulling the connector thingies out of the breadboard, bending them back into shape, and putting them back in. Only a few of the springs got messed up in the time I used it.

    Yes, you should definitely buy this board for your nephew. Hopefully someone can help get you one for a reasonable price.
  • whiteoxewhiteoxe Posts: 794
    edited 2013-05-15 18:06
    sorry, im not sure where i got the freight from but interestingly, radio shack wont ship outside the US and Amazon gives me the message, "Sorry we are unable to ship this item to your address" :(

    they asked me if i had a friend that could re-ship to me, now i do have a friend thanks for that, ill ask for help soon :)
  • whiteoxewhiteoxe Posts: 794
    edited 2013-05-15 18:10
    Id ask now except this month I spend my allowance :) on a PS3 and a racing wheel to play F1 and a couple of rally games, the Wheel is awesome!!!
  • whiteoxewhiteoxe Posts: 794
    edited 2013-05-16 18:09
    Hello , I'd like to buy the learning kit above. If you are able to help me I had one idea, I could buy the item and have it sent to an address in the US, then you could post it to me (happy Face) I would need to send you the cost of posting it to me, I haven't thought that out yet :)
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  • Oldbitcollector (Jeff)Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091
    edited 2013-05-16 18:37
    I ship every weekday, so this is a no brainer here. If are willing to have it shipped to my location, I'll be happy to forward it along to you via cost of USPS International mail.

    Are there any published package weights/dimensions on this item? I'd like to give you an idea of what you are getting into.

    Jeff
  • Oldbitcollector (Jeff)Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091
    edited 2013-05-16 18:42
    Cheating a little, I found this Ebay listing with one of these that has the ability to have it's shipping location changed. Ebay collects some package/weight information upon listing an item.

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-130-Electronic-Projects-Kit-by-Science-Fair-Radio-Shack-Learning-Lab-/181141631281?pt=Educational_Toys_US&hash=item2a2ce1f131#shId

    Based on this it looks like around $50.00 freight to your location. Naturally, this is just me teasing out an estimate, but I want you to have an idea of what this might cost.

    Jeff
  • whiteoxewhiteoxe Posts: 794
    edited 2013-05-16 23:19
    Thanks for looking that up , A weird thing just happened, I was looking at items like this on Amazon and playing with purchasing and seeing how the freight turned out. The freight for most of the kits and some books was more than the items. I then went into town(brisbane) I just got back and went once again to Amazon only to discover I had mistakenly ordered a couple of things.

    I explained that it was an error and could it be cancelled. They said NO. It was too late the items had been shipped. Now this is the best part.... I have been refunded the $93 dollars and they are still giving me the electronics kit!!! I had a long chat with them before I believed it :) I'll send them my Love by buying a Kindle :)

    Elenco 130-in-1 Electronic Playground and Learning Center

    http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2047675.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0&_nkw=Elenco+130-in-1+Electronic+Playground+and+Learning+Center&_sacat=0&_from=R40

    PS. There was some reasonable information explaining what can be done with this kit Amazon are kindly sending me, it will do for my purposes but I could find little and less about the item from Radio Shack. If anyone has the time or inclination can you tell me a little about the first item i was interested in (the radio shack learning center)
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