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cAN purchase in australia or do i need to buy from Parallax

carlyncarlyn Posts: 78
edited 2014-03-31 03:05 in General Discussion
Its just the shipping costs, there was one guy nollet but often he had to order from parallax first. to anyones kknowledge, do i need to order from Paralllax ?

boy the shipping adds a lot !!!


.............. i thinkk ill wait till i have a big order.

Just waiting for a response before i jump in and order.

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  • carlyncarlyn Posts: 78
    edited 2013-11-29 14:15
    Ron website, seems poor and little little info, not even prices or what he has in stock. I'dike to sell for parallax in Australia and try and do the right thing.
  • carlyncarlyn Posts: 78
    edited 2013-11-29 14:18
    nope, products 1 wanted came to 45 then after shipping $81. sorry, no deal.
  • carlyncarlyn Posts: 78
    edited 2013-11-29 15:10
    Just tried to order of rons site as a test, when you go to the checkkout the amount due is zero. He obviously has little interest in parallax.
  • John BoardJohn Board Posts: 371
    edited 2013-11-29 15:20
    We used to order from Ron Nollet for quite a while, then he seemed to become non-responsive. We have found a good (but expensive) alternative to be X-On, they add quite a bit to the price, but you can order from within Australia. Just put the Parallax partnumber into the search bar.

    http://www.x-on.com.au/

    Hope this helps,

    -John
  • Cluso99Cluso99 Posts: 18,069
    edited 2013-11-29 15:23
    Just ask here. There are a few of that have some parts and quite willing to help out. What do you require?
  • carlyncarlyn Posts: 78
    edited 2013-11-29 15:40
    Cluso99 wrote: »
    Just ask here. There are a few of that have some parts and quite willing to help out. What do you require?

    Propeller Education Kit Labs: Fundamentals Text
    BASIC Stamp Syntax and Reference Manual v2.2
    433 MHz RF Transceiver x 2

    Propeller Professional Development Board
  • carlyncarlyn Posts: 78
    edited 2013-11-29 15:44
    John Board wrote: »
    We used to order from Ron Nollet for quite a while, then he seemed to become non-responsive. We have found a good (but expensive) alternative to be X-On, they add quite a bit to the price, but you can order from within Australia. Just put the Parallax partnumber into the search bar.

    http://www.x-on.com.au/

    Hope this helps,

    -John
    that place was more expensive
  • carlyncarlyn Posts: 78
    edited 2013-11-29 15:52
    the aussie site was not going to work out at all. plus they don't have the books.

    Is there room for someone here in Australia rto stockk many parallex items and make profit. As, ive been looking at all kinds of things latley ?
  • carlyncarlyn Posts: 78
    edited 2013-11-29 16:39
    How come :) when i get book's from amazon USA, its a lot cheaper freight. can i order from parallax on some super slow mail to cut the cost ?
  • localrogerlocalroger Posts: 3,451
    edited 2013-11-29 17:53
    Parallax is not equipped to ship Book Rate, which is much cheaper -- especially overseas -- but is intended only for, as the name implies, books, and is much slower than Priority Mail and regular Parcel Post. Book vendors, however, have such arrangements. Amazon is also large enough to keep stock in other countries and to use larger (and cheaper) bulk transfers to get packages in place before committing them to the post.
  • FranklinFranklin Posts: 4,747
    edited 2013-11-29 19:18
    You can download both those books in PDF format here http://www.parallax.com/downloads
  • carlyncarlyn Posts: 78
    edited 2013-11-29 19:25
    Franklin wrote: »
    You can download both those books in PDF format here http://www.parallax.com/downloads
    wow !! thankk myou
  • carlyncarlyn Posts: 78
    edited 2013-11-29 19:31
    this is a bit of a laugh but when i startrd getting interested in electronics, id go into the store and buy the kkiddie kits pretending it was for a son i dont have , one day the saleman said, "they are for you arent thery, i went a slight bit selfconscios and said yep you got me :)
  • carlyncarlyn Posts: 78
    edited 2013-11-29 19:35
    can those pdf docs be put into a kindle or kobo ?
  • Buck RogersBuck Rogers Posts: 2,185
    edited 2013-11-29 19:58
    Hello!
    I believe the Kobo uses the Epub format. In that case it might. Kindle? Possibly more than likely not. The later models that are based on Android and are actually Android tablets that double as Kindles might be capable of doing so. I know that the Nooks can do that.
  • Cluso99Cluso99 Posts: 18,069
    edited 2013-12-05 02:43
    carlyn wrote: »
    Propeller Education Kit Labs: Fundamentals Text
    BASIC Stamp Syntax and Reference Manual v2.2
    433 MHz RF Transceiver x 2

    Propeller Professional Development Board
    Sorry. I don't read the general forum each day.
    None of us on the forum carry Parallax boards that I know of. Some of us have our own boards that we sell, and therefore have parts we use to build them. So we can help you out with parts.

    Why are you scared of buying parts for yourself? I have been in the industry for 40+ years and I still buy kits at times - sometimes it saves me time, is cheaper, or any of many other reasons.
  • MadDavoMadDavo Posts: 1
    edited 2014-03-31 03:05
    In Australia - LOOKING TO SELL - Brand New

    If anyone in Australia is interested, I purchased four (4) Propeller products a while back for a project that I no longer have the time to complete.
    The parts are as follows (part numbers in brackets):
    - 1x Propeller Plug (32201) - original purchase price: $25US
    - 2x Prop Proto Board (32212) - original purchase price: $30US each
    - 1x Prop Proto Board Accessory Kit (130-32212) - original purchase price: $15US

    The parts are still brand new in their original packaging (never opened).

    I just want to recover some of my costs, and I know that the postage prices for anyone in Australia are often prohibitive (it cost me about $50AU at the time).

    I only want $80AU for the lot which includes express post delivery with Australia Post.

    I only use PayPal for transactions as it protects both the buyer and seller.
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