Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga:68251 comp.sys.amiga.tech:14964 comp.sys.amiga.hardware:3958 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!decwrl!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!menudo.uh.edu!sugar!peter From: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.tech,comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: Purchase of an Amiga 3000 from the US Message-ID: <6762@sugar.hackercorp.com> Date: 9 Oct 90 10:55:10 GMT References: <5719@munnari.oz.au> Reply-To: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Sugar Land Unix - Houston Lines: 20 The following are a bunch of irrelevent comments. In article <5719@munnari.oz.au> krooglik@ecr.mu.oz.au (Small Guts) writes: > 4) Safety of the US postal system (or courier) Better than the safety of Australia Post. Having had various expensive-looking packages disappear into the bowels of GPO Sydney over the years, I'd be more worried about that. > By comparison, comparing C= US to C= Australia is like > comparing a Porsche to a Volkswagen; One goes quick when and where you want > to, the other breaks down and isn't much help at all. And I'd say the Volkswagen is more reliable. I know a guy with two Porsches, and they're both junk. He keeps a fire extinguisher handy in his 911, because the engine keeps catching on fire. On the other hand you can fix a VW Beetle with a bobby pin and panty hose. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' .