Arcade and Retro General Chat in Karkariko Village Tavern: Live Ocarina Music

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

DinoRex wrote: »

Yeah you could give it to here , places close to me have lead pipes and can't drink the water.

DinoRex

It's supposed to be for giving money to Lou Gehrig's Disease... haven't seen one person mention the disease on facebook or any charity link.

Optimus Prime

Most people ive seen do it, post a screenshot of the donation under the video post. One of the lads that used to work on gamersireland.ie when i had that running was diagnosed with it a year ago, joeB1Kenobi he was on there, Seamus might have met him in the past. Its a horrible sickness, the guy is the same age as myself and was always a larger than life character with a happy outlook on life, he still is but the illness is taking its toll on him now, he loves playing games and thats how he first noticed it, his hand wasnt working the best. In the past year he is gone to America, Japan etc completing a bucket list he has. Top guy, facing it with dignity and a worthy charity for a disease that takes so much from your body while leaving your mind intact.

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

DinoRex wrote: »

It's supposed to be for giving money to Lou Gehrig's Disease... haven't seen one person mention the disease on facebook or any charity link.

Is that what it was for? I thought it was any charity but I saw none in particular mentioned either, its like the no make up selfies without the text numbers.

On a more on topic note to the thread itself - I'm watching Wreak It Ralph for the 200th time, last time the boys picked it was Chipmunks Movie

Optimus Prime

Yep its called ALS i think, the americans call it Lous Garricks disease after an american baseball player who had it.

Ron DMC

keithgeo wrote: »

Yep its called ALS i think, the americans call it Lous Garricks disease after an american baseball player who had it.

And it's known as Motor Neuron Disease over here.

Colm Murray from RTÉ died from it last year.

DinoRex

I think this girl on pain meds from wisdom tooth surgery just won the challenge.. everyone else can just give up now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4qADFNsDxE

Mr.Saturn

YAY:

SNK are having a massive sale to celebrate 20 years of King of Fighters.

BOO:

It's mobile only.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=SNK+PLAYMORE

Steve X2

Looks like a grail item arrived for me on Monday but has yet to make it out of customs.
Is dmc@revenue.ie really the only way to contact them? Anyone got a phone number I can call on Monday?

Thanks

CiDeRmAn

In now wondering if my Pong console will get hit for duty?
I got nailed for duty on my Namco Collection box set, b@stards!

Myrddin

Almost everything is being caught for duty these days

Tomo.Murphy

http://www.revenue.ie/en/contact/customs-division.html

They have a list of phone numbers there. Maybe one of those will help you out.

CosmicSmash

I hear they're having problems with the system they use to determine what you actually owe them. The congratulations you've just been shafted email will follow when said problems have been overcome.

Steve X2

I've sent them an email with all my details etc.
Hopefully they get back to me, it's a hard to find 3DO thing and needed for the "Steve SI Ultimate 3DO Project Gaiden X2 Plus Alpha"

CiDeRmAn

Hmm, i wonder what they'd charge for a lump of sh1te posted from abroad?
Must get a CDi imported and find out!

CosmicSmash

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Hmm, i wonder what they'd charge for a lump of sh1te posted from abroad?

Make sure you get it VGA graded beforehand.

CosmicSmash

:eek:

https://www.facebook.com/fabiodelfino/media_set?set=a.10204391848143409.1073741839.1446735821&type=1

CiDeRmAn

I'd say the commute from one end of that thing to the other is a pain in the back side.
And I wonder how many rolls of jacks paper a ship that size needs?
Someone has to worry, Vader can worry about destroying rebel scum but there's a lad in administration devoted to making sure there's enough soap in the dispensers of the hand sinks in the imperial officers lounge and that they don't run out of mop heads for cleaning the hangar floor.

Atavan-Halen

At a wedding this weekend. Vurry drunk. Suit game strong.



See I can be respectable at times.

CiDeRmAn

Here's a protip

When you are bored on your Sunday off do not decide to make use of the time to attempt to replace the glass of your Galaxy S4.

As this will lead to

1> A broken digitiser

2> A properly broken lcd screen

3> In a situation where you remembered you switched off your USB access to the phone for no other reason than you were bored the other day at work, and press an icon on screen, and now you can't back anything up.


4> Having to use a fecking Iphone for the next couple of days until a replacement LCD, Digitiser and glass arrive in the post and you can repair it properly, like you should have done in the bloody first place!

Nerdkiller1991

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-28923074

MrVestek

Atavan-Halen wrote: »

At a wedding this weekend. Vurry drunk. Suit game strong.



See I can be respectable at times.

Respectable? Suit jacket with jeans and converse?

...alright then! :P

TechnoFreek

Have a parcel coming from Taito in Japan through dhl. Says it's going to be delivered to me today. Last time I got a text from dhl telling me the customs charge and to ring and pay in advance of delivery. Nothing this time. Yet.

Can I still get stung?

Myrddin

TechnoFreek wrote: »

Have a parcel coming from Taito in Japan through dhl. Says it's going to be delivered to me today. Last time I got a text from dhl telling me the customs charge and to ring and pay in advance of delivery. Nothing this time. Yet.

Can I still get stung?

Usually DHL = guaranteed customs charge

CathalDublin

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Here's a protip

When you are bored on your Sunday off do not decide to make use of the time to attempt to replace the glass of your Galaxy S4.

As this will lead to

1> A broken digitiser

2> A properly broken lcd screen

3> In a situation where you remembered you switched off your USB access to the phone for no other reason than you were bored the other day at work, and press an icon on screen, and now you can't back anything up.


4> Having to use a fecking Iphone for the next couple of days until a replacement LCD, Digitiser and glass arrive in the post and you can repair it properly, like you should have done in the bloody first place!

At least you get to use a superior phone for a couple days!
Samsung and HTC screens are a pain in the ass to replace, I always find they never sit as flush again and if you dont get the screen stuck on perfectly even it will shift off in your pocket and crack again:eek:

My advice use nail polish remover and remove all old adhesive, make sure its as clean as if it never had a screen on it before. I always heat the phone up after with a hair dryer to get the new adhesive nice and soft

TechnoFreek

Myrddin wrote: »

Usually DHL = guaranteed customs charge

That's what I was thinking. They should have my number. It's on the Taito invoice.

To ring or not to ring.

The last time dhl text me to pay in advance it said their drivers don't deal in cash.


Don't want to delay delivery.

Myrddin

TechnoFreek wrote: »

That's what I was thinking. They should have my number. It's on the Taito invoice.

To ring or not to ring.

The last time dhl text me to pay in advance it said their drivers don't deal in cash.


Don't want to delay delivery.

Is the value of the package under the threshold maybe?

TechnoFreek

Myrddin wrote: »

Is the value of the package under the threshold maybe?

What's the threshold do you know?

Myrddin

TechnoFreek wrote: »

What's the threshold do you know?

It's low, €25 euso'ish??

TechnoFreek

Myrddin wrote: »

It's low, €25 euso'ish??

Ha. I'm well above that. The shipping was probably double that!

Myrddin

TechnoFreek wrote: »

Ha. I'm well above that. The shipping was probably double that!

Odd one then. If the drivers don't normally deal in cash you'd have expected a call from the office to fix up the payment alright. Just play it by ear I suppose, presumably the driver isn't on his way to you without payment authorised so maybe this one slipped through the net?

CathalDublin

I got a letter from DHL about 6months after receipt of a parcel, this letter was a bill for €200 for a parcel I had already received which they had decided was valued at €1000 despite the shipping/customs declaration stating the value was €100.
I rang them and told them I wouldn't pay it unless they could provide me with some sort of proof of value of the goods in my parcel, eventually they passed it onto a solicitors, I forwarded them on a screenshot of the paypal receipt for €100 and never heard back from either of them.
It's the last time I used DHL, never again.

TechnoFreek

Rang dhl. They've no instructions from customs for a charge. I owe nothing according to them.

Driver would be under same advice.

Dhl would always ring or text in advance if there was a charge apparently.

Fingers crossed.

Myrddin

TechnoFreek wrote: »

From dhl. They've no instructions from customs for a charge. I owe nothing according to them.

Driver would be under same advice.

Dhl would always ring or text in advance if there was a charge apparently.

Fingers crossed.

Sounds like you might be ok

DinoRex

Black is a terrible colour for a Star Destroyer... other Star Destroyers won't see you against the blackness of space and keep running into the side of you... the premiums would be through the roof.

Steve X2

Was just on to 3 different people in Customs and An Post this morning. Eventually arranged to have a package sent up from Portlaoise to my work address. And as usual they won’t take credit card over the phone so I have to leave the Duty with the guy on reception to pay the driver.
 
Anyway, lesson learned as the girl said anything from outside the EU that’s going to a Parcel Motel address is automatically flagged and held. And unless your mobile number is on the package they won’t contact you or Parcel Motel. My number was on the package and they still didn’t ring me!
But at least if you have a tracking number(even a foreign one) you can stick it in the An Post tracking site and it tells you it’s held in customs.
 
 

MrVestek

Steve SI wrote: »

Was just on to 3 different people in Customs and An Post this morning. Eventually arranged to have a package sent up from Portlaoise to my work address. And as usual they won’t take credit card over the phone so I have to leave the Duty with the guy on reception to pay the driver.
 
Anyway, lesson learned as the girl said anything from outside the EU that’s going to a Parcel Motel address is automatically flagged and held. And unless your mobile number is on the package they won’t contact you or Parcel Motel. My number was on the package and they still didn’t ring me!
But at least if you have a tracking number(even a foreign one) you can stick it in the An Post tracking site and it tells you it’s held in customs.
 
 

Just do what I do then in that case... get it sent to Antrim even if it's handier to have it sent down here.

Less likely to be flagged then.

Andrew76

Steve SI wrote: »

Was just on to 3 different people in Customs and An Post this morning. Eventually arranged to have a package sent up from Portlaoise to my work address. And as usual they won’t take credit card over the phone so I have to leave the Duty with the guy on reception to pay the driver.
 
Anyway, lesson learned as the girl said anything from outside the EU that’s going to a Parcel Motel address is automatically flagged and held. And unless your mobile number is on the package they won’t contact you or Parcel Motel. My number was on the package and they still didn’t ring me!
But at least if you have a tracking number(even a foreign one) you can stick it in the An Post tracking site and it tells you it’s held in customs.
 
 

Curious as to why you would get something shipped to PM from outside the EU - is there a cost or speed difference between NI and the Republic? I've only bothered with PM when ordering from the UK.

Steve X2

Andrew76 wrote: »

Curious as to why you would get something shipped to PM from outside the EU - is there a cost or speed difference between NI and the Republic? I've only bothered with PM when ordering from the UK.

I was going to be outside the country when it was delivered so just for handiness reasons. Lesson learned :0/

TechnoFreek

Got the text from dhl with customs charge. Grrrr

"Computer/system" must have been running slow.

The Last Bandit

I got a letter from Fedex looking for money about 4 weeks after they'd delivered the item from Japan last year. Which sucked.

Steve X2

Hmm, if I'm VAT registered do I need to pay vat on imports from outside EU?

The Last Bandit

The Last Bandit wrote: »

I got a letter from Fedex looking for money about 4 weeks after they'd delivered the item from Japan last year. Which sucked.

I hope you didnt pay them!
I ignored one before.
never heard a word after:D

Steve X2

Just got an email from An Post stating they will not delivery anything to Parcel Motel whether it be national or international.

o1s1n

Steve SI wrote: »

Just got an email from An Post stating they will not delivery anything to Parcel Motel whether it be national or international.

Really?? I wonder is there a legitimate reason or are they just trying to kill the competition?

Still no sign of my PS1 arriving in Parcel Motel 2 weeks later. It was definitely posted 2 weeks ago as I have a tracking number saying it was delivered.

Just fired them off an email there, expecting the same 'it's in our warehouse' reply which I've seen here quite a bit.

The Last Bandit

Steve SI wrote: »

Just got an email from An Post stating they will not delivery anything to Parcel Motel whether it be national or international.

Is that legal ?

CiDeRmAn

Sounds a bit dodgy, I wonder if there is rules about this as all you are really doing is having goods sent to a private po box .
It should be different than sending an item to a work address.
If there is form of items being lost, damaged or undelivered as a result of PM then maybe I can understand why Amazon won't ship to them but I just don't see why with a standard mail carrier.

o1s1n

PS1 turned up in their warehouse, apparently it was posted without my name or PMID. How is that even possible.

MrVestek

o1s1n wrote: »

PS1 turned up in their warehouse, apparently it was posted without my name or PMID. How is that even possible.

Retarded sellers?

MrVestek

So this seller is annoying me on adverts.ie

http://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/dreamcast-saga-sports-limited-edition-console/6156508?notification=ccff8d0f0ce700d727317ab362101b56-1408909533#comment_34842521

Trying to pass this off as a genuine Sega Sports Limited Edition console just because it's Japanese.

The console is white on the bottom ffs! I know the bloke that sold this to him too and he told me that he never sold it under any allusions to it being genuine. The reason it has a Sega Sports body is because he couldn't remove the bottom part from the demo pod that it came from so he just transplanted it onto a regular Dreamcast because it 'looked cool'.

This has to the be the reason he won't give the console's serial number on there either.

All of my comments have been removed and I've been blacklisted by the seller... adverts won't do anything about it either.

I've reported him a few times, this time as a commercial seller... which he quite clearly is going by the amount of ads that he has open in the videogames section.

Three separate Wii consoles for sales, fully boxed? Yeah ok he's definately a private seller adverts :rolleyes: