I'm the one selling XyWrite 4 on ebay.
I'm afraid you'll have to bid for it on ebay, like anyone/everyone else (because a bidding war is *exactly* what _I_ want!), but you absolutely will *not* be stuck with the $60 postage from Australia charge.
After the auction, before any payment, I'll be communicating with the lucky new owner and discussing what delivery arrangements are desired, and we'll go from there.
I will definitely be able to bring the box to the USA in June/July and mail it from California (to, say, Arizona) using whatever method is requested.
Happy bidding!
adam
PS here's the link again, thanks to Carl (but you'll have to cut and paste it because I've never figured out how to create a live link in an email):
> I can't find the blasted post/thread from the gentleman in Australia selling the IV package...
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> ...in any case, if you see this, I wish to buy it - now that I understand, thanks to Harry and others, that IV is just fine, even better than III. I would prefer not to pay the $60 shipping from Australia, but I remember you saying you might be able to bring it to the U.S. to then send it.
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> I will bid on it on ebay if I have to, but I'm concerned that if I do that, I might get locked into the shipping price stated there.
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> Please feel free to PM me or answer me on the list; your choice. I'm, of course, hoping to avoid a bidding war, but I'm kinda assuming there won't be very many crazies like me who would like the whole package as it was originally (this will probably be the third time I have bought IV, and that's not even counting twice for NB and at least once for III....that's what happens when you move all over the place, and then entrust your old PC to a small-town computer shop which promptly "loses" your hard-drive; stuff keeps getting lost that you think you'll never use again...)
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> Best, Charles in Arizona