I’ve been talking to Sweetwater…
We won the Lottery…
The guy I work with
Harry-and-I bought a ticket for the draw last friday… He tells me we won this morning…
However, the only number we had right was the TAG…
number…
I think that gives us 2.00
each…
Every time he buys the ticket…
we don’t win…
So, this time I bought the ticket…
I told the girl we don’t want any ticket but the winning ticket…
Anyway, Ryan over at Sweetwater in Fort Wayne has an Alisis Master Link CD Recorder he wants to part with…
The deal is right…
I need a Stand-Alone CD Recorder…
He wants about 700.00 USD for it…
He said he could Fly-It-In for me…
We didn’t talk Shipping yet…
Up here that thing is going for about 1400.00 loonies…
I’m looking for some advise… 
Can I do better with some other Brand Name ?
Is the money right ?
I was looking at an HHB unit on Monday…
They want some 1200.00
for it…
I think I’d perfer this Master Link…
This thing ain’t cheap…
Am I going Down the Wrong Road ?
Bill…
You’re able to buy that unit after winning 2.00 in the lottery? Jeepers, the Canadian dollar sure is strong against the US Bushy dollar, innit? 
I don’t have a clue about those units, I just wanted to chime in with a feeble joke. 
But your studio sure is rokcing right along. 
Money…
and
…
the North American Way, will never end…
I don’t think it matters how much material things it’ll purchase…
Our two economies are so interconnected…
It was during the mid-summer that the loonie could purchase about $1.10 greenbacks…
Today, the loonie can purchase maybe, $0.80-$0.81 greenbacks…
The work-a-day taxpayer just keeps dumping all the energy they can come up-with into the pot over in Ottawa-or-Washington…
It appears that other people decide what we’re left with…
I don’t know why they don’t know I’m building a Studio…
I was sure I told them…
I could have had that Master Link at a fraction of it’s gonna cost me now…
I’ll predict that $1,000.00 CND might land it…
Decision Day will be on Friday…
We’ll see…
Ryan wants to dump it…
and…
I want it for the Studio…
Bill…
I called Ryan Murphy at Sweetwater this morning.
The Masterlink has a tracking number… It’s at FedX Air…
on it’s way to the East Coast…
I have the Tracking Number…
If all goes well, it should arrive here sometime next week…
We’ll see…
I’m beginning to get “AntSey”…
If you’re building a Studio yea may-as-well have some Audio Hardware to put into it…
Bill…
Masterlink Update:
The shippment is in Mirabel just north of Montreal…
There’s a clearence holdup there that needs resolve…
The expected delivery date is December 03 2008 sometime before 5pm local time…
Bill…
It’s going the wrong way…
Maybe, the GPS Got broke…
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Nov 30, 08
12:22 pm
Departed FedEx location MEMPHIS, TN Departed FedEx location
Nov 28, 08
10:58 pm
Clearance delay MIRABEL, PQ
10:58 pm
Clearance in progress MIRABEL, PQ
10:58 pm
In transit See Comments MIRABEL, PQ Package to be cleared by FedEx broker
09:26 pm
Left FedEx origin facility FORT WAYNE, IN
07:24 pm
Picked up FORT WAYNE, IN
04:06 pm
Package data transmitted to FedEx
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Oh Well…
Bill…
Call your rep - just in case.
Why’d it go to Memphis?
Quote: (TomS @ Nov. 30 2008, 5:31 PM)
Why'd it go to Memphis?
That's where FedEx main hub is. International probably has to go through there.
It's kind of like living in the south... when you die, you MUST catch a connecting flight in Atlanta before meeting your Maker.
D
It was already in Canada though.
Nope. It never said it was IN Canada. It was delayed awaiting clearance by the FedEx broker in Mirabel. Trust me. It left Fort Wayne and went to Memphis. As soon as it’s cleared by the broker, it’ll be northeast bound.
EDIT: It’s already NE bound. It left Memphis today @ 1222. Bill will likely have it in his mitts tomorrow afternoon!
Patience Grasshopper… When you can snatch the Masterlink from FedEx hands… you will attain maximum CD burner-idge ability…
(I has experience wif FedUPS and international shipping hooey-palooey… part of the day job.)
D
This is the latest shipment information…
You may be correct Dubious…
It’s like waitin for your fifteenth newborn.
The doc comes out and says It Was Tough… we had to use extra greese… That New Stuff…
Could it be that someone is checking the way security is working ? between the US-and-Canada…
X-Rayin’ it for nails and ball bearings, and all…
I believe I hear you say it never reached Mirabel, PQ.
The last order I got from Sweetwater came by Land…
That was pretty straight-forward…
Well…
I think it came in VIA Ecum Secum NS.(That’s what everyone say here when something Screws-up)…
Nov 30, 08
04:23 pm
Departed FedEx location MEMPHIS, TN Departed FedEx location
12:22 pm
Departed FedEx location MEMPHIS, TN
Nov 28, 08
10:58 pm
Clearance delay MIRABEL, PQ
10:58 pm
Clearance in progress MIRABEL, PQ
10:58 pm
In transit See Comments MIRABEL, PQ Package to be cleared by FedEx broker
09:26 pm
Left FedEx origin facility FORT WAYNE, IN
07:24 pm
Picked up FORT WAYNE, IN
04:06 pm
Package data transmitted to FedEx
AnYwAy…
Bill…
AaHh:
Update…
Dec 01, 08
09:52 am
Clearance in progress MIRABEL, PQ Clearance in progress
06:48 am
In transit See Comments MIRABEL, PQ Package available for clearance
Nov 30, 08
10:13 pm
Departed FedEx location MEMPHIS, TN
04:23 pm
Departed FedEx location MEMPHIS, TN
12:22 pm
Departed FedEx location MEMPHIS, TN
Nov 28, 08
10:58 pm
Clearance delay MIRABEL, PQ
10:58 pm
Clearance in progress MIRABEL, PQ
10:58 pm
In transit See Comments MIRABEL, PQ Package to be cleared by FedEx broker
09:26 pm
Left FedEx origin facility FORT WAYNE, IN
07:24 pm
Picked up FORT WAYNE, IN
04:06 pm
Package data transmitted to FedEx
There…
it’s back on track…
Well…
Bill…
I know it looks bizarre Bill but like it or not FedEx and UPS work in strange and mysterious ways…
You’ll have that puppy this afternoon or tomorrow.
We had this guy that used to work here… He had some kind of “connections” or something. If international shipping vendors followed his instructions to the letter, their stuff would slide right through customs like a greased pig. If they didn’t… well, we had stuff get hung up in customs clearing for weeks on a few occasions.
“White powdery substance?? Err… that’s desiccant to keep the parts from rusting… yeah… rust… that’s it!”
I miss that old cantankerous rascal…
D
FedX Update:
For anyone who is interested…
You are absolutely correct… Dubious…
I got the call from FedX regarding the Masterlink Shipment…
It will arrive at my door sometime between 10am.-and-1pm. tomorrow…
There will be a Clearance/Duty Charge of $126.69 CDN…
Any better than that AND… It would be too good…
Bill…
Delivery Update:
By a stroke of luck I rounded the corner unto the street where I live…
The FedEx guy was making a delivery across-and-down the street from where I live…
I flagged him down and got him to return to my place…
The shipment has arrived…
I was telling him about the tracking and Memphis,TN.-and-all…
He confirmed the clearance protocol…
If I hadn’t flagged him down he would have returned tomorrow…
But after that The Shipping retrieval would be on My Nickel…
Goodness knows when I would get it…
Anyway, the Masterlink has arrived…
Dec02,08 4pm… Ft Wayne IN. to Cole Harbour NS. Canada…
VIA Memphis TN.and Mirabel PQ.
Dec 02, 08
04:02 pm
Delivered See Comments COLE HARBOUR, NS DeliveredPayment received
03:56 pm
Delivery exception See Comments DARTMOUTH, NS Customer not available or business closed
12:45 pm
On FedEx vehicle for delivery DARTMOUTH, NS
11:02 am
At local FedEx facility DARTMOUTH, NS
Dec 01, 08
10:46 pm
Int’l shipment release MIRABEL, PQ
02:34 pm
Int’l shipment release MIRABEL, PQ
09:52 am
Clearance in progress MIRABEL, PQ
06:48 am
In transit See Comments MIRABEL, PQ Package available for clearance
Nov 30, 08
10:13 pm
Departed FedEx location MEMPHIS, TN
04:23 pm
Departed FedEx location MEMPHIS, TN
12:22 pm
Departed FedEx location MEMPHIS, TN
Nov 28, 08
10:58 pm
Clearance delay MIRABEL, PQ
10:58 pm
Clearance in progress MIRABEL, PQ
10:58 pm
In transit See Comments MIRABEL, PQ Package to be cleared by FedEx broker
09:26 pm
Left FedEx origin facility FORT WAYNE, IN
07:24 pm
Picked up FORT WAYNE, IN
04:06 pm
Package data transmitted to FedEx
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Bill…
[EDIT]
All I gotta do now is…
Find a way to pay for it…
Tear it open - set it up - let it warm to room temp. THEN fire the juice to it!
You’re not going to wait for the studio to be finished I presume?
Ii KkNnOoWw…
lol…
The electrician and I are going out there this evening… I got the heat on…
I’m modifying those mood lighting fixtures… There’s 24 of them to do…
But…
Sunday, He brought over a '63 - '64 Transition Fender Bassman amp he wants to buy…
These amps are scarcer than hen’s teeth…
This head is Black Tolex/Black Face’d with white knobs…
We are working on bringing it up to working condition…
He is working on the cabinet…
and I’m working on the chassis…
I am supposed to make up a parts list for him…
ANYWAY, the phone rang…
Put The Breaks On…
he said…
I am unable to do a deal on it…
I guess the guy who owns it sees it’s value…
OR
Someone filled him in on keeping it…
OR
maybe he knows it’s over here being looked at…
Who knows ? …
This was gonna be trade for electrical work on the studio…
Well, partially…
The BassMan Head I had…
way-back-when was a White/Cream Tolex with a Brown DogBone Handle
BrownFaced with White Knobs…
Made in Anaheim CA.
and touched by Leo Himself… I only wished I still had it…
What was not right with me back in '72
?
Bill…
I’m glad it made it safe and sound Bill.
Word to the wise eh? Be wary if the built-in “One Button” Mastering crap okay? Dude ruined our bands CD that way. I have the un-mastered mixes before he “washed” them through the Masterlink. They sound MUCH better. I got him to fess up that before sending them to the duplicator, he just ran 'em through one of the “Mastering” presets in the ML, burned the disk and stuffed it in a box for UPS. I almost threw up…
D