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Old October 16th, 2002, 10:35 PM

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Can't say I have really struck this kind of problem before, SEIV is the only game I can't seem to buy in New Zealand. If they do sell it in Australia I am surprised they don't sell it here as usually treated as another state of Australia. Tried the websites recommended by Shrapnel but very expensive - seemed to have taken the price in US$ ie 39.95 and converted it to British pounds ie 39.95 pounds!
Bali bombing huge news here - bigger than Sep 11th and dominating the headlines. Looks like 5 New Zealanders killed, I hadn't heard that soem Americans had been killed as well. I have drunk at one of the bars that was hit on a holiday in Bali - scary stuff!
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Old October 17th, 2002, 05:20 AM
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how big is too big? it seems with DSL and broadband all over too big is a little decieving. and about this whole bombing deal, can't we just not piss each other off?
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Old October 17th, 2002, 02:16 PM
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The whole CD is about 250 MB in size; you might consider that downloadable with DSL, but there has to be enough bandwidth on the hosts site for this to work, and I think that's where the "too big" issue is located.

250 megs per customer(!) generates a lot of traffic and will suck enormous amounts of bandwidth, which have to be paid.

On the other hand, UPS managed to deliver SEIV Gold to my place (Germany, Europe) within 3 days, for a rather mediocre 2,50 $ US shipping charge (at least this is what the bill says).
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Old October 17th, 2002, 08:02 PM
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On the other hand, UPS managed to deliver SEIV Gold to my place (Germany, Europe) within 3 days, for a rather mediocre 2,50 $ US shipping charge (at least this is what the bill says).
Then you had a special deal. I paid about 5x your amount for the shipping here to Switzerland.
But it was worth the money.
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Old October 17th, 2002, 10:04 PM

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maybe you are right Q I should stop complaining and just pay the money! IF I get half as much enjoyment out of SEIV Gold as I did out of SEIV then it will be worth the price!
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That's the spirit! Now go out there and subjugate an empires or two, you'll see that it's even more fun than before.
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