SBC6120 Group Buy 2010

This page was last updated February 8th 2010.

INTRODUCTION
I have decided to do yet another "Last Buy" for the special SBC6120 and FP6120 parts and, as of this writing in February 2010, I've already started placing the orders with my suppliers. I expect to have all the parts in stock for the SBC6120 and FP6120 partial kits by the middle of April, 2010.

If you've come this far then you're probably anxious to buy one, but please read the rest of this information first. The instructions for ordering one are down below, I promise, but there's a lot of other information that you should know first. I recommend that you read everything, maybe more than once, just to be sure you understand what you're getting and to ensure that you aren't disappointed.

Please don't email me directly for information about this order unless you have some deeply personal thing that you need to discuss. All other discussions about the SBC6120/FP6120 should be directed to the Spare Time Gizmos Yahoo! group so that we can all hear what's said and participate. If you haven't already joined this group then you should, and while you're there check out the group archives. There are lots of pictures and files related to past SBC6120 builds.

WHAT YOU'RE BUYING
I assume that you already know what the SBC6120 and FP6120 are and that you have a basic idea of how they go together and the parts required. If you don't then you might want to read the manuals first -

The parts that you are buying from Spare Time Gizmos are

That's all - the rest of the parts you will need to supply yourself. There is a complete parts list in the back of the SBC6120 and FP6120 manuals, and there are also some more current lists, complete with DigiKey and Mouser part numbers, in the Spare Time Gizmos group files area.

Unfortunately, the only paddle color that the switch vendor has in stock in large enough quantities to fill our order is BLACK. A special order of white paddles would take at least 16 weeks to fill, and I've made the executive decision that we're not going to do that. So the switches in all kits sold this time around will be black. The white does look a little better, I'll admit, but we've used black in the past and it looks pretty good with the FP6120 colors.

THE PRICE FOR THIS PARTIAL KIT OF PARTS WILL BE $600.

REMAINING PARTS AND FULL KITS
You should expect to spend another $100 to $200 for the remaining PCB mounted components, depending on how well stocked your parts box is. And of course that doesn't include an enclosure, terminal, disk drive or power supply. There are people in the Spare Time Gizmos group who have offered to do a group buy of all the remaining parts and sell them - that's fine with me and you're welcome to get your parts there if you choose. Some vendors (e.g. DigiKey) also have the ability to set up a public BOM so that somebody could set up a list of the required parts and then everybody else could just order from that list - that's fine with me too, if one of you would like to manage it.

Spare Time Gizmos won't be selling a full kit of parts for either the SBC6120 or the FP6120. My role here is to make it possible for you to get the unique, "unobtainium" parts that you just can't get anywhere else. It doesn't make financial sense for me to sell you parts that anybody can get from the corner Radio Shack, Dick Smith or Maplin, and I have no desire to be in that business.

SHIPPING CHARGES
Shipping and handling charges to US domestic addresses are $40 for USPS Priority mail with insurance. International shipping to addresses outside the US is $65, once again for Priority mail and insurance. I'm afraid that this is the only shipping option - I can't ship by UPS, FedEx, DHL, etc. Also, if you order more than one kit, then they'll be shipped separately - the shipping boxes that I use really aren't big enough to hold two faceplates safely. That means that there's no shipping discount for multiple orders.
 

ORDERING AND PAYMENT (USA CUSTOMERS)
If you want to advance order the SBC6120/FP6120 partial kit now, before they start shipping in April 2010, then USA customers can send a check or money order to

Spare Time Gizmos
P.O. Box 360074
Milpitas CA 95036-0074

With your check, be sure to include a note saying what you want to order ("pre-order the SBC6120/FP6120 partial kit"), your shipping address, and your email address so that I can contact you. As a special incentive and "Thank You" for those who pre-order, I'll waive the shipping charges on all paid advance orders that I receive. That means the amount due will be just $600 per partial kit unless you live in California. All shipments to California addresses must pay 9.25% sales tax too, bringing the total for CA residents to $655.50.

ORDERING AND PAYMENT (INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS)
I'm happy to extend the same pre-order opportunity to international customers, however I can only accept checks or money orders that are payable in US dollars and drawn on a USA bank. The ultimate criteria for whether a check or money order is acceptable will be whether the instrument contains a nine digit ABA routing number.  In particular, International Money Orders and Canada Post Money Orders do not meet this requirement and I can not accept them.

I'm trying to set up a more convenient payment method for international customers, such as bank-to-bank wire transfers, but that is not available at this time. I'll post any updates to this web page when the situation changes.

REFUNDS
There'll also be no refund for pre-orders unless for some reason I am unable to deliver the partial kits as promised. If you change your mind for some reason then your only option would be to try to sell your SBC6120/FP6120 kit to somebody else privately.

PARTIAL ORDERS
I know some people want to order just SBC6120s without FP6120s, or the reverse, or even just some specific part such as switches. I CAN'T ACCOMMODATE ANY OF THOSE REQUESTS. Sorry. It just takes way too much time and effort to keep track of what everybody wants and calculate special shipping charges when everybody wants something different. The only option is to buy the combined SBC6120/FP6120 partial kit.

If you buy a SBC6120/FP6120 kit from me you're more than welcome to part it out and sell whatever bits and pieces you want. My advice to the people who only want this part or that is to get together (advertising on the Spare Time Gizmos Yahoo! group would be a good start) and work out deals privately.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
I think that's all the details. If you have questions or think of something that I haven't mentioned, then please post them to the Spare Time Gizmos group.

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