Caiman Mods

[HighFidelityGuy]

Hi,

Right, I've made a list of everyone that's asked to be included in the group buy. So this offer is now closed to new people.

The following people are joining in:

Covenant - 1 pair
Paul_CZ - 1 pair
Chrism - 1 pair
Carson - 1 pair
Smurfbrain - 1 pair
ampusson - 1 pair
Graybags - 1 pair
Dave Clarke - 1 pair
Me - 2 pairs

So that's 10 pairs in total.

If anyone in the above list has since decided to not take part, they need to let me know ASAP.

You now all have a few options.
I've decided to offer you all the option of also buying the Rubycon 47uF caps and/or the red Wilma polyester caps at the same time. I will supply these along with the regs when I post them out. I decided it would be easier for everyone if I did it this way.

So could you all please let me know which of the following options you want to go for:

1. Just the regs: £18.30 inc shipping
2. Regs and Rubycon caps: £19 inc shipping
3. Regs and Wilma caps: £18.70 inc shipping
4. Regs, Rubycons and Wilmas: £19.30 inc shipping

The above prices are for full sets of caps to perform the full mods on the line out and headphone out.

In case you've forgotten what the different caps do; the Rubycons improve the detail a bit and compliment the regs nicely. The Wilmas help the headphone output run expensive headphones better. That's the gist.

The price assumes a postage fee of £2 for a 1st class signed for package. Shipping to Europe will be £5, so if you're in Europe you'll need to add £3 to the above prices. I then rounded the prices up to the nearest 10p to cover cost of packaging and petrol for the trip to the post office.

I'll be PM'ing everyone in the list to make you all aware of this post if you've not seen it already. You then all just need to let me know what option you want to go for.

On the subject of payment, I can't really afford the risk of ordering all this stuff before receiving the money. So once I know what you want I'll let you know the payment options.

Does anyone know if I'll get charged by PayPal for receiving payments? I've never done that before.

Cheers,

David.

[Themis]

Does anyone know if I'll get charged by PayPal for receiving payments?

Not if it's marked gift or family transfer : it's the sender who pays.
In all other cases, yes, you will be charged.

[HighFidelityGuy]

Not if it's marked gift or family transfer : it's the sender who pays.
In all other cases, yes, you will be charged.

Thanks Dimitri,

So if anyone wants to pay via PayPal it will cost them a bit more than the prices above. If you want to avoid this I'll accept bank transfer instead.

Cheers.

[Carson]

Hi Dave,

I am still in and happy with 1 pair of regs only.

As for payment, I believe we could all do it by Gift. However, my experience of this is that they monitor such payments carefully and may well spot the fact that you have suddenly received 8 or so gift payments from people.

I am unsure of the charges as its been a while doing such payments for me.

[Carson]

Not if it's marked gift or family transfer : it's the sender who pays.
In all other cases, yes, you will be charged.

I didn't think there were charges for gift/family transfer. At least not when i've done it I dont think.

Paypal Fees

[HighFidelityGuy]

Hmm, if PayPal might get suspicious about it it's probably best if everyone pays via bank transfer unless you absolutely can't do it any other way than PayPal. I don't want any of us to get in trouble or unexpectedly charged.

I forgot to mention earlier that I'll be sending your orders directly to you. So if you want Tirna to do the soldering for you you'll have to send the parts to them yourself along with your DAC.

Cheers.

[Carson]

Hmm, if PayPal might get suspicious about it it's probably best if everyone pays via bank transfer unless you absolutely can't do it any other way than PayPal. I don't want any of us to get in trouble or unexpectedly charged.

I forgot to mention earlier that I'll be sending your orders directly to you. So if you want Tirna to do the soldering for you you'll have to send the parts to them yourself along with your DAC.

Cheers.

I dont think they will bother too much. We could just send them as Personal payments, choosing 'Personal Payment Owed' or 'Other' as the option.
As far as Paypal is concerned it could easily be your birthday and people on the forum are simply sending you some birthday cash

Personally, I'd prefer to pay via Paypal, if either of us get charged, I'll cover the costs. Besides, even with fees, it should be no more than £20.

Dave, I've changed my mind actually....Could I get 2 pairs of regs please. - £34.60 (inc P&P)?

[chrism]

Hi Dave,

Yes please, Option 1, just the regs and can I call over and pay / collect as I am in Sheffield as well. Will do cash so nice and easy.

Big thank you for sorting it for us.

Regards

Chris

[paul_cz]

Hi Dave,

Thanks for organizing the group buy!
I'll go for option 4 ('full package') - great chance to get everything without a hassle ...
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Regarding PayPal: fees depend on country you send from. Here in Germany I cant send a personal Payment. To quote the german user agreement:

Fees for Personal Payments
In Germany, users may receive Personal payments but won’t be able to send Personal Payments.

Although I'd prefer PayPal (international bank transfer will cost even more ...). As PMed, I'll roughly calculate the fees and add them to the total. So I'd send 19.30 GBP + 3 GBP (Shipment Europe) + fees asap.

Regards
cz

[Covenant]

Hi Dave,
Option 4 for me please. If its ok with you I will use Paypal, selecting gift and paying the charges. If for any reason you get charged please let me know and I will cover the extra.
I really appreciate this. Have a pint on me