Good or great espresso machines? Let the arguing begin!

[staylor]

I knew with 100% certainty you would have both machines on your counter before years end.

Now go shorten up my leaning curve Racer X.  

Just doing what I can to help a friend. In the meantime I'm going to go watch one of my fave clips, it always motivates, "Team Sugar Land are go...!" ;-)

Thunderbirds Are Go!!!

[John F]

Just doing what I can to help a friend. In the meantime I'm going to go watch one of my fave clips, it always motivates, "Team Sugar Land are go...!" ;-)

Yep....I'm a few steps behind you but will be there soon. 

[peter]

Congrats Shaun!

I like how the shipping address is just Shaun Taylor.  You are so very much the man, that this is all they have to put down and every link in the shipping chain knows exactly what to do with the parcel.  Even without a street number or city, they just know, 'cuz when you say Shaun Taylor, you said it all.

 

[staylor]

Congrats Shaun!

I like how the shipping address is just Shaun Taylor.  You are so very much the man, that this is all they have to put down and every link in the shipping chain knows exactly what to do with the parcel.  Even without a street number or city, they just know, 'cuz when you say Shaun Taylor, you said it all.

 

Haha, very good. Unfortunately the invoice also says 'Shaun Taylor'. ;-)

[John F]

You are so very much the man, that this is all they have to put down and every link in the shipping chain knows exactly what to do with the parcel.  Even without a street number or city, they just know, 'cuz when you say Shaun Taylor, you said it all.

Like a Dos Equis commercial.

[BoldJava]

Done. If they ship fast I might have it for the weekend, if not it looks like levers ahoy on Mon. ;-)

Sh!^ hot.  This is like finding a new mystery writer who you really, really enjoy and then read in the paper that he is working on his 2nd book.  

Are they shipping that bad boy from Italy?  I couldn't figure out the math they had done.  Did they back out some VAT or something?

B|Java

[mp]

Done. If they ship fast I might have it for the weekend, if not it looks like levers ahoy on Mon. ;-)

Sh!^ hot.  This is like finding a new mystery writer who you really, really enjoy and then find out he is working on his 2nd book.  

Are they shipping that bad boy from Italy?  I couldn't figure out the math they had done.  Did they back out some VAT or something?

B|Java

Yeah ... I was wondering too ... would it not have been cheaper ordering it from 1st line?

 

Never mind ... it would not have been cheaper ... how did you ever think of that ... who would have thought shipping from Italy would have been cheaper than shipping from the US.

 

[staylor]

Done. If they ship fast I might have it for the weekend, if not it looks like levers ahoy on Mon. ;-)

Sh!^ hot.  This is like finding a new mystery writer who you really, really enjoy and then read in the paper that he is working on his 2nd book.  

Are they shipping that bad boy from Italy?  I couldn't figure out the math they had done.  Did they back out some VAT or something?

B|Java

Indeed, that double lever action is coming from Italy. You got it, they backed the VAT out and then I hit it with a discount code. I ordered from http://www.espressocoffeeshop.com/ take a look at their 'International Orders' info section on the right hand side of their website. Delivered to my door they were the most competitive I found.

The BII and accessories are going to a neighbor a few days after I get the lever. I thought about keeping both of them together for a longer period of time but in the end I wanted to keep more of an open mind for the level journey and so I'll let the BII go fairly quickly.

I'm pretty excited to see what this new forest path brings.

[mp]

Done. If they ship fast I might have it for the weekend, if not it looks like levers ahoy on Mon. ;-)

Sh!^ hot.  This is like finding a new mystery writer who you really, really enjoy and then read in the paper that he is working on his 2nd book.  

Are they shipping that bad boy from Italy?  I couldn't figure out the math they had done.  Did they back out some VAT or something?

B|Java

Indeed, that double lever action is coming from Italy. You got it, they backed the VAT out and then I hit it with a discount code. I ordered from http://www.espressocoffeeshop.com/ take a look at their 'International Orders' info section on the right hand side of their website. Delivered to my door they were the most competitive I found.

The BII and accessories are going to a neighbor a few days after I get the lever. I thought about keeping both of them together for a longer period of time but in the end I wanted to keep more of an open mind for the level journey and so I'll let the BII go fairly quickly.

I'm pretty excited to see what this new forest path brings.

Well done Mr. Ponte Vechio

 

[staylor]

That's Mr. Ponte Vecchio Lusso (2 Group) to my friends. ;-)

[mp]

That's Mr. Ponte Vecchio Lusso (2 Group) to my friends. ;-)

So when is the ETA of The Old Bridge (Ponte Vecchio)?

 

[staylor]

That's Mr. Ponte Vecchio Lusso (2 Group) to my friends. ;-)

So when is the ETA of The Old Bridge (Ponte Vecchio)?

 

My 6yr old just asked me the same question, "Dad, when does your new espresso machine get here?" and my response was "when you see me pulling down on the lever and drinking the espresso".

[mp]

That's Mr. Ponte Vecchio Lusso (2 Group) to my friends. ;-)

So when is the ETA of The Old Bridge (Ponte Vecchio)?

 

My 6yr old just asked me the same question, "Dad, when does your new espresso machine get here?" and my response was "when you see me pulling down on the lever and drinking the espresso".

According to your store you should have the machine by tomorrow?

"8. What is the estimate delivery time?
We ship out our international orders quickly. If an item is in stock, it will normally be sent out the next day. After that, it depends on the method of delivery you have chosen when you placed your order. For Europe and North America the average delivery time is 2 working days, 3-4 days for the rest of the world."

So assuming you ordered yesterday you should have your machine by tomorrow.

 

[staylor]

If it gets here before the weekend that would be mighty fine, but I suspect the 2 group might be a bit slower as they get them direct from the factory (according to all the reading I've done on various forums) rather than have them sitting in their inventory, till then I'll wander over to the Brewtus and pull shots, which is exactly what I'm going to go do right now.

[mp]

If it gets here before the weekend that would be mighty fine, but I suspect the 2 group might be a bit slower as they get them direct from the factory (according to all the reading I've done on various forums) rather than have them sitting in their inventory, till then I'll wander over to the Brewtus and pull shots, which is exactly what I'm going to go do right now.

Well ... even if it doesn't ... I always thought they would ship it by boat from Europe.  At least that is how I understood human shipping happened way back when ...

 :drunken_smilie: