OzVMX Forum
Clubroom => General Discussion => Topic started by: T250K on December 05, 2007, 03:50:17 pm
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Howdy, can anybody help with suggestions for getting small stuff out of the UK without using the Postal system ? I'm trying to buy a set of bars from Sammy Miller Spares. The bars are 18 quid and the postage is 25. :'( :'( Cheers, T250
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Anything posted within the E.U is pricey, you should try getting stuff from the Netherlands. Your best bet is if someone in England on their way to Aus is willing to take them as "carry on luggage" TM Bill style.
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i just bought alot of stuff from the uk and they wanted 300pounds pacel post , i said fu ck of sent to my mate s place who was comeing here for a holiday got it here for nicks in his luggage ;
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I avoid UK for that very reason. Surely you can get a pair of bars through the US. I'd be looking for a Sammy Miller distributor in the US.
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Don Newell has Sammy Miller bars, can't think of his number off hand, but he advertises in VMX mag.
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Don Newell Motorcycles situated in Briz-Vegas Phone 07 3353 1874
email [email protected]
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Expensive postage is a EU thing. I don't know why.
When I first started working on the Monty I made enquiries about getting parts from Spain thinking that it might be a cheap and bountiful scource of bits. But the price of postage makes it prohibative. Go figure.
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I payed $85 USD ??? for postage of a YAMAHA MX SEAT from Canada, I questioned the price at the time as I have payed around $40 to $50 USD for seats from the US, was told thats the price, it's been over 6 weeks now, no sign of the seat, contacted seller, ask if he sent it AIR MAIL, replied it was sent surface mail >:(, also brought 4 other items from him a few weeks later on Evilbay, this time I was only charged $18.50 US for postage which I thought was cheap, so I think he knows he stuffed up on the postage of seat, and gave me cheap postage for my other stuff, will just have to wait and see :-\
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Here is another-DirtOver Stock DG silencer for an RM125 -postage $50US.Then a complete Pro-Circuit chamber from Don Ruffin off Mark's Swapmeet for $45.20US postage-it turned up sooner and the box for chambers,as you know are big and bulky ,but light.The DOS people are freight gougers of the the highest order in my opinion.
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DOS did a complete pipe for me for $60US. US postage rates have gone through the roof and Canada is always more expensive than them. But what is annoying is I wanted a footpeg stub from the US - $25 to post he said so I gave it a miss - bought some stuff from NW Vintage Cycle parts which was more weight and volume than a footpeg and it was $12 from them.
Some of them rort the already expensive system I think?
Rossco
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Postage makes me scratch my head too. Item (1) One Microfiche of SL70 from USA US$ 2.50 postage very fair :).
Item (2) one microfiche (different seller) of SL125 (from USA US$ 26!!!! plus US$ 17 !!! handling !!!! Piss off they got told and a compliant to eBay had the bastards suspended from selling.
Item (3) Petrol tank I sent to Townsville QLD costs me $49.00 same fella posts one back to me in larger heavier parcel and gets charged $14.80 ???? Sorry Local PO ( now privately run like a lot of Rural POs) >:(you have lost my business mate!
Item (4) NOS Honda piston and ring complete with full gasket kit from Vietnam costs me $ 17.60 :) which includes the $4.00 postage!!!!!, arrives and it is indeed the real thing!! A standard letter posted to a mate in Vietnam costs me $4.20???? Got heaps more but ................ ::)
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Hey 66m was this within aust ??
We use express bags for internal ozmail cheers A
$9.50 to post a box of O-rings!! You're fuggin' jokin' aren't ya?!!
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Hey 66m was this within aust ??
We use express bags for internal ozmail cheers A
$9.50 to post a box of O-rings!! You're fuggin' jokin' aren't ya?!!
yea it was !!!!!!!!!!!! buy the padded bag and pay the postage
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Australia Post is a ripoff, it's cheaper and faster to get stuff sent from the US!
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Australia Post is a ripoff, it's cheaper and faster to get stuff sent from the US!
Than it is from Rowville anyhow..... ::)
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i just sent 2 only 86' CR Honda Single Showa shocks today weighing 9kG in a big box to Adelaide for $18.50. very cheap i reckon.
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Australia Post is a ripoff, it's cheaper and faster to get stuff sent from the US!
Probably but they're making a profit which is more than you can say about USPS, Royal Mail and many of the Euros. Pricewise they're pretty reasonable compared to Royal Mail in the UK or the worst of them all..Canada Post or whatever it's called. Getting stuff out of Canada is not only the most expensive as any I've seen, it's also the slowest of the lot. A t shirt took five weeks to get here while one mailed on the same day in California was here in 6 days. And the cost was twice that of the USA. >:(
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Firko Im planning to get a couple of guards from DC Plastics any idea how they go with postage? Thanks Jerry
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25 pounds for a set of bars from the uk is about the norm but see if you can get them sent in a really large padded bag and as long as the parcel is under 2 pounds then it qualifies for ' royal mail small packets' and should be less than 25 pounds. Any over 2 pounds goes parcel force and expect it to cost heaps. Ive had a set of english bars and a few other parts, sent like that in a large bag and the post was pretty good, but one time i had a a set of Renthals wrapped in sheet cardboard and they were probably still around the 20 pound mark, but still even with shipping they were still cheaper than buying in Australia.
I dont think we can complain about shipping too much, especially from the USA. Shipping from USA is now way cheaper than sending stuff to the USA.
Last week i sent a shoe box size parcel to USA which was 3.44 KG
The postage was $74 AU plus the new $9.00 AP revenue international surcharge and because i wanted it registered/insured that was an extra $9 so in total it cost $92.
Now compare that to what you can get from the USA. You can get 9.07Kg ( 20 lbs) worth of stuff in a large flat rate USPS box for $55 USD ( roughly $60 AU give or take a little)
That sucks now theres the new $9 fee that AP have to charge to all shipment to USA. They told me its becuase of the terroisim threats and the money goes to USA to cover extra sorting/checking at their end.
Yes Canada is expensive and at times slow. Works out cheaper if you get the stuff sent to US first and then get it sent out from USA. Ive had some guys who are close to the border, cross over to USA and then post the stuff from there so its cheaper too.
Postage within Australia isnt too bad i find as long as you pack it right and then you can avoid going to the next step up in postage. You see when you post stuff they check to see it fits into certain size slots etc. Often you will find its cheaper to send stuff express post than normal post aswell.
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:D I agree.. Oz post is a rip off with smaller items. i.e. Tshirt from NSW $9.50 - Tshirt from Covington Texas USA $9.95. The US item travelled about 12 times the distance and arrived sooner. Admittedly it was posted a day or so before the local job but they were ordered on the same day ;)
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A T-shirt should fit in a $7/$8 express bag
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I had a tee-shirt sent from Wheels Through Time arrive carefully folded by someone with great skill, into a TINY little square and I think it was $5 or $6 from North Carolina to Sydney.
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Yeah its always gonna be cheaper from the USA. Straight away within OZ you have 10% GST
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Apparently Oz Post have put up all their prices late last year. I think it even costs about a fiver now just to get a money order written out. We pay more and more for the service, but it doesn't get any better.
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I suppose we have to be thankful the service is still there at all. I read somewhere that their 'social' letter volumes had dropped immensely over the past few years, yet the infrastructure and staff still need to exist for us to ship our packages. Then again, 'promotional' or junk mail has probably increased and the real cost of posting a letter has probably been dropping for years.
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At work I get parts sent from melbourne to Qld generally in overnight bags between ten and fifty dollars depending on the size nothing that wont fit in a bag and with them getting here in a couple of days i dont complain i know overnight is not a couple of days but we are a bit of the beaten track. and you have to remember us Qlders are a bit slow anyway.
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Firko Im planning to get a couple of guards from DC Plastics any idea how they go with postage? Thanks Jerry
Jerry I've bought numerous 'guards from DC but can't recall what it cost to mail them. I'm pretty certain he's honest with his shipping fees though.
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I read somewhere that their 'social' letter volumes had dropped immensely over the past few years, yet the infrastructure and staff still need to exist for us to ship our packages.
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Thanks Firko. Im talking to Geoff Morris who is now a distributor for DC. Cheers Jerry
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I've bought some items from DC including a pipe and plastics and I was pleasantly suprised how cheap the postage was. :)
I'm a big fan of DC (not so much their plastics) and they have a huge range of good products. Friendly and honest.
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I ordered a set of engine bolts for my Husky from them a week or so ago. The bolt set was $27.95, plus a shipping cost of $30.75, total of $58.70.
A few days later, I received a notification that DC had returned part of my shipping cost to my Paypal account, a sum of $16.34 noted as excessive postal charge. A REFUND !! :o
So my engine bolt set will cost me $42.36 landed. That'll do me, DC !
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Any seller that does that can be assured of repeat business from me