Thread: Buying OS & Postage costs, worth it?

I'm trying to buy some brake seals from the US. Most places with these brake seals tell me they only ship within the US.
The service Inc posted is jest what the doctor ordered.
I've emailed these parts suppliers advising I have a US shipping address. Just waiting for their reply to that.

SWMBO wears Wrangler jeans, Local cost $80 - $120 US cost $30 -$40 it's worth it for me, especially with Christmas round the corner...........

Regards,
Tote

I don't buy car items but other things are really cheap. My guitar strings cost $22 a set in Australia, I get them shipped to South Hobart from USA for $9.50 a set! Men's jeans Levi 501 $ 125 in Aust., $79 from USA inc. freight.
Books from Better World Books are freight free to Australia.
Got a good mail story. I bought a guitar from the States and it was slightly too big for US Mail dimensions so Fedex freight was going to be $295 to Tasmania. I got the seller to unscrew the guitar neck and send as two parcels via US Mail. $90 combined for both to Hobart!!
Cheers, Peter.

I buy some bits locally, but pretty much everything for the L322 comes from OS. It is easy to source, and always heaps cheaper than the same part in Aus. Even big heavy bits - like brake disks and entire front strut and air bag assemblies are still half the price delivered. On heavier stuff, allow about the same price for shipping as the parts cost.

They generally get to my doorstep in 4 to 6 days, but I did get a set of brake pads in 3 days once - from the UK.. I have had people quote me longer lead times to get parts down from Sydney...

There are cheaper shipping costs than the IPS ones, US Mail is probably the cheapest, but if you read what they are about it is for places in the US that don't ship outside of the US. so you would need to determine if you want to use them or not, here are their charges to Australia

OUR DISCOUNTED SHIPPING RATES TO
AUSTRALIA WeightEconomy Express
3-5 Business Days Priority Express
2-3 Business Days 1 Lbs (0.45 kg) $52.13$43.795 Lbs (2.27 kg) $73.58$71.8710 Lbs (4.53 kg) $106.09$107.0015 Lbs (6.80 kg) $142.01$139.2725 Lbs (11.33 kg) $191.52$191.6650 Lbs (22.65 kg) $301.60$320.8875 Lbs (33.98 kg) $353.08$447.75100 Lbs (45.30 kg) $383.13$543.72125 Lbs (56.63 kg) $478.91$689.91150 Lbs (67.95 kg) $574.70$827.93
so in Tote's case he might as well buy the jeans in Australia as the postage is the same as the product, US Mail would be much cheaper, my guess is the place he buys the jeans from ship to Aus at better rates than this.
But if the item you're after is only available in the US and the supplier does not ship to Australia then this is the mob to use.

That didn't work out as well as I hoped

a 1 lb parcel express 2 -3 days delivery is $43.79
a 10lb parcel is $107 etc etc