Thread: Wow Massive Postage cost

35 aud for a td5 maf meter a few months ago .... 60 aud for a series 1 ute hood(big box) then 20 bucks for 2 hood staples and 4 copper washers through Royal Mail .... 25 us for a Detroit locker from USA ... Who the hell knows.

So, back to original post ( no pun intended, really!) about rings and postage.

I did it the really hard way. Accidentally clicked on one pistons worth, instead of one engines worth. A few days later, one piston set arrived with all the other stuff.

So, I rang up late at night, and explained problem, and ordered a few more bits I forgot the first time, a few days later three piston sets arrived. A few hours later, I broke one ring during installation, so I rang again. The lovely lady remembered me, ha ha, and said she would do postage half price.

So, all in all, through my own inadequacies, I paid at least double in postage and I must say that the extra postage for one piston set was more than the price of the rings......

So, in the future, I will order five sets, and run the risk of being sent TD5 rings, or delay due to them asking whether I really want 5 for a 4 pot engine!! And that way, I reckon over the years, I will only break one top or one middle, and still have a part set left over.... I must admit that was the first I have broken in a fair old while, but Sod's law dictates that it will happen at the most inconvenient time.

Gumnut

Have to go a long way to beat the postage on a focusing screen for my camera, a piece of glass, about 1/4 the size of a credit card - postage $70 from the states - needless to say I'm still focusing with the original.



Martyn

Originally Posted by Bushie

Have to go a long way to beat the postage on a focusing screen for my camera, a piece of glass, about 1/4 the size of a credit card - postage $70 from the states - needless to say I'm still focusing with the original.



Martyn

Someone is having a good loan of you there. I get 20 lbs of tools regularly from the USA in Large Flat Rate Boxes via their post office for US$72.

As to the original poster, buy your rings from the US. Better choices, better quality, better service, and the postage for a small padded envelope would be about US$15.

I no longer buy tools from GB/Europe unless there is no alternative. Attitude, price, and the bloody ridiculous freight/postage charges have done them out of my business. How about a set of instruction, parts, and service books for a milling machine AU$200, postage $220.

Saw a roof bar on ebay postage from usa $900!!!

I also find when looking on eBay to be really careful. Often a part seems cheaper but the postage is horrendous! Sellers often do this to reduce the commissions they have to pay to eBay

Originally Posted by VladTepes

Saw a roof bar on ebay postage from usa $900!!!

I also find when looking on eBay to be really careful. Often a part seems cheaper but the postage is horrendous! Sellers often do this to reduce the commissions they have to pay to eBay

Yes Exactly, i wanted to by a Samurai Sword from Ebay once (Cause everyone need a Samurai Sword right!) and it was 0.99c buy it now with a $240 postage... Circumventing Ebay Fees, Much....

I need some V8 lifters and timing chain kit - good price from Turners but when postage is taken into account it is much cheaper to buy locally which I have now done.

Garry