Prefix: stupid..... outrageous...

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Chris

Your mention of "Perhaps said cmp part can accompany someone in luggage going
to Brasil" reminds me of having a CMP air compressor in my carry on luggage coming back through Heathrow. I'm trying to explain CMP truck air compressor guy on the x-ray machine is looking confused, wife pipes up "lorry part" guy nods and sends us through to the gate.

Got to Boston and the US customs officer is looking equally as puzzled this time just let my wife explain what it is, again on are way no problems.

Cheers Phil

[Robert Bergeron]

Phil, your wife must be of British extraction if she used the term " lorry" as i have never heard that term used in North America. Your truly from the North in North America . Robert

[colin jones]

I just had to send 3 parcels to Canada and I thought the postage was very expensive at $800 until I had a Quote from DHL at $1450?? Now that was stupid. I could have bought a seat ticket on a plane for that.

[Ben]

DHL have a fixed price box here in the UK. It works out to be a very economical way of sending small but heavy MV parts all over the world.

Well worth investigating.

[malcolm erik bogaert]

I bought a skyraider receiver from a guy in anchorage...he sent it by CANADA POST the same day I purchase another set from a guy in UK...which came first...I will be happy when Canada Post takes over Royal mail (if ever) as the service is second to none...regards malcolm

[Phil Waterman]

Originally Posted by Robert Bergeron

Phil, your wife must be of British extraction if she used the term " lorry" as i have never heard that term used in North America. Your truly from the North in North America . Robert

Hi Robert

No my wife is a librarian so she is very aware of the context of words. She saw I was headed into a to complex explanation of what the part was she just inserted the two words that explained it.

Cheers Phil

PS Margaret just asked me to thank you for the compliment, she as been told that she tends to use a lot of British terms, by a language professor who used the library.

[Jack Innes]

For reference a 6 pound package 12" x 12" X 12" sent from the Toronto area to Brazil by surface parcel post would cost about $105 by Canada Post.
Still a lot but better than UPS.

I recently had a 50 lb. flywheel mailed from Missouri to Ontario by USPS. The postage was $180. (The part cost $50)

[Phil Waterman]

Hi

Like a lot of things it no longer is a matter of actual what does it cost for a service it is a matter of what is the threshold for is it worth my time to be bothered.

Years ago you wanted to ship a truck tires across country you took them to the bus station and called party you were shipping it to when it arrived at the other end.

Few years ago you wanted to ship heavy (under 100Lbs) parts around the US you sent them United Parcel Service little fuss fair cost. Last time I had something heavy shipped to me, a truck transmission, UPS managed loose the wooden crate (40 Lbs. of wood) transmission arrive re-wrapped in plastic. No explanation or even comment about what happened. Basically UPS said what crate.

Of course 3D Carbon Fiber printers are going to eventually end shipping parts what you will be selling and buying is the file to direct the printer.

No solutions just adding my rants

Cheers Phil

[jack neville]

What is just as annoying is the habit if sellers, particularly Macs in the USA of shipping an item , say the size of a cigarette packet, in a box the size of a shoe box. I'm sick of paying for foam or newspaper filler. Especially if you are buying a part that is robust and unlikely to be damaged.

[chris vickery]

I have purchased goods via mail order for many many years. The main lesson learned is that it is often better to buy more, rather than less to make the shipment worthwhile. I am sure we have all experienced the $10 part that ended up as $50.
For this very reason I usually stay away from couriers like UPS. I got burned that way as my $10 part had shipping, brokerage fees and GST added to it. Places like UPS often have a minimum on brokerage fees, in this case it was around $20!!!
Understandably, ordering bulk does not work with one off purchases.