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Old 25-06-15, 03:42
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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
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Old 25-06-15, 08:35
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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.
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Old 25-06-15, 08:48
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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.
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Old 25-06-15, 10:22
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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
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Old 25-06-15, 14:51
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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.
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Old 25-06-15, 16:02
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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)
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Old 25-06-15, 21:39
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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

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Old 27-06-15, 10:25
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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.
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Old 27-06-15, 21:21
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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.
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Old 27-06-15, 23:16
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To back ip what Chris has just explained, I had this email from Roy Nacewicz (States side) who does original style nuts bolts studs etc for Ford V8s.
This is from the States to N.Z. (to your part of the world may be different)
I hope this explanation helps.

From Roy: (who is excellent to deal with)

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We will be more than happy to fill your order.
We have found that all methods of shipping parts are expensive for our off shore customers. Crazy might be a better term for it.
That said, the mail is certainly the most cost effective by far. We utilize the flat rate boxes which are the most efficient and trackable at least to an extent. The small box ($21.75) is good for 4 lbs or less and the medium box ($61.75) is good for up to 20lbs.
The set of head studs you desire is slightly over 7 lbs so you are into a medium box. The total weight of the parts listed is approx 9.5 lbs.
Bottom line: you might want to anticipate any future needs...such as head nuts, etc since they would ride for free in a sense because you are going to pay for 20 lbs whether or not you use it.

We will stand by, await your CC info and supply your hardware needs as specified.

Roy.
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