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To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Shipping from Australia
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 17:02:25 -0500
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Thanks Todd and all others who replied.  I didn't know it was so easy to look up the shipping charges.

Dave Leonard

> 
> Hi Dave;
>     I find this is a common scam with E-Bay. The seller is attempting to
> make up the shortfall of his selling price by padding the shipping costs. As
> an example, I bought my injectors off E-Bay from a guy in San Diego and he
> then wanted $42usd for shipping with USPS. I used the shipping calculator on
> the USPS site and using a very generous weight estimate, came up with
> ~$18usd. The seller and I settled on $30usd for shipping, but when it showed
> up it had $8usd postage on it. This is only one example, it has happened
> other times as well.
>     Currently, I'm expecting a package from Leon which has been shipped
> express courier and IIRC the cost was $54aud, however your turbo manifold is
> somewhat heavier.
> 
>     OK, so curiosity got the better of me and I went to the AusPost site and
> checked the cost.  http://www1.auspost.com.au/pac/
> Assuming a weight of up to 10kg (22 lbs) this guys cost estimates look to be
> bang on the money. He's not trying to pull any scam at all. Hope this helps.
> 
> Todd Bartrim
> 
> RV9Endurance
> 13B Turbo Rotary
> C-FSTB
> 
>              "The world will always have a place for those that bring hard
> work and determination to the things they do."
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net]On
> Behalf Of DaveLeonard
>   Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 5:27 AM
>   To: Rotary motors in aircraft
>   Subject: [FlyRotary] Shipping from Australia
> 
> 
>   I just bought a TO4 manifold that I think will fit off of e-bay but it is
> located in western Australia.
> 
>   http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7947393307
> 
>   The problem is that the guy wants A LOT for shipping, here is what he
> quoted including insurance.
> 
>   AIR EXPRESS- 1 WEEK- $139.00AU
>   AIR ECONOMY- 2 WEEKS- $118.00AU
>   BOAT- 12 WEEKS- $84.00AU
> 
>   Each AU$ will cost me about $.80.  But that still seems pretty steep.  The
> guy also wants a money order instead of some other way to track the payment.
> Does this sound reasonable to those of you who know about shipping from
> australia?  Its there a better way to make the payment?  Anyone know of a
> better source for these manifolds?
> 
>   Thanks,
>   Dave Leonard
> 
>