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

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  -----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