Return-Path: Received: from imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.66] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.8) with ESMTP id 617039 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 20:21:22 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.66; envelope-from=ceengland@bellsouth.net Received: from [209.215.60.25] by imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.11 201-253-122-130-111-20040605) with ESMTP id <20050122012053.QTFY2060.imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net@[209.215.60.25]> for ; Fri, 21 Jan 2005 20:20:53 -0500 Message-ID: <41F1AA74.4050107@bellsouth.net> Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 19:20:52 -0600 From: Charlie England User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Shipping from Australia References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit USPS.com shows Global Guaranteed to Aus. at $181 for 25 lbs. If you are shipping from the US, it might be worth reading up on the guarantee. (hint, hint) Charlie USPS employee George Lendich wrote: > Dave Leonard, > Yes that's reasonable - make sure that covers insurance and if it > doesn't, the insurance may only be an extra $10 - $15 Aust. > That would be through Australia Post, really the only way to go in my > opinion. > I am led to believe that it's even dearer to send things from the USA > to Australia. > George (down under) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: DaveLeonard > To: Rotary motors in aircraft > Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 11:26 PM > 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 >