[V8] buying parts in the USA

[D Morralee]

wow thanks for your input guys. I really don't care about cost I've bought a whole pile of stuff from private sellers, ebay, and auto companies (USA). Who pays the shipping and customs in the end is me the customer...right ? I just bought 100 dollars worth of parts from Genuineaudi and it cost me 18 dollars shipping with tracking and USPS. My buddy in the office just bought a golf set shipped from CA, insurance, shipping, tracking, for 40.00.
Blame our Postal service ? Our postal service does a fine job, never had a problem and never had a problem with USPS (a competent company) As our economy up here has been booming I can afford to buy in the USA and can afford to spend the extra in shipping cost etc. 
I agree it might be extra grief for the supplier, but at the end of the day I incur the cost(s) and the supplier has to fill out one form when shipping USPS.
Always ask to ship USPS, if we get product sent up by UPS / DHL we incur an insane brokerage fee. 

 
 

> To: v8 at audifans.com
> Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:30:48 -0400
> From: cobram at juno.com
> Subject: Re: [V8] buying parts in the USA
> 
> If you're in Canada, blame your postal service and customs. There is no
> insurance or tracking for the cheaper services to Canada. Even a small
> item the size of a couple packs of playing cards, which can ship in
> Priority Small box costs twice as much to ship to Canada than inside the
> US (even if the distance to Canada is shorter) and you have to add about
> $25 extra to ship the same thing if you want a service which provides
> tracking and insurance. Alaska even gets the same rate as all the other
> states.
> 
> England is the worse, shipping to and from England is obscenely expensive
> and limited insurance offered, it's cheaper to dispatch something to New
> Zealand or Australia than England. 
> 
> Canadian shipping is almost the same price as shipping to Australia. The
> other services such as DHL, UPS etc. are only cheaper if you get into
> much larger weights and dimensions.
> 
> It's just not worth the added hassle and time to many people. I ship
> anything, anywhere, I just make sure and let the buyer know exactly what
> the shipping options and charges are going to be. If they opt. for the
> cheaper service with no recourse if something goes awry, if something
> does go wrong, you'll still get grief from them 90% of the time.
> 
> 
> BCNU,
> Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.
> 
> Morralee <superdaveski at hotmail.com> writes:
> > 
> > WOW, Parts Geek looks like a good place to buy parts from if you are 
> > in the USA. I guess business must be good if they don't except order 
> > from other countries.... or maybe they can't be bothered. I have 
> > bought parts from all over the USA to Luxemburg and I've never got a 
> > reply NO we don't . Our Dollar is above the US dollar right now so 
> > it a good time to buy.... (Just venting) 
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