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Re: S@H Australia is online + Bulk ordering offer
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lugnet.loc.au
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Thu, 4 Oct 2001 02:30:02 GMT
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In lugnet.announce, Brad Linsley writes:
> Just checked out S@H for Australia and the shipping charges are astronomical
> for small orders, $50AU shipping for a $25AU order. However, there is a
> $90AU limit, as any orders over $250AU ship at $90AU, no more.
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> So the obvious as already been suggested in previous posts, gather a group
> order. Problem is, who orders ?
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> I run a Brickbay store (Technic / Castle Wreckers) and I am quite willing to
> co-ordinate bulk ordering, as I too, don't know anyone else that is bulk
> ordering. My feedback on Brickbay is around 105, eBay is 43, should anyone
> need reassurance.
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> I will draft up a proposal by the weekend and post it on my store home page
> (http://www.brickbay.com/store.asp?p=praetorian). Bascially, there will be a
> small charge (a few $$ per order), up front payment in $AU only plus a few
> extra $$ to pay for repackaging materials. Postage costs will be whatever
> Australia Post charges, no more. Orders from my local area (Newcastle) may
> pick them up from me directly. Orders should reach you about 3-4 days after
> I receive the delivery.
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> If anyone is interested, please send an email to the below address. If
> something has already been organized by someone else and I missed the post,
> please let me know.
Thanks Brad. I've also contacted Michael from Ozbricks.com (Melbourne), and he
said he'd be willing to re-distribute bulk orders, as long as someone else does
the ordering etc. He also mentioned that you'll need to be careful to keep the
orders to a maximum of about AU$400, or customs'll start charging GST on top.
I dunno if you'd be willing to track the orders by location, distributing
Melbourne orders through Ozbricks, and everything else yourself? Or some other
combination? The reason being intra-state post costs are considerably lower
than inter-state. Of course it makes things a bit more complicated for you, so
please feel free to say no!!!
I think I'll be trying an individual order first anyway, just to see how things
go.
ROSCO
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| Above about $600AU, it's cheaper to pay the GST rather than splitting the order into sub $400AU lots. Just did a few calculations, and bulk ordering will only benefit those wanting something cheap like a couple of service packs. Otherwise, the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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