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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 03:36:30 GMT
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Hi,
The conversion of the LEGO items it great, I like the certain prices which
are farily cheap, the shipping just wrecks it all. You would most likely
want to order in 2-3's so you divide the shipping in 2 or 3, is much better.
Things that interest me are:
10001 Metroliner
10002 Club Car
10019 RBR
10000 (Maybe, cause hey its classic castle)
6290 get it before they go again!
Plus $50AU worth of spruce trees to make a forest.
But the shipping is too much, I have got a friend in Germany who can order
it for MUCH cheaper. So it depends. Myself I will probably order thourg
Germany unless a couple of people want to order with me? I prefer people
from Melbourne.
James
In lugnet.loc.au, Brad Linsley writes:
> Above about $600AU, it's cheaper to pay the GST rather than splitting the
> order into sub $400AU lots.
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> Just did a few calculations, and bulk ordering will only benefit those
> wanting something cheap like a couple of service packs. Otherwise, the
> savings will be disolved by local postage and packaging.
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> An order of $309AU, with postage $90AU gives a total of $399AU (assuming no
> GST for sub $400AU orders). This case you pay a 29.03% overhead. That is,
> every $1 you spend on LEGO, you add another 29c to cover S&H.
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> Say a bulk order was placed for $930, postage $90, GST $102, total $1122.
> Overhead is 20.65 cents per dollar. You save less than 9c per dollar spent
> on LEGO. After repacking and sending to each person, that 9c will be reduced
> to say 5c per dollar, meaning for all the hassle, you save a lousy 5%.
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> So, unless you only want a few cheap items, you might as well order
> individually as the savings will only be a few dollars per person.
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> And exclusives/service packs will be the only worth while things to order,
> as ozBrick's and local dept store prices are cheaper than S&H for regular items.
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> -Brad
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> > 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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| Ok I am confused. I would be part of a bulk purchase. My order would be exactly this: 1. Guarded Inn Item#: 10000 Price: AUD 38.50 Amount wanted : 2 Total price: AUD77.00 2. Luke Skywalker Key Chain Item#: 3914 Price: AUD 5.50 Amount wanted : 3 (...) (23 years ago, 4-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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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 (...) (23 years ago, 4-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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