Thank You Kenyon for bring this up. The one thing that many people forget about it MEDIA MAIL (domestic US) is about 1/3 the cost for shipping items list FSM's, magazines, recordings, posters and other forms of recorded infomation in nearly any form. Æyn --- Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > --- Jim Carpenter <Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > Hi all, just want to make sure you all know that I > > can help avoid > > international shipping woes as we are a Canadian > > Company that does our > > own cross border transport > > > Jim, that is a really super, positive thing to offer > the club and to inject into the discussion. We sure > do have a diverse, deep group of good people! > > > > > People selling parts specialize in selling parts, and > shipping items out of the continental US is terribly > challenging and viarble to do RIGHT. I sell things on > ebay, and while I want to do right, I frankly don't > devote myself to being an international shipping > expert - just not enough time in the day. > > So: I can either ship however I can figure it out and > get yelled at for expensive shipping, or I can decline > to allow ebay bids from other countries and receive > complaints that I'm blocking people that REALLY > desperately want my items and why am I not offering to > ship to them?, etc. > > USPS recently eliminated "Surface" transport overseas, > jumping the price significantly for heavy things like > heads and manifolds. -Had a person in Britain get > hopping mad when I refused to ship "surface" (because > I can't) and the price was triple what he'd paid just > 12 mos earlier for something similar. > > Shipping a bumper or fender? > > If you live overseas, you'll do well to find yourself > a postage buddy here on the list or elsewhere and ship > to them OR do the legwork to find a freight > forwarder/logistics firm that can help you. > > I use Sierra in South San Francisco, but didn't see > them on a casual google search... Companies like this > are often clustered around major airports. > > Greyhound is the secret for transporting heavy items > in the USA - they're cheap, and the hold on each bus > is big enough to swallow a bumper. > > If you order anything that is more than you can hold > easily in one hand, you're in for some serious trouble > if you leave it to the seller to figure out. > > By the way, DHL has been very hungry lately, and you > could do worse than to get a quote from them. > > Suggest that you bookmark the shipping calculator > pages for DHL, FedEx, UPS, and the US post office. > > Post Office is USPS.gov > > Get a quote from these vendors FIRST as you consider > purchasing your part, and educate yourself on what you > need to get things to you. Most vendors don't care > and will take requests, so perhaps making requests > makes more sense than trusting businesses to make the > right choices for your needs? > > > Hooray for folks "elsewhere" that keep their cars > ticking. It's hard enough to do here at "home". > > Kenyon Wills > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! > Autos new Car Finder tool. > http://autos.yahoo.com/carfinder/ > > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com > ----------------- > This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. > Please > reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will > be > shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for > the > Administrators should be sent to iml.webmonster@xxxxxxxxx > To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. http://farechase.yahoo.com/ ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to iml.webmonster@xxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm