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The Regular Stuff: Chat, Buy, Sell, Off Topic, etc. => General Discussion - Model & Toy Steam Engines – Stirling Cycle – Flame Lickers – Small Antique Originals => Topic started by: Jim on October 29, 2022, 12:28:43 am
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Glad to send those “handles” off to you @Jim :D
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Glad to send those “handles” off to you @Jim :D
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Try this Jim
US Ebay
Item US $250.00 or NZ$ 430.00 plus NZ$ 96.00 post to
You shop USA in Oregon (a NZ Post subsidiary for items that sellers not ship here )
Then YouShop charge me NZ$ 227.07 international shipping
High value surcharge. NZ$ 6.90
GST on value 0f NZ$520.60 is NZ$ 78.97
So sub total NZ$ 312.06
Then classification fee of NZ$ $46.00
So total to pay is NZ$ 358.06 on top of my original NZ$526 so NZ$884.06 total,
Bloody expensive steam toy
Cheers
Dennis
Dennis.....that sent a shiver down my spine.
I bought some things for Jenny and myself recently in the US (like you helped me out in NZ recently) and I used an on shipping (forwarding) company....wow never again!!! Thankfully like you did, Nick came to the rescue.
@Nick
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Hi Jim, Those are insane postage prices!
Even here it is getting bad state tp state. Recently a client had to send a UPS 2nd day air envelope and the banged him over the head for $40 (USD)
Gil
I was going through my folders Bruce and Gil from years ago and looking at the postage prices I paid and they were prices I didn't even have to think twice about.
I won't be buying much from OS at these postage prices.
I still reckon things were better before eBays Global Shipping Program got its tentacles into all OS transactions.
When I used to receive Fedex boxes from the US from a private individual who had sold an engine and I'd paid say $28.75 postage, that's all that used to be on the front in stamps.
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Try this Jim
US Ebay
Item US $250.00 or NZ$ 430.00 plus NZ$ 96.00 post to
You shop USA in Oregon (a NZ Post subsidiary for items that sellers not ship here )
Then YouShop charge me NZ$ 227.07 international shipping
High value surcharge. NZ$ 6.90
GST on value 0f NZ$520.60 is NZ$ 78.97
So sub total NZ$ 312.06
Then classification fee of NZ$ $46.00
So total to pay is NZ$ 358.06 on top of my original NZ$526 so NZ$884.06 total,
Bloody expensive steam toy
Cheers
Dennis
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Hi Jim, Those are insane postage prices!
Even here it is getting bad state tp state. Recently a client had to send a UPS 2nd day air envelope and the banged him over the head for $40 (USD)
Gil
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very rarely do I buy anything from overseas anymore (unfortunately) the cost & the risk of damage (& no real collectable insurance) has all but done away with those transactions....BUT, I do have a nice Accessory coming from Rainer in Germany ;)
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When counting for the exchange rate (AU to US), it comes in at about the
same as what I have paid for shipping from Europe. Too expensive but
short of a diplomatic pouch there is no way around it. Also, postage rates
are going up here too. The world is changing very quickly these day, and,
not always for logical reasons.
Anyway, you'll have fun when your treasure arrivea! Pictures and videos, please!
Wayne
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US Postage Prices
Once upon a time I used to be able to get something if I was lucky from the US for $20 - $25 postage :'(
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