Kamikuza
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More shipping comedy
Ordered some thrust bearings for the Infinity bar mod ... 16x5mm ... this came today ...
| Quote: | That you for submitting your order online at XYZ’s website. You would like to order a quantity of four MTBS-816 thrust bearings for $2.90 USD net
each – total of $11.60 USD
We ship via UPS and the estimated shipping charged for UPS Worldwide Saver and Worldwide Expedited are estimated to be $85 USD.
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lucky_13
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:eekdrull: wow
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PL VIBE II 1.6M - PL VIPER
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OZONE FRENZY 9m - 11m fuel -13m eclipse thruster - VTT black widow. Mbs core
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DAKITEZ
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guess they never heard of a usps international flat rate envelope for only about $12? LOL
I have a supplier of my own who does not know how to ship anything without using ups. It drives me crazy. This is people who simply charge the
customer what ever the cost is and do not care. I paid $12 shipping for a package that weighed less than a pound and it took a week to get here via
ups. They could have sent that post office for about $3 and I would of had it in 3 days
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AD72
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It is amazing how much shipping affects cost if no one is paying attention. I had a boss that insisted everything must be shipped FedEx right away
because we were in a rush on a project. The parts would arrive and sit on the shelf as he put off assembly until it was convenient for his own
schedule. Waste.
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lamrith
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We get the opposite here AD.. Mechanics can't see a day ahead let alone a week ahead. So they wait or forget to order parts until the day before
something has to be done.
"Here can you get this for me, I need it tomorrow, the project is due."
Never mind the progject has been a go for 2 weeks, and the part is on the other side of the country.. Why pay $10 for freight when you can pay $90?
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Kamikuza
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| Quote: | The LOL they keep coming. I replied with ...
[quote="Kevin"]Oh! I think maybe I ordered the wrong bearings ...? The ones I want are OD 16m and 5mm thick. I doubt 4 would weigh more than
500g including packaging ...
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And got a reply this morning.
| Quote: | | We ship via UPS and the shipping charge is calculated to nearest pound weight. |
1 pound = 454grams
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stetson05
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good that you still have a sense of humor. You must not be able to get them from a different source?
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Kami,
I can pick up the bearings for you and ship them for a couple of bucks if it would help 
I had a brush for an electric motor shipped to me from Portland, OR and shipping was 79.00 for a .49 brush, took 5 days to travel 150 miles. When it
finally arived it was the wrong brush. Think I sent the brush back? :moon:
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A few other less flown oddballs,
Line sets from 10" to 328" or 2m to 100m.
worlds only AQR that works.
North American distributor for PKD.
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Kamikuza
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Har! I'm laughing with you not at you ... honest 
Yeah I've seen that too, with tracked stuff in the US ... 9 days to get from California to Seattle then 2 from there to Japan :doh:
I don't even know where to start looking in Japan ... if the DIY store doesn't have it, you probably can't get it unless you know someone in a
company. DIY stores here are not the hard-core centers of manly tool-porn that they are in NZ and no doubt the US 
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John Holgate
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They have 'manly tool-porn' in NZ ???? Thought it was just gumboots and rubber gloves.....
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Kamikuza
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VELCRO gloves :wow:
The hardware stores here are pretty sad ... woosie tools, limited selection of wood, fasteners etc. If you want 10,000 varieties of chopsticks or
shampoo, you're in luck though 
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Kamikuza
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Round 2 ... got them to ship it to stetson - and recalculate the postage we'll
see how that turns out!
Cheers Stet!  thanks AGAIN!
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Mcmaster.com is the the greatest. They should really open international locations. I have been overseas trying to engineer stuff on location and had
a hard time finding hardware. They even sell the kitchen sink!
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Kamikuza
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Kitchen sinks we can buy! Bits'n'pieces to repair them, no 
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Kamikuza
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Ok $12 to somewhere in the US that's more like it.
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Bigbear97e
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Shows the comical side of our postal system in canada .... just received 3 kites form weifang china to Houston, B.C. - 8 days ...... letter from BC
to parents in neighboring Alberta .... 9 days ....???
- some kites
- NAPKA KC97 - BMK Frankenbuggy
- Hand me down snowboard gear from my kid
- wife burned wallet ... LOL
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Kamikuza
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Yup, same in the US ... from SF to Seattle - 12 days. From Seattle to Japan - 3
Same distance in Japan - overnight and that's the plain ol' post office :dunno: how can Japanese bureaucracy be so utterly hopeless but the POST
OFFICE which is traditionally the toilet of the public service system, be so good?
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Kamikuza
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Ok they're on their way to my middle man in the US - only took 2 weeks ... seemed longer :ticking:
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