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irishcarguy:
Has anyone noticed the cost increases in shipping over the last year or two ?. I think it is now way beyond reasonable. Last night I wanted to ship a few items from Hobbyking, mainly shop items, the prices seemed very good ( just a test of quality & service really, first time buyer ). Imagine my shock when the shipping exceeded the the cost of the items, there by doubling their cost. Also an item from Hongkong was double the price to ship than the price the item was costing in the first place, both items I declined to buy. They were not a good bargain anymore. My question is this, have any of you found a reasonable & consistant way to ship,?. Within Canada I use Canada post it is fast & reasonable. We should try & put our collective heads together & see if we can do something to reduce the cost. Mick Burke.(irishcarguy) 

john s 2:
When in Britain. Items from hongkon are often cheap to buy ,but very expensive to post.This appears to be a way to get around tax.Payable on import.I have no idea on export costs.John.

andyn:
Still cheaper than buying your items a plane ticket from hong kong.... Or going out there to get it youself ;)

ACTion:

--- Quote from: John s on October 28, 2011, 09:54:10 pm ---When in Britain. Items from hongkon are often cheap to buy ,but very expensive to post.This appears to be a way to get around tax.Payable on import.I have no idea on export costs.John.

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Nope. Value for Customs is "cost of goods plus shipping to first address in country of importation". Not that anyone in HMRC understands that these days.................
DM

nick_75au:
Well here is a good example, I need a new head gasket kit for my Berlingo, cost in Aus approx. 150 Pounds, cost including shipping from the UK, 52 pounds, the shipping was 23 pounds, the kit was 28, I brought the kit from the UK, so I don't have a car for the Approx 2 weeks it will take to get here, I brought 5 oil filters from the UK inc shipping for the same price as ONE here, the Aust store did not have them in stock any way.  Shipping from the US to Aus has increased about 400% from a couple of years ago, I got 4 very heavy large electric motors it cost about $50, the same shipment now is over $200.

Lots of items have such a disproportionate difference in price< the retailers are up in arms about the number of on-line purchases happening here but with price differences like that what on earth do they expect, they are calling for protectionist measures >>:-(

Nick

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