Triumphrat

neuroboy74 · 03-16-2008

was a about to pull the trigger on a pair of these bar end adapters from british customs then i noticed the shipping. $30!!! what gives here? i feel like they're actually bending me over. the adapters are $17 and probably weigh a few ounces.

i went to the ups store and mailed a pair of saddlebags. . . saddlebags!. . . the other day for less than $20 including the box and packaging. sorry to be venting like this but i really annoys me that i may have to pay upwards for $50 for them unless i can find an alternative means of attaching the mirrors or get british customs to listen to reason

tspapa · 03-16-2008

Fuel has gone up, but not KY.

fidhle · 03-16-2008

When you checkout, the shipping charges are listed for UPS. If you click on the UPS box, you will find that they also have other carriers. Check the charges for other carriers. I just tried that and came up with less than $5.00 charge for FedEx.

John

neuroboy74 · 03-16-2008

thanks for the info.

Cat_Daddy · 03-16-2008

It's not just British customs. I ordered from another one of the popular places a couple of weeks ago. He overcharged me on shipping by 21 dollars. It cost 9 odd dollars to ship the parts, it said so right there on the post office label on the box, yet he charged me over 30 dollars for shipping costs.

I don't mind paying actual charges, but an extra 21 bucks chapped my hiney real bad. I'm afraid I'll have to spend my money somewhere else from now on. I am about to order Norman Hyde exhaust and rearsets too. That's over 1k dollars of parts that someone else will get to sell me because of the shipping cost deception.

neuroboy74 · 03-16-2008

let me just say that i did exactly what fidhle said and got $5 for fedex. beautiful. . . the rub was that the default was a ridiculously high charge that--if i wasn't paying attention--i might have accidentally selected. why they don't just put all the shipping costs out there to begin with is beyond me.

this story , though, has a happy ending for me

DannyChrist · 03-17-2008

their web based shipping thing does not work properly, I think they say they only really charge what it costs them

mikeinva · 03-17-2008

I sold a bunch of machine tools on ebay lately .You would be surpriced what all the shipping junk cost not counting ups or fedx .box tape packing peanuts its crazy what stuff cost now.pluss ups goes up once a month.Alot of parts for these bikes cost more for the shipping then it dose for the part.

BellaCorse · 03-17-2008

Got an email from a fellow in Sweden who said that he would have to pay a 30% VAT. Can this be true?

/Mike

Mooneyes1956 · 03-17-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by BellaCorse

Got an email from a fellow in Sweden who said that he would have to pay a 30% VAT. Can this be true?

/Mike

Hallo Mike,
yes that is unfortunately true. I have bought from you mirrors, fairing and bars and had to pay VAT as for goods coming from non european country

Anyway I want more stuff from you and I think if you would send it as private person, maybe it would come without this vat.

Matt