The price you pay
#861320
11/23/10 01:45 PM
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BadMoonRacer
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Hi folks
I live far away from the U.S. but nevertheless I buy most of my race parts directly from various vendors there. For example my last purchase was a dual master cylinder from Rick Ehrenberg who´s selling them here on Moparts: A good product at a fair price. Shipping was $50 for that master cylinder. Then, earlier today I needed a good 727 trans gasket. Checked out Jegs.com. Their price for the Moroso #710-93110 gasket is reasonable $25.99 and I am even willing to tolerate a handling charge of $9.99. But there is no way I´m willing to pay their shipping charge of $106.86!! Total: $142.84. But wait, we´re not done yet: The Icelandic import tax is 24.5% of that total amount; bringing the total to $177.83 for ONE trans pan gasket.
Who is the fat cat Jegs is feeding with these ridiculous shipping costs?
Besides not buying stuff from Jegs until their shipping price returns to earth I´m also calling the Guinness Book of World Records.
Ragnar in Iceland
66 Charger, 451, .582" lift, 11" conv. 4.10:1. 4118 lbs 11.75@117 mph on regular Firestone Firehawk radials. Icelandic Champion in MC 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2022.
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Re: The price you pay
[Re: BadMoonRacer]
#861321
11/23/10 02:00 PM
11/23/10 02:00 PM
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sixpackgut
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JEGS treats me well but they use FED EX and that may be the problem compared to a normal person using USPS to ship to another country
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Re: The price you pay
[Re: sixpackgut]
#861322
11/23/10 02:38 PM
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Guitar Jones
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Seems to me you could just mail a pan gasket using the post office here. Way cheaper.
If you call Jegs and talk to someone they may be willing to do that for you.
"Follow me the wise man said, but he walked behind"
'92 D250 Club Cab CTD, 47RH conversion, pump tweaks, injectors, rear disc and hydroboost conversion. '74 W200 Crew Cab 360, NV4500, D44, D60 and NP205 divorced transfer case. Rear disc and hydroboost conversion. 2019 1500 Long Horn Crew Cab 4WD, 5.7 Hemi.
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Re: The price you pay
[Re: topside]
#861325
11/23/10 06:07 PM
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deaks
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Just dont use Jeg's, They are out to milk the foreign market, it sickens me, summit are the same. The average american hasn't got a clue the amount of import duty we are paying abroad. I always try and use smaller traders off moparts if i can. Mick
69 Dart GTS 440 mopar .590 cam, Edelbrock heads, 3200# best et 6.45, 106.78, 10.14, 132.88 mph, 1.47 60ft best 60ft 1.36
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Re: The price you pay
[Re: deaks]
#861326
11/23/10 06:15 PM
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goody340g
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Just dont use Jeg's, They are out to milk the foreign market, it sickens me, summit are the same. The average american hasn't got a clue the amount of import duty we are paying abroad. I always try and use smaller traders off moparts if i can. Mick
why don't you start ur own company making parts and sell them for half the price of U.S. stuff and make a killin. this would be the american way.
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Re: The price you pay
[Re: deaks]
#861327
11/23/10 06:18 PM
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Joined: Feb 2009
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mafo
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many companies refuses to use anything else than UPS or FEDEX, I always use USPS if I can, and yes we too pay 23%+ 4-5% customs fee, even on the shipping costs!
-65 Valiant,420", all motor,2700#, dot tires, 8,42 @ 160,2
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Re: The price you pay
[Re: mafo]
#861329
11/23/10 06:28 PM
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The Shadow
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Find somebody that ships usps like summit. I got stuff from these guys also that ship usps http://www.carshopinc.com/Man, I thought we got the shaft in Canada.
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Re: The price you pay
[Re: Dodgem]
#861330
11/23/10 06:29 PM
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deaks
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Jeg's dont broker the duty, they are just out to rip us foreigners off. Quite often, parts will be over a third more expensive by the time they get to our door. Mick
69 Dart GTS 440 mopar .590 cam, Edelbrock heads, 3200# best et 6.45, 106.78, 10.14, 132.88 mph, 1.47 60ft best 60ft 1.36
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Re: The price you pay
[Re: goody340g]
#861332
11/23/10 06:32 PM
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deaks
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Just dont use Jeg's, They are out to milk the foreign market, it sickens me, summit are the same. The average american hasn't got a clue the amount of import duty we are paying abroad. I always try and use smaller traders off moparts if i can. Mick
why don't you start ur own company making parts and sell them for half the price of U.S. stuff and make a killin. this would be the american way.
Yeah, that's what makes the US a great country, you still have freedoms and aspirations.
69 Dart GTS 440 mopar .590 cam, Edelbrock heads, 3200# best et 6.45, 106.78, 10.14, 132.88 mph, 1.47 60ft best 60ft 1.36
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Re: The price you pay
[Re: deaks]
#861333
11/23/10 06:34 PM
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mafo
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Summit has always been good to me but it still sucks paying all this extra money, you can always ship by boat but it takes a couple of months
-65 Valiant,420", all motor,2700#, dot tires, 8,42 @ 160,2
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Re: The price you pay
[Re: Keith Black®]
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11/23/10 10:07 PM
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Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 2,966 Wendy, I'm home.
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Does USPS offer small package service and pick-up for hundreds of parcels a day at a Summit or Jegs like UPS or FedEx? No way the vendors will box it up and then pay someone to drive over to the post office to stand in line and mail it.
At the same time, high-volume shippers do get shipping discounts and may not pass on the discount, so you may be paying list price while they make more GP$ on the freight out. You might look on the UPS site and see the walk-in retail rate and a shipper with a commercial account might be paying 1/2 or less.
dstryr, since 1986.
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Re: The price you pay
[Re: dstryr]
#861336
11/23/10 10:30 PM
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BobsProFab
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a quote from Fedex International to ship front end parts to switzerland to a customer was over $600.00 plus all the duty and broker fee's i feel for you guys over seas trying to build cars.
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