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« on: July 17, 2014, 02:44:02 AM »
Why is shipping from the USA sooooooooo expensive?

I've just ordered two sets of cylinder studs and shipping was $70! Australia doesn't stock much in the way of Ducati parts, the US is nearly always the cheapest for the stock parts but the added shipping cost often means I buy from European suppliers!
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« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2014, 03:03:49 AM »
Ask the carriers.
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« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2014, 03:26:54 AM »
Quote from: MonsterMadMarty on July 17, 2014, 02:44:02 AM
Australia doesn't stock much in the way of Ducati parts
Not much stock?  Really?  I can get anything I want right here in Australia.  But the local price frequently makes buying from the USA look very attractive, even after shipping.

Just buy from wherever you get the best deal to your door  waytogo.

And quit whining.
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« Reply #3 on: July 17, 2014, 04:31:24 AM »
Shipping halfway around the world is always expensive.  I remember how much it cost me to fly from the US to Australia. 

One of my bikes from the late 70s was re-introduced to the Asian market in 1990.  If I want parts they come from China and Thailand.  I encounter the same thing.  However, if that's the only way I can get parts for my antique, I'll pay it.

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« Reply #4 on: July 17, 2014, 04:38:21 AM »
Quote from: ungeheuer on July 17, 2014, 03:26:54 AM
 I can get anything I want right here in Australia. 


Cool, can you tell me where I can get a centre case gasket for a 95 900?  Plus genuine Ducati piston rings 92mm?

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« Reply #5 on: July 17, 2014, 06:26:19 AM »
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« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2014, 06:41:43 AM »
Quote from: MonsterMadMarty on July 17, 2014, 02:44:02 AM
Why is shipping from the USA sooooooooo expensive?



See that blue gap?  It's really big.
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« Reply #7 on: July 17, 2014, 08:08:39 AM »
Quote from: 1.21GW on July 17, 2014, 06:41:43 AM


See that blue gap?  It's really big.


wtf ?
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« Reply #8 on: July 17, 2014, 10:04:56 AM »
^^^ Coffee out nose

Part of the problem is Australia.  It's realllllly far away.

If you shipped via slowest method, you could probably get a break.  Shop around.
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« Reply #9 on: July 17, 2014, 10:24:39 AM »
Quote from: bobspapa on July 17, 2014, 08:08:39 AM

wtf ?


That's just wrong
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« Reply #10 on: July 17, 2014, 11:06:57 AM »
Quote from: bobspapa on July 17, 2014, 08:08:39 AM
wtf ?

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Quote from: ducatiz on July 17, 2014, 10:04:56 AM
If you shipped via slowest method, you could probably get a break.  Shop around.

Slow overseas shipping is a canard.  They deliberately make it slower to piss you off.

True story: my mom sent a few books from NJ to my sister in Spain last year.  She took it to Mail Boxes Etc. to pack/ship for her.  In no hurry, so she opted for USPS because much cheaper than Fedex/UPS, although estimated to be 6 weeks delivery.  After 8 weeks, it hadn't arrived so she went to Mail Boxes Etc to ask.  They tracked it.  Ready for it? ... It took 6 weeks to get from Summit (NJ) to Kearny (NJ) and then 2 weeks to get from Kearny to New York City.  That is a 19 mile trip, and then a 10 mile trip.  That's 29 total miles and no customs to go through.  Eight weeks.  Eight.  And still sitting in a facility in NY.  Angry

Once it left NYC it took about 3 days to arrive at her doorstep in Spain.  bang head
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« Reply #11 on: July 17, 2014, 12:37:39 PM »
You get fast, cheap, & reliable.  Pick two. Grin
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« Reply #12 on: July 17, 2014, 01:55:15 PM »
Quote from: krolik on July 17, 2014, 12:37:39 PM
You get fast, cheap, & reliable.  Pick two. Grin


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« Reply #13 on: July 17, 2014, 06:49:20 PM »
I'm in the US and I occasionally  order stuff from Australia and the shipping charge from Australia to here isn't bad at all.  Don't know why it should be so much going the other way. 
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« Reply #14 on: July 17, 2014, 07:10:42 PM »
it's known as the " Bruce" surcharge
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