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shipping to australia....getting raped. need help please.

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Old 05-31-11, 04:36 AM
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Default shipping to australia....getting raped. need help please.

so im from aus, and just about every place on ebay/every where else "needs to get a quote" to ship to aus. so im like sweet, give them my details and wait for a response back.....so the latest was i am chasing a front lip (tte style, techno r) the lip cost $173 off ebay, they send me back a quote for $300 shipping............GTFO seriously. i just purchased a 3 piece polyurethane rear spoiler and it was only $95 to ship and surly that would weigh more then a front lip.

any way, any one know where to go to purchase a techno R front lip pref from a actual shop or some thing where there not as dodgy as ebay sellers.


(another incident was LED tail lights, $220 for rear outter 2 + $260 to ship them.....ended up finding another seller on ebay that charged me $290 delivered)
Old 05-31-11, 06:56 AM
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Don't even get me started on this... I'm in the same boat. On average, the price of shipping is the price of the item, minimum. It's not too bad atm because the euro is holding up quite well.

I can't find any parts locally as the GS never sold well here... I have only seen the other GS' in 18 months!!
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Sign up for your own fedex account. Then just give the shipper your fedex account number. This way you pay actual costs, not some inflated BS prices. Fedex is 9 out of 10 times cheaper when shipping anywhere, and they have great results. I only ship fedex and through my own account.
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Originally Posted by starfyrels
Sign up for your own fedex account. Then just give the shipper your fedex account number. This way you pay actual costs, not some inflated BS prices. Fedex is 9 out of 10 times cheaper when shipping anywhere, and they have great results. I only ship fedex and through my own account.
This is good advice. I have also noticed shipping is cheaper via FedEx
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LOL. I almost got in your position. but i did well on researching, so i didnt get into yet. "Do research and compare". that is what i did when i'am about to buy something on ebay.


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