Australia Post's "ShopMate"
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Re: Australia Post's "ShopMate"
Postby Thoglette » Sat Nov 12, 2022 6:43 pm
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Re: Australia Post's "ShopMate"
Postby Thoglette » Fri Mar 24, 2023 8:07 pm
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Re: Australia Post's "ShopMate"
Postby Thoglette » Tue Nov 07, 2023 2:41 pm
So far (2 shipments) so good. All went to plan.
I’m on their zero dollar plan, so I’m hit with a $25 fee each time on top of actual costs. So I tend to do a “big shop” to spread the cost.
But still way ahead of US post. Haven’t used their UK service yet.
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Re: Australia Post's "ShopMate"
Postby MichaelB » Tue Nov 07, 2023 4:11 pm
So, I'm trying to get some SKS fender parts. There are only 2 options worldwide - SKS USA and a online shop in Germany.
SKS USA does not ship outside USA , but it appears that through the Planet Express, the min shipping cost is USD$39. So does this mean that there is an additional $25 (USD or $A) on top of that ?
And the stoopid thing is that the German shipping is about A$60 - $70 for a $10 part.
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Re: Australia Post's "ShopMate"
Postby Thoglette » Tue Nov 07, 2023 5:30 pm
Good question- my last bill was $25 fee plus about $10 actual postage costs ( I was able to chose from a small range of options).
The challenge is knowing exactly what the weight (actual or volume) of your shopping is before
you buy the items: if you know that the Shopmate fees can be pre calculated
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Re: Australia Post's "ShopMate"
Postby MichaelB » Tue Nov 07, 2023 8:15 pm
Well Shopmate is closed 18+ months ago.Thoglette wrote: ↑Tue Nov 07, 2023 5:30 pmGood question- my last bill was $25 fee plus about $10 actual postage costs ( I was able to chose from a small range of options).
The challenge is knowing exactly what the weight (actual or volume) of your shopping is before
you buy the items: if you know that the Shopmate fees can be pre calculated
The above costs were from Planet Express.
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Re: Australia Post's "ShopMate"
Postby antigee » Tue Nov 07, 2023 8:40 pm
have you looked at BikeInn for SKS ?MichaelB wrote: ↑Tue Nov 07, 2023 4:11 pmSo, I'm trying to get some SKS fender parts. There are only 2 options worldwide - SKS USA and a online shop in Germany.
SKS USA does not ship outside USA , but it appears that through the Planet Express, the min shipping cost is USD$39. So does this mean that there is an additional $25 (USD or $A) on top of that ?
And the stoopid thing is that the German shipping is about A$60 - $70 for a $10 part.
https://www.tradeinn.com/bikeinn/en/sks/2054/m
a quick click on an item looks like will ship to Aus' Shipping cost around $50 but as says on site no more to pay GST covered and any fees ...I always use BikeInn with caution, not that quick to ship and heard say that if a problem poor on communication...for me stuff has always turned up and they have stuff others won't ship to Aus
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Re: Australia Post's "ShopMate"
Postby MichaelB » Tue Nov 07, 2023 10:47 pm
I have looked EVERYWHERE !!antigee wrote: ↑Tue Nov 07, 2023 8:40 pm
have you looked at BikeInn for SKS ?
https://www.tradeinn.com/bikeinn/en/sks/2054/m
a quick click on an item looks like will ship to Aus' Shipping cost around $50 but as says on site no more to pay GST covered and any fees ...I always use BikeInn with caution, not that quick to ship and heard say that if a problem poor on communication...for me stuff has always turned up and they have stuff others won't ship to Aus
It’s a specific part that for some reason is not readily available.
Drives me nuts !
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Re: Australia Post's "ShopMate"
Postby find_bruce » Tue Nov 07, 2023 11:46 pm
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Re: Australia Post's "ShopMate"
Postby MichaelB » Wed Nov 08, 2023 8:35 am
These suckers :
https://www.bike-components.de/en/SKS/E ... ne-p91571/
Which are now out of stock at the only non-USA supplier ..
https://sks-us.com/collections/all/prod ... 055b&_ss=c
And the only other supplier that I have been able to find - SKS USA
https://sks-us.com/collections/all/prod ... 055b&_ss=c
The ONLY bit I NEED is just one of the doodads that connects onto the fork/seat stay on the "V" adaptor (part of the breakaway system).
Found one other place in Switzerland, but of course they also don't ship out of that country
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Re: Australia Post's "ShopMate"
Postby find_bruce » Wed Nov 08, 2023 9:19 am
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Re: Australia Post's "ShopMate"
Postby MichaelB » Wed Nov 08, 2023 11:26 am
Cheers, but they are no good, many thanks for the offer though, much appreciated.find_bruce wrote: ↑Wed Nov 08, 2023 9:19 amBugger - I have spares of these https://www.bike-components.de/en/SKS/S ... cs-p33490/ but I don't think they will work for you. If you can think of a way, happy to send them your way
Have sent another email to SKS Germany, but not hopeful.
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Re: Australia Post's "ShopMate"
Postby MichaelB » Tue Nov 14, 2023 8:28 am
And my lack of hope was well rewarded. Got a reply this morningMichaelB wrote: ↑Wed Nov 08, 2023 11:26 amCheers, but they are no good, many thanks for the offer though, much appreciated.find_bruce wrote: ↑Wed Nov 08, 2023 9:19 amBugger - I have spares of these https://www.bike-components.de/en/SKS/S ... cs-p33490/ but I don't think they will work for you. If you can think of a way, happy to send them your way
Have sent another email to SKS Germany, but not hopeful.
Hello Mr. Bachmann,
thank you for your mail and the interest in our products!
If you want to purchase spare parts or items of our product range please get directly in touch with one of our international distributors.
You can find a list of them in the following link: https://www.sks-germany.com/service/distributoren/
Unfortunately it is not possible to order them from SKS Germany.
Thank you for your understanding!
Mit freundlichen Grüßen | Best regards | Met vriendelijke groeten
Ann-Kristin Hauschke-Kramer
Export Department metaplast
The silly thing is that it is likely to be cheaper to buy a 2nd full mudguard set at the supplier I bought them from last time, as the cost of the fender set + shipping is only a few bucks more than the spare + shipping from the only place that will ship them here, but who are out of stock ....
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Re: Australia Post's "ShopMate"
Postby MichaelB » Mon Jan 08, 2024 10:39 am
Well, my prediction from above came to pass.MichaelB wrote: ↑Tue Nov 14, 2023 8:28 am
The silly thing is that it is likely to be cheaper to buy a 2nd full mudguard set at the supplier I bought them from last time, as the cost of the fender set + shipping is only a few bucks more than the spare + shipping from the only place that will ship them here, but who are out of stock ....
As part of an order of some Lake MTB shoes that I finally succumbed to my 'desires', I added in a new pair of mudguards and tyres for the ICAN so it at least softened some of the shipping cost.
Funnily enough, the shipping cost for the mudguards, shoes and tyres is less than the enveloped size bits from another german seller .....
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