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| Something About RockAuto You May Not Already Know! (Page 6/9) |
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NOV 14, 11:50 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by Boostdreamer:
The difference with shops posting build threads is that they are directly Fiero related. Also vender members who produce and sell products here are directly Fiero related.
I've got no problem with Jess jumping on here and letting us know about specials and whatnot but she's strictly selling and therefore her posts should be in the Mall if she's telling us about Fiero parts and services. She should post in The Other Mall if they have a sale on creepers and ratchets, etc.
I've bought from Rock Auto myself. I got my 4 Konis there so I don't have any beef with them. I'm not a member of the forum police. I'm just stating my own thoughts and observations.
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Good call... it should be in a mall section.
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Patrick
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NOV 14, 02:48 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by E.Furgal:
my question to you would be why you not getting the seal from a local parts store.. any parts store that carries national seals would be able to get it..
clearly even with the shipping rockauto was cheaper than local venders.. even with bad parts counter help. you can go in with a part# and say please order these..
why did you order seals online instead of from a local part store..?
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| quote | Originally posted by E.Furgal:
the comical part is the 2 buck seal.. and having an issue with the shipping cost.. when you can get seals at any parts store.. who'd order 2 bucks in parts after see'n 25 buck shipping.. when the local autoparts store can get it and is only a phonecall away.. and you already have the part #. that even if your local parts store doesn't carry that brand they can cross the part# to theirs..
I'd not be blaming r/auto for getting charged that amount.. I'd not have ordered..
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I think I better clear up a misunderstanding before you post about this a third time. 
I did not order one seal and have it shipped across the border to me in Vancouver. Perhaps you missed my first post in this thread (which I've copied and included at the bottom of this post). Make note of the last five words.
I ordered four grease seals from RockAuto as well as other brake and caliper hardware. The price for these items was a fraction of what it would've cost me locally. (ie four seals from Lordco with tax... $33 and that's with the local Fiero club's supposed "discount"!) I was in no particular hurry for the parts, so paying a premium to pick them up locally was not required. I had the order shipped to my friend's place in Blaine Washington.
It was while I was making up this order and exploring different shipping options that I discovered the ridiculous price that would've been charged to ship a tiny grease seal across the border. This is the example I gave to Jessa when she asked for one.
| quote | Originally posted by Patrick:
I wish that RockAuto wouldn't charge such outrageous prices for shipping to Canada. It appears that RockAuto jacks up the shipping fees to Canada (much more than necessary) to simply discourage Canadians from ordering. Fortunately I have a friend's US address just across the border in Washington State that I can use, but it's a nuisance to then have to go on a three hour round trip to pick up the order. It would be so much simpler to have my RockAuto order shipped to me directly, but I refuse to be gouged.
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[This message has been edited by Patrick (edited 11-14-2012).]
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E.Furgal
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NOV 14, 03:01 PM
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when I shipped the plates, I listed them as gifts as , shipping as a bought item upped the cost big time.. thats with usps.. the local post office..
again your barking up the wrong tree..
look at the boarder customs and the rules..
if the seal was not a real order what was the cost for the realone to ship to you.. AND did your bud in washington state ship to you as a GIFT.. so you could skate by the custom cost??
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Patrick
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NOV 14, 03:27 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by E.Furgal:
again your barking up the wrong tree..
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Excuse me, but I'm not "barking" up any tree. I'm presenting facts for discussion.
| quote | Originally posted by E.Furgal:
look at the boarder customs and the rules..
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I'm curious... when's the last time you crossed the border with bought merchandise? Despite what the "rules" are, Customs usually just wave you though if the total purchase price is less than a couple hundred dollars. It's not worth their time to collect a few bucks.
| quote | Originally posted by E.Furgal:
AND did your bud in washington state ship to you as a GIFT
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He usually brings them up to Vancouver for me (or I go down to pick them up). No further shipping is required.
| quote | Originally posted by E.Furgal:
.. so you could skate by the custom cost??
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I don't appreciate the accusation. Furthermore, the costs I've been discussing up to this point have been shipping charges, not extra fees or taxes possibly collected by Customs (and not brokerage fees charged by private carriers).
| quote | Originally posted by E.Furgal:
if the seal was not a real order what was the cost for the realone to ship to you...
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How is that relevant here? This discussion is about the potentially exorbitant amount charged by RockAuto to ship orders across the border to Canada... not what an order of mine cost to ship to Blaine Washington.[This message has been edited by Patrick (edited 11-14-2012).]
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blakeinspace
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NOV 14, 03:31 PM
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I don't see it as spam, and appreciate Jessa for popping in here.
Also, another thread that people have been updating the discount code...
http://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum1/HTML/088034.html
and Patrick, your right... 5% IS better than a kick in the butt  [This message has been edited by blakeinspace (edited 11-15-2012).]
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Patrick
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NOV 14, 03:43 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Khw:
The paperwork doesn't do itself. Sure a person gets more efficent at it, but if I have 2 additional forms to fill out plus 5ish pages of export paperwork to generate, that all takes more time than one shipping label and a packing list. An extra few minutes doesn't cover it, more like 20 minutes to a hour depending on how many items and the total value, but again I wasn't shipping a $2 item. The shipments I sent where anywhere from a few hundred to a couple hundred thousand in value. I know it's not exactly the same, but different forms and different paperwork was needed for export shipping and I doubt that changes much as far as value goes once you exceed the threshold amount that requires that paperwork. I agree with you that a $2 item shouldn't cost $25 to ship to you when it could easily fit in a padded envelope. I however am not aware of what kind of records a buisness is supposed to keep on such a low cost item that is exported having not delt with something of such low value in that situation. I just know there's more to the "paperwork" then just a shipping label.
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I'm sorry, but I honestly believe you're comparing apples to oranges. The paperwork required for an order of car parts worth $100 or so cannot be compared to whatever paperwork is required for something worth "a couple hundred thousand in value".
When I get a item shipped to me from the States, it's the green part of Form 2976 which is stuck to the package. (Rules regarding what forms are to be used can be found Here.)
Seriously, I don't think it would take more than a couple minutes to fill this out.
 [This message has been edited by Patrick (edited 11-14-2012).]
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NOV 14, 04:31 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by E.Furgal:
if the seal was not a real order what was the cost for the realone to ship to you.. AND did your bud in washington state ship to you as a GIFT.. so you could skate by the custom cost?? |
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Oh, just let it go! No one cares but you.
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revin
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NOV 14, 05:16 PM
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I like Rockauto and I think Jessa is HOT!  least in my head
I have a nice collection of the magnets they send with order! (I will take whoever does not want theirs....) 
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Patrick
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NOV 14, 06:27 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by revin:
I have a nice collection of the magnets they send with order! (I will take whoever does not want theirs....)
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I have four of them so far, but to get one of mine it would cost you at least $25 for shipping. [This message has been edited by Patrick (edited 11-14-2012).]
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E.Furgal
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NOV 14, 10:29 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Patrick:
How is that relevant here? This discussion is about the potentially exorbitant amount charged by RockAuto to ship orders across the border to Canada... not what an order of mine cost to ship to Blaine Washington.
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(it didn't pull the correct qoute)
about whats the cost in fuel round trip when you go to your buddies or he to you? more than the 25.oo shipping quote you used as an exp.. drive fuel cost(round trip) + the shiping cost to your buddy =?
look I don't care.. one way or another.. I'm willing to help anyone that needs parts... from advanced...
but you seem to have problems with every parts house...
rock with shipping charges, advance doesn't take your paypal.. because of your bank..... asked paypal if your bank info is even givin to the vendor they'll be paying.. and it's not..
so advanced would only know you payed with paypal.. (thats straight from paypal)
inlighten me on why you are having that problem.. because I p.m.'ed a buddy on the monteSS board that I helped with parts# and he ordered from us and used paypal and is 50 minutes from canada's east coast northern boarder.. way up.
so unless you try'd to order from advanced using your c/c and not paypal.. (per paypal ) the vendor never knows what bank the money came from.. the vendor (in this case) advance gets payed from paypal not your c/c bank..
explain , cause it's not making sense..
I can tell you that the plates I sold to a few in canada , and filled out the papers as a seller.. the shipping was 9.63 more than the set I sent to fierosound as a gift ,as thanks for letting me use his template..
and thats was a shipment with not much value(claimed)to it..
now roll in the box,the padding, the tape, the labor to box it up and ship it.. rock said they don't use their shipping as a profit center, but they still factor those "cost" into the shipping cost..
after the limited amount of shiping I've done personally to canada and newfoundland/poland/downunder/england and working shipping/receiving for 9 years.. I can say ,, in my opinion you're placing the blame on the high shipping cost in the wrong place..
if you are going to compair amazon that does millions in dollars in over the boarder sales and it's discount to a small vendor.. and think they get the same rates.. your mistaken.. summit/jegs gets rates from ups that are so silly low because of the volume of business.. when I was shipping for topaz engineering.. we got a nice discount from ups.. over what someone off the street shipping a package would get... a box of 36"x500' rolls(2 rolls) paper from east coast to west was 13.77 it be at least 60+ if I walked into ups and asked for the same..
good luck with your parts needs...[This message has been edited by E.Furgal (edited 11-14-2012).]
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