ZaineB wrote:Was going to make a post about this myself a couple days ago, however couldn't find any information on it to make an informative post. A quick google shows they have done this elsewhere also, UK etc, and from what I can tell it started in the Netherlands thanks to anti-gun wanker CEO/Executives.
If another company doesn't take up the slack it would pay dividends for the industry to start its own recruitment of contractors or start its own business to carry the stock, this could potentially lower cost as you wouldn't have a freight carrier middle man attaching yet more profit costs to what is shipped, however might result in monthly or bimonthly cartage instead of weekly.. in any case I think the combined stores/ranges/groups/manufacturers/importers and distributors would be wise to move ahead with their own arrangement rather than leaving it upto yet another corporation to do this to the industry.
No1Mk3 wrote:Utterly pointless to consider a "firearms industry" alone client for courier transport. Too much ground to cover for no viable return, I looked into this before I gave up my semi, and later when I ran a courier business. You would have to agree to a minimum $400 per item, ie:scope, rifle, box of dies etc to run a stand alone business in the industry, it is only viable as a part or addition to a pre-existing courier business and even then you would face a pretty steep increase in costs unless you had Statewide/National distribution networks such as Australia Post, UPS, Star Trak (Aussie Post now anyway). A system of DC's along major routes could work, but only if customers were willing to drive from home to the DC to pick up items, and this would include your gundealer having to pick up some things for you, again at considerable cost increases. The fact is firearms and related items represent a very, very tiny per centage of freight, Cheers.
cz515 wrote:Agreed no1. Dinner people don't understaffed the logistics behind it all (pardon the pun)
fuzzyB wrote:Have we managed to find a someone that's moving things around? im trying to get a gun thats 115cm out from QLD to NSW with no luck at this point? any suggestions welcome?
Rule404 wrote:Has anyone seen anything from SIFA or SSAA on this further impost on LAFO’s or the industry? Are the ballot papers Out for the SSAA elections?must be due out soon. Does anyone have idea who is standing?
rc42 wrote:I ordered a ShotKam camera from the USA recently, the only shipping method listed was FedEx so I got in touch and asked about alternatives and explained why, they were very sympathetic and were able to offer USPS/Australia Post instead so I was able to buy one. Shipping is slower but also cheaper.
In future I won't be purchasing anything that comes by FedEx/TNT and I certainly wouldn't send anything using them, if enough people do the same they will notice their profits reducing more than they expected following their decision, unfortunately, that's about the limit of what us peasants can do to influence them.
Die Judicii wrote:Anything mailed from USA to Aussie has been the biggest ripoff,,,,, and for years.
I proved a point a few years back.
I wanted an Aimpoint Micro, but their (shop of origin) postage costs worked out to be nearly the same as the purchase price.
My partner has a cousin that lived not far away, so we organized for him to get it and post it to me.
The postage cost was much less.
But the point I set out to prove was after I got it.
I re addressed it to the same address as the shop of origin,,, and walked into the local post office,, and asked "How much to send this ?"
They weighed it and gave me the price. I can't remember the $$$ figure now, but I know it was less than 1/4 of what the shop was gonna charge.
disco stu wrote:That wasn't through Cabelas was it? I noticed they charge a motza for postage. I've purchased fishing bits from lots of other shops that worked out normal in postage.
They probably know that we've been well and truly screwed over on pricing in Australia, so they know they can overcharge us and we still won't complain.
bladeracer wrote:
Maybe the company was adding a fee for the handling of it to mail it out?
Not unreasonable for a business to charge for their time, as long as you're aware of it when ordering.
How much time did you invest in packaging it and taking it to the post office for a quote?
disco stu wrote:I order car parts from rock auto in the US all the time and find postage very reasonable, especially considering the weight of many parts. Cheapest is $20 and it goes up from there, but it never works out stupidly expensive and I'm still under half what lesser quality would cost me in Australia.
I haven't ordered any other small stuff from over there in ages though. Last time was about 5yrs ago for fishing spinner blades etc. I don't recall postage so it mustn't have been outrageous.
This topic leads me to my issue with Australian importers, but I'm trying to refrain from taking it off course
disco stu wrote:Bloody hell-must be a rare slave cylinder for that price!!
disco stu wrote:Aah! Fair enough. Sounds painful to change then. Box off I'm assuming
I actually had that idea the other day when I was stuffing around with my slave cylinder and clutch. Looked inside and thought could get rid of the fork. Though mine is pull clutch, but still
disco stu wrote:6 of one, half a dozen of the other! Still a painful job. And then while the engine is out you may as well do all those other little jobs to it, next thing you've knocked the heads off and......