Question for US buyers of UK tools

Re: Question for US buyers of UK tools

Thomas Williams - Columbus Ohio

>I have bought a few things from the UK, both from catalogs and on ebay. Paypal does not charge for the conversion as far as I can tell. Most of the items have arrived in 10 days to 2 weeks, and nothing has ever taken more than 3 weeks. Of course there may be some customs delay, but again it has not been a problem.

Re: Question for US buyers of UK tools

Jack Guzman from Maine

>I bought a backsaw from England and had it shipped surface.It took 3 months.Now I go with airmail.I don't bid on items from England very often but if the item is something I really want I figure the price of airmal as part of the cost before bidding.---Jack

Re: Question for US buyers of UK tools

Dave Thompson

>Hi Bill, I've bought several things from the UK. All have been shipped air. I've always received them in less than two weeks, maybe 5 days at the quickest. I haven't tried surface mail as the last time I looked into it, the time was as you mentioned, but the savings were less for my e-bay seller. No customs issues associated, other than the package arrives with a sticker on the package declaring what it is.

Regarding currency conversion, I haven't noticed any additional fees via paypal. Credit cards are usually one of the best exchange rates for international transactions, and I presume paypal uses this mechanism.

enjoy,

Dave

Re: Question for US buyers of UK tools

Ernie Miller

>I guess it all comes down to how fast you want it. I have never had any problems shipping surface mail other than the wait. and that all depends on how full the container is when it is shipped. If you box is the first it it takes longer than if it is the last in. Surface mail is shipped in container boxes and when they are full they are shipped. It could be all of europe goes into one container and it could be only the YK. There is also the damage factor the longer it is in some one elses handes the oddes go up that they will do somthing to it no matter how well it is packed. I buy by the slow boat unless it will fit in a smakk packet that is under 4 lbs I thing from the UK.

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Wendell @ Murphy, TX

>I've bought several items from UK sellers off of Ebay. I always used air freight. Nothing took longer than 2 weeks to arrive. I use the same logic as Jack and take shipping cost into account when figuring out what I want to pay. I also try to look up similiar items on Tony Murland's website to see how good a deal the Ebay item is. If I can't get the item for considerablely less than Tony is selling, I would rather buy from him and know that I am getting a quality item.

Wendell


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I don't believe that...

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond,CA

>Paypal charges a "exchance rate" it just converts $$ to pounds when making a transaction.

Re: Question for US buyers of UK tools

John Horobin

>Airmail is best but expensive for heavier items. Problem is there is a limit of 2kg on surface shipments now - heavier than that have to go airmail whihc gets very expensive. If the item is over two 2kg it might be possible to get it split and send each part separately by surface - can work out cheaper.

John

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Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>This is a bullnose plane - unlikely to exceed 2kg