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 Posted 03/16/2007  10:58 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Snooba to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I've been attempting to buy some Square Coin Tubes to fit Five-Cent/Nickel coins, so I tried the Brent-Krueger web site, which has them inexpensively priced. Hooray, I thought! I will buy five tubes @ $0.34 each, which is a grand total of $1.70 - I was very pleased with the price of my order. However, now comes the shipping to Australia.

The cost to post $1.70 worth of coin tubes is $80.60?!?!

"That can't be right", I say to myself, "I'll double check that figure and then I'll select the cheapest shipping price that they have".

Well, $80.60 is the cheapest shipping they have available. So if I want five little coin tubes with a total value of less than two dollars, I'm going to have to pay over eighty dollars to have them posted? What a joke!

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03/16/2007 11:22 pm
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 Posted 03/16/2007  11:58 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add BRUCE 1947 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
That can't be right I just sent over a pound of stuff to London for $5.35 they must of made a mistake.
Bruce.
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 Posted 03/17/2007  12:27 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add sn31 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Snooba,
I've heard another mention outrageous shipping being a problem for them also Down under.

I am more than glad to help.I know if I sent them to you,it wouldn't cost that much.

:) sn31.
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 Posted 03/17/2007  07:53 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add muckeye to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Hi Snooba,
Brent-Krueger quoted me similar prices. Apparently they have a shipping arrangement with some company, top service, top prices.
If you can get a personal friend in the states to purchase and post them for you, you will probably get the best deal. It will still be a bit more than reverse postage from this end. Unfortunate!
Airtites did me a pretty good deal with a 2 kg parcel but that's a lot more than you need.
It's a shame we can't get some of these storage items in Oz.
regards,
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 Posted 03/17/2007  6:00 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add tights24 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
To me it makes sense for the folks in OZ to get together and figure out what everyone needs as far as supplies for the near future. Then contact someone here with a Paypal account, such as myself. I would be more than willing to buy said supplies from one site that everyone agrees upon, get them shipped to myself, and turn around and make one shipment to OZ that everyone can split shipping costs on. I have to believe once in country, it will be relatively inexpensive for the recipient to then distribute.

Someone just has to PM me with a list and a website, and I will go shopping if wanted.
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 Posted 03/18/2007  9:13 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ChristinaM to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply


Same here..If it helps, you could have them shipped to me and I could,in turn, send them to you also.
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 Posted 03/18/2007  10:21 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Susanlynn9 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Moved to Main Coin Forum.
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 Posted 03/18/2007  10:24 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add TheForce to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Wouldn't global priority mail be offered? Probably much cheaper.
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 Posted 03/18/2007  11:45 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Spider5689 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
That must be a mistake. Is there a number where you could contact them?
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 Posted 03/19/2007  12:11 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add djluster to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I beleave when I looked to do a order they like to use UPS or Fedex if I remeber right so they are probaly using UPS and that cost a lot to ship overseas.

If you are still in need of them I can see if I cna make it to my coin shop and get some I knwo I can do beter then $80.60 with shipping. So let me know if I cna help. I know my dealer usally has all of his supplies very cheap and they may only be a few more cents then Brent-Krueger has them. so let me knwo if I cna help you out. I am busy first part of the week but might be able to make it there around the middle of the week.
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 Posted 03/19/2007  12:51 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add scoutjim99 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
SNOOBA I have some nickel coin Holders they are not square, arethey about the same size as AMerican 5 cent pieces I believe If so How many do you need, I can send them to you
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 Posted 03/19/2007  05:11 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Snooba to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Whoa, I've been moved!
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 Posted 03/19/2007  05:24 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Snooba to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I wanted to thank the following members for their advice:

muckeye
nds76
Spider5689
Bruce 1947


I wanted to thank the following members for their offers to help:

sn31
Tights24
ChristinaM
djluster
scoutjim99


I am really impressed with the quality of members on this forum. Here I was having a little rant, and I had so many genuine offers to help. I am really very grateful. Thanks to all of you who replied to this post.


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 Posted 03/19/2007  05:49 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add gxseries to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
You know, if they used USPS Global mail priority, they could ship like 2 pounds (or was it four) to the down under and I have been VERY happy about that for 5-10 USD. A bargain really if we tried to do the other way around - to ship from Oz to US will cost MUCH MORE!!!

I'm not too sure but does JPs corner's shipping cost a lot too? I would be interested too but the shipping prices have always bothered me.
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