actually, I snuck most of it out in my buddies mo-beel home!
Parts Prices, WTF?!
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actually, I snuck most of it out in my buddies mo-beel home!
512Stroker
We are all here because we are not all there.
I hear ya
I have a set of torsion bars in my shop that I think I am going to turn them in to tomato stakes.
j par
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That's okay GM wouldn't miss the parts...
They make nice heavy duty Drift punches for BFHes. Just sayin ! Cut down to the length you need.
you so funny! I do like when you pull out the headlight switch, and all 3 of em come on! Sounds like a typical Mopar problem!
I will add that I have been treated good/great by LOTS of people on here. There are a few that are all about the $$ tho.
SLOPAR72
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Last week I have 7 WOMs lack 1 from being 2 full sets. $150 plus shipping to Ca.. I box it take it to post office, she measures and weighs it, $29. Even writes it on the box . I get the guys $179 and take it back, same idiot weighs and measures again, and says' "Sorry, but it is oversize" USPO can not ship this!" WTF??? OK she is just some kind of stupid or totally incompetent?.
SO I make 60 mi trip other direction to a PostIt store, all I can do. They charge me, $155.21 I ask WTF and all I get is it goes to Ca, that is expensive. So I ask don't YOU guys make $$$ doing all this for Fed X!? WTF anyway, He says oh no. Yea right.
So I am wondering if I just got screwed BAD> I call FedX and tell my story and find their charges would be $55. I call another store in another town that handles Fed X etc and they give me a price of $132. Still crazy! I cleared $25 after 100 mi. on the road! So anyway I sent it own from the PostIt store, and the dude got it and I told him the whole sordid deal. He says, thank you.
I said, you are welcome.
SO I make 60 mi trip other direction to a PostIt store, all I can do. They charge me, $155.21 I ask WTF and all I get is it goes to Ca, that is expensive. So I ask don't YOU guys make $$$ doing all this for Fed X!? WTF anyway, He says oh no. Yea right.
So I am wondering if I just got screwed BAD> I call FedX and tell my story and find their charges would be $55. I call another store in another town that handles Fed X etc and they give me a price of $132. Still crazy! I cleared $25 after 100 mi. on the road! So anyway I sent it own from the PostIt store, and the dude got it and I told him the whole sordid deal. He says, thank you.
I said, you are welcome.
moparmat2000
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I always ask the post office to measure it and put the numbers in with a quote. Even write numbers, and weight on the box. I had em one time not do that and just weigh it, then when I brought it back, they said it's more money because of the box size being oversized. I learned after that mistake to always have em do this.
If you have UPS terminal, not pack n mail close by, you are better off bringing it directly to UPS. A guy just bought a repop 68-69 barracuda dash bezel and glovebox trim from me. Shipping was $29 I had them insure it after the fact on my dime just in case it gets broken, and my total was $35 and change.
Post office is great on flat rate boxes if you can pack them full of heavy stuff. I have sent M body disc brake spindles, dust shields, and brake caliper brackets I think in large flat rate boxes wrapped with duct tape.
moparmat2000
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Selling sometimes gets pretty tiring. If it didnt help me keep the hobby going for myself since I am not independently wealthy, then I wouldent bother doing it.
It if u sold it cheaper today that would more money than u had yesterday and would help someone out that maybe doesn’t have much to spend. And they may even be grateful. I cannot believe someone would throw good parts away instead of helping someone else out. And collecting a few bucks at least. I suppose if u don’t need the money but I think most guys here do. Kim
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It can be a pain. I like small items that can be sent in a USPS box. Easier to estimate or include shipping. Speaking of which. I need to look around for my next items. I have been buying a nice bottle of bourbon with my sales. LOL
You are top notch in my book, thanks for the good deal on the 67 Barracuda tail lights, could only find 68 30 years ago. lol
Thanks again
You must have the same lady I deal with here, Fat , blonde and talks like a mouse with an attitude !
I have also started to thin out the extra stuff I will never use. Too many people have died this year and have watched the families just toss everything in the trash as the money around here is in the property not greasy car parts that some guy has hoarded for 40 years. I don't want to put that burden on the wife or kids. The wife is smart enough to know as she has a few toys of her own but the kids not so much as it is just something they are not into no matter how hard I tried. I try to be on the fair to cheap end of the selling spectrum but certain things I have no idea what they go for as you don't see some of this stuff for sale often. But as others have said I sometimes get tired of it and think it would just be easier to roll the garbage can in the garage and be done with it.
When I get a quote from post office they print it for me. It has dimensions and weight right on it. If buyer wants it I take pkg back in with quote and we are good to go.
I do that and she tells me "Who gave you that quote, They didn't measure it correctly " And I tell her, She did. And she says , well its this much today.When I get a quote from post office they print it for me. It has dimensions and weight right on it. If buyer wants it I take pkg back in with quote and we are good to go.
UPS gigs me all the time also. Trying to get their monthly retirement money back out of me. They give me a $2 refund on one package & hit me up for $20 on the next one !
Same here Steve. What I don’t really get is some members want the part, I estimate it as $40.00-$50.00 to ship. But I tell them I’ll get an actual quote. They say ok. I get the quote, it’s $44.00. Some cases less than the $40.00 I estimated. That’s too much. WTF. I have 20 boxes of parts with the persons name and address on them. Some days I feel like posting them for everybody to see. I just won’t sell to them ever. KimWhen I get a quote from post office they print it for me. It has dimensions and weight right on it. If buyer wants it I take pkg back in with quote and we are good to go.
I find the Canada Post online calculator pretty accurate actually.
Who the hell does that? When I want something I buy it. Who gives a **** what it costs to ship. I get that shipping something freakishly large or heavy might cause some issues, but most average size things cost between $30 and $60 (or so I've found).
I too have boxed parts up only to have a member disappear into the Bermuda triangle.
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abodyjoe
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you would be surprised.. its the reason i rarely ship stuff i have for sale. boxed up quite a few things over the years only to have the buyer back out after they got the shipping price.. screw that crap.. local pick up now.
If you guys are having trouble shipping to each other in the US of A then I can understand why you HATE us Foreigners lol...
But we are the 'OLD Country' and we have many 'Ties with you GUYS'!
The Mopar scene is very healthy here and in Europe too...
SO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, keep sending us your lovely MOPARTS that are made in Italy and India and Indonesia LOL...
COVID CHINA!
Who wants 50 year old NOS parts at $1000 for a light bulb, we ain't that STUPID
If you don't sell stuff at a reasonable price, THERE WILL BE A LOT of MOPARS WITH CHEVY AND FORD PARTS FITTED!!!
But we are the 'OLD Country' and we have many 'Ties with you GUYS'!
The Mopar scene is very healthy here and in Europe too...
SO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, keep sending us your lovely MOPARTS that are made in Italy and India and Indonesia LOL...
COVID CHINA!Who wants 50 year old NOS parts at $1000 for a light bulb, we ain't that STUPID
If you don't sell stuff at a reasonable price, THERE WILL BE A LOT of MOPARS WITH CHEVY AND FORD PARTS FITTED!!!
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