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| 914Sixer |
 Dec 12 2025, 05:12 PM
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914 Guru  Group: Members Posts: 9,361 Joined: 17-January 05 From: San Angelo Texas Member No.: 3,457 Region Association: Southwest Region 
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I am just stating the fact here, not complaining. Your shipping cost could be 3/4 of the price of the item you bought. In my case a set of front hood springs shipping came to $40 with fees. Ouch because the hood springs cost $57, so the total was $97. Prices for shipping are NOT in the hands of the seller. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)
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| windforfun |
Dec 12 2025, 05:38 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,079 Joined: 17-December 07 From: Blackhawk, CA Member No.: 8,476 Region Association: None
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Of course not.
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| mepstein |
Dec 12 2025, 05:51 PM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 20,287 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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I just ordered 4 chassis harness from Restoration design. Harnesses are $5-6K each and shipping is $100/harness. So at least for them, the ratio works in my favor.
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| doug_b_928 |
Dec 12 2025, 06:43 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 727 Joined: 17-January 13 From: Winnipeg Member No.: 15,382 Region Association: Canada |
Even worse shipping internationally into Canada. We typically get "hosed" with bogus customs clearance fees charged by the courier companies. It's so bad that, when possible, we will ship to a receiver in the US and drive a couple of hours, pay fees and import the items ourselves to avoid those fees. On one item the cost of gas probably isn't worth it, but if one picks up several purchases it's well worth it.
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| bdstone914 |
Dec 13 2025, 05:19 AM
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bdstone914 Group: Members Posts: 5,215 Joined: 8-November 03 From: Riverside CA Member No.: 1,319 |
Was it added tariff fees or actual UPS shipping fees?
Or seasonal fees added? |
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| 914Sixer |
Dec 13 2025, 07:40 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 9,361 Joined: 17-January 05 From: San Angelo Texas Member No.: 3,457 Region Association: Southwest Region
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Guessing seasonal fees. Tariff only applies on purchases of $800 up the way I understand it. I may be incorrect though.
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| mb911 |
Dec 13 2025, 10:01 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 7,698 Joined: 2-January 09 From: Burlington wi Member No.: 9,892 Region Association: Upper MidWest
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Just ordered some parts from the UK. It was pretty darn reasonable for what I got.
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| chmillman |
Dec 13 2025, 10:25 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 266 Joined: 15-June 24 From: Switzerland Member No.: 28,183 Region Association: Europe
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I feel your pain. As you might imagine, there are very few suppliers of 914 parts in this country, so I usually need to order from neighboring Germany or France. The minimum shipping is maybe around $20 no matter how small the item is. So if I need something small like a CHT sensor, that basically doubles the price. And that might still fall under the customs small item limit. Over that and I get charged customs and paperwork fees.
A friend of mine recently sent me a 123 dizzy from Germany via DHL and he unfortunately declared it at its full value. 30€ to ship on his end, but I got a bill from DHL afterwards for another 60€ - half of that is import sales tax (8.1%) and the other half paperwork fees. Getting stuff from the US is worse. A T-Bird supplier wanted $75 to ship a small package with about $25 worth of stuff. They only use FedEx and that’s what it costs. OTOH I had them send me about $1000/100 lbs. of brake drums, shoes, cylinders etc. and the shipping was only $200. Plus another $150 in import taxes and fees on this end. So yeah, wait as long as you can, make your list and then order big… |
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