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View Poll Results: HOW SHOULD THE INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT BE APPORTIONED?
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27th May 2011, 06:54 PM #226
Well done to both of you!
Lets hope that the rest of the process (Considering it is then out of our control) goes as smoothly!The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
Albert Einstein
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27th May 2011, 07:13 PM #227Hewer of wood
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+1.
Awesome logistics.Cheers, Ern
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27th May 2011, 07:26 PM #228
Hear, hear.... top job so far guys.
and I for one certainly don't expect any money returned if what has been sent is too much.... can be a FF/Groggys beer fund donation!
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27th May 2011, 08:52 PM #229
Well done for the job so far.
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28th May 2011, 04:15 PM #230hutch
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agree with astrodog many thanks for a job well done
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29th May 2011, 06:03 PM #231Senior Member
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I also agree with astrodog, I don't expect any refunds, great job guys.
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29th May 2011, 07:58 PM #232
Colts
I agree. But I want an invite to the party
Macca
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3rd June 2011, 07:41 PM #233
A little news.
Money:
Groggy has transferred about 95% of our bill to Juergen today. We had a bit of off-forum discussion, and decided to go now because the $oz is slipping against the Euro. We transferred at .01 Euro off the peak of 0.75. Today it's 0.737 so probably just in the nick. This is being caused by the kerfuffle on the Stock Exchange. Interesting to note that it remains the same against the USD at $1.066 but that's because the US economy is kangarooted.
Drill order:
Spoke to Juergen last night and discussed stock. He is in the process of determining any shortages, and I asked him what sort of lead time there would be if there were some unavailable parts. "two weeks or two months?" and it would be closer to two weeks. In that case we would hold the shipment until all stock is ready. If it was two months then obviously we get sent what is available.
Our order is a little unusual for him in that whilst it's not the biggest (although still pretty sizeable) it has a great deal of part numbers (188) so it takes a little longer to check.
Freight:
He has had a quote from DHL which he thinks is too high, and is waiting for another. We won't be able to finalise the freight until the orders are packed & ready to go because of the weight of the packaging and the dimensions. I'm still favouring 9 packages sent to different Airports - SYD 5, BRIS 1, PERTH 1, MELB 2 rather than one monster package which will attract 5% Import Duty and 10% GST and anything else they think of over morning tea.
The mathematics of this is pretty simple. Let's say the big package, including freight and insurance is $5000 with the actual goods component $4500, and the freight is $500. Then, assume that ID, GST ++ is 20%. That makes it $6000.
Now let's look at 9 packages all under $1000 including freight & insurance. The freight is obviously going to be more, so let's double it. Total bill is $5500 as opposed to $6000.
In other words, in this example (and it is just that) the freight for the individual packages would have be triple ($1500) to be the same as paying ID & GST etc on one big package. I can't see it being triple.
Now with that in mind, if there are stock shortages we can still get at least some of the packages underway. At least then I'd have something less than 47 people on my case! Kidding, kidding, you've all been very diligent and patient.
PS: Actual exchange rate was 0.7283 Figures quoted above are just Google.Last edited by FenceFurniture; 3rd June 2011 at 07:48 PM. Reason: PS
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3rd June 2011, 08:09 PM #234
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3rd June 2011, 09:27 PM #235
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4th June 2011, 09:28 AM #236
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4th June 2011, 10:35 AM #237
Neil, I just read about that recently (but will have to revisit for certainty). I'm almost 100% sure that the rate is the day of shipping, which stands to reason. If you ordered and paid for the goods in two payments, what would they do? If you ordered the goods 3 months before (because they had to be made) what would they do? The only commonality is the day of shipment.
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12th June 2011, 11:05 PM #238Senior Member
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is there going to be another group purchase of these drill bits? im very interested in getting some it it happens again.
stevo
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12th June 2011, 11:15 PM #239
I think that there probably will be. I wasn't going to but there have been a few PMs about it, and there are also the new products coming on line in July/August. These are Forstner bits going up to 100mm in metric and Imperial, and also the new MaxiCut Plus Forstners which have an adjustable depth Brad Point pilot drill instead of a centring point. This enables holes to be drilled on a significantly higher angle. Furthermore, they are HSS, but not M2 steel.
I also think that the Colt virgins amongst the current group will probably want to expand their range once they find out for themselves just how easy drilling difficult timbers can be.
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12th June 2011, 11:21 PM #240
I'll be calling Juergen tomorrow night to see where we are up to with the freight quote and stock availability.
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