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On 7/13/2020 at 2:04 PM, TWINSET said:
Going by your eBay ad for the TRF211XM, these might be drop-shipped from elsewhere - Is that the case with these Egress kits and what guarantee is there of their condition?
Also, if they are drop-shipped, are they coming in from outside the EU and is there any risk of a customs hit or would they go to you first?
"Once ordered your item will be order and shipped from supplier this would take around 2-3 weeks"
Hello,
I have been told Twinset might be able to help with becoming a sponsor of sorts.
Moderator please can someone contact me with regards to this.-
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18 hours ago, GTodd said:
Just a FYI, this seller doesn't appear to offer the community anything other than taking our money. There's no activity on the forums, other than the classifieds and now he wants to drop ship stuff to us.
17 hours ago, GTodd said:I think he's a fair and a good businessman, that wasn't my point. My issue is that this forum was supposed to be a community of people who enjoy the hobby and oh by the way let's trade and sell stuff. There use to be a minimum required posting before there was access to the classifieds. Now there are people just jumping on and trying to make a profit off the forum with zero contribution to the community. That's my issue.
Just to let you know i am in contact with the admins to "contribute" to the form
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22 minutes ago, TWINSET said:
Going by your eBay ad for the TRF211XM, these might be drop-shipped from elsewhere - Is that the case with these Egress kits and what guarantee is there of their condition?
Also, if they are drop-shipped, are they coming in from outside the EU and is there any risk of a customs hit or would they go to you first?
"Once ordered your item will be order and shipped from supplier this would take around 2-3 weeks"
Here is the process:
- Paypal (Seller) invoice sent to you
- 50% deposit required
- Ordered from supplier
- Shipped to me
- Customs & Duty paid
- Kits checked by me
- Images of kit sent to you
- Full Paypal (Seller) invoice payment required
- Then shipped to you
The price quoted includes all of the above.
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17 minutes ago, toyolien said:
Shame. Thought I'd got me a bargain...
lol, still is for a kit
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13 minutes ago, fristajlo said:
Looking for a boxed supreme hornet preferably in Europe due to import costs.
Yes there are some on eBay but the sellers I’ve been in contact with seem to be douche bags and a bit shady unfortunately.PM'd
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3 minutes ago, toyolien said:
Is that £520 each or for all ten😁
lol each
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Hello,
Have ten of these for sale, if anyone is interested please let me know.Here is the process:
- Paypal (Seller) invoice sent to you
- 50% deposit required
- Ordered from supplier
- Shipped to me
- Customs & Duty paid
- Kits checked by me
- Images of kit sent to you
- Full Paypal (Seller) invoice payment required
- Then shipped to you
The price quoted includes all of the above.
Price would be £520 including P&P
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On 7/8/2020 at 4:27 PM, Farmerbrown said:
Hello,
Have two of these for sale, if anyone is interested please let me know.
Price would be £575 including P&P
ThanksWas able to negotiate a better price with the seller so price drop to £500 shipped to your door.
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17 minutes ago, GTodd said:
Good luck boss, if this is around after I get my new house Ill be in the hunt!!! Are these still competitive? I dont need to win a worlds, just have fun at the trsck
Pretty sure they would still be, haven't run one on a track before.
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Hello,
Have two of these for sale, if anyone is interested please let me know.Example of process:
- Paypal (Seller) invoice sent to you
- 50% deposit required
- Ordered from supplier
- Shipped to me
- Customs & Duty paid
- Kits checked by me
- Images of kit sent to you
- Full Paypal (Seller) invoice payment required
- Then shipped to you
The price quoted includes all of the above.
Price would be £575 including P&P
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Hello,
Have one of these for sale, if anyone is interested please let me know.
Price would be £380 including P&P
Thanks -
3 hours ago, burakol said:
Are you based in the US?
3 hours ago, Finnsllc said:Same Question
2 hours ago, burakol said:He's based in the UK. The OP also has another thread for parts. Just found out when I scanned through some of the postings. Nevertheless, I wonder if he can ship to us here in the US with a reasonable cost compared to some overseas sellers.
Add some prices, shipping to US i am willing to do but need to work out
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20 hours ago, Grumpy pants said:
I am going to buy one of these shortly, but it is worth asking to see if anyone has a kit or chassis they want to move along.
The 2CV, NSU and MX-5 kits are £87-£88 delivered without an ESC from Time Tunnels, my plan is to sell the body kit, decals and possibly the wheels as I won't have use for them.
Let me know by pm please if you have something for sale or if you will have any interest in buying the redundant parts as that will have a bearing on which kit I buy.
All the best
Simon
Hello,
I can get hold of this for you - 84424 -
4 minutes ago, Mokei Kagaku said:
Again, you specifically declined to help Futureworks get 47395 for a price he documented as justified. That's perfectly fine, but you can't expect me or anyone else to offer help. As I also pointed out before, if he still wants to pay your price, it's less "inconvenience" for anyone offering to help at actual cost. I wouldn't comprehend it, but it's perfectly fine. After all, they're not paying out of my wallet!
If you want to establish a strict censorship in the forum and have a problem with offers for non-profit help between other members, I suggest contacting the admins and ask if they will implement censorship and enforce it. As with any existing rule here, I and the absolute majority of TC'ers would comply. Sure, it's "your" thread, but as far as I know, it's not your forum and unless I have misunderstood completely, you don't own this webpage either? You may have been active here a long time with a different name, I don't now, but you appear to be new and unexperienced with how this forum works.
With regards to stab at profit; Yes, I can deny it, simply because it isn't true, and if you had read and understood my reply, that should be pretty clear . I even repeated several times in my reply that you are free to calculate any profit you want and think will be accepted by your customers. That's how a business works. As everyone else, I want as many hobby shops (physical and web) as possible to exist. Without them, the hobby would be impossible. If your strategy should work, then credits to you and another business as an asset for us all.
Since you confront me about this issue and make incorrect conclusions about my opinions, I feel free to say my opinion about your business idea though. Based on the prices you have stated and total prices for getting the same items from other sources, I think your prices are simply too high to generate enough sales. (I was in the hobby business for two decades myself, so I have a slight idea how it works.) It doesn't matter if the "excess" is caused by profit, high total cost for you buying the parts or whatever. As before, if you offer additional benefits that your competition doesn't offer, people may or may not be prepared to pay higher prices. For instance: Some see a benefit in buying local (I support my local hobby shop despite others having lower prices). However, it's a cruel world and it hasn't been kind to the hobby business the last two decades, following globalization and availability of goods from all around the world at a click. The fight for market shares is to a high degree won with competitive prices and little less. Sad really, as so many "good old hobby shops" have lost the fight by not being able to fight the prices of the giants of the business.
"For the record my calculations are correct if your ordering a single item which I pointed out.":
No, it's not. Actual total cost is the price for the item at the source and the actual cost for shipping from Germany to whatever country. No profit, no fees, no domestic shipping cost. What additional cost are you talking about that you think I have omitted from my calculation for 47395?
Look I would like to move on from this as @Juhunio pointed out we are offering two different services.
This hole conversation is taking away the fact that all I would like to do is sell you guys some parts.
With that being send in the interest of being part of the TC community I will be lowering my price of 47395
Going forward they will be for sale at £35 each including shipping
Virtual handshake @Mokei Kagaku-
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Hello Guy & GirlsIf there are kits you are looking for please send me a message and I will try to find them for you.Below is a list of kits I am able to order:
47390 - Avante Pioneer 2011 edition black special edition
58489 - Avante Pioneer 2011 edition
47308 - M Car Series Volkswagen Golf Mk1 M-05 (With or Without ESC)
93036 - Lowride Pumpkin Pumpkin Soft Shell Edition M-06
84122 - Lotus TYPE 79 F104 MOD
84287 - Lotus Team Type 102B F104W
84124 - Wolf WR1 F104 MOD
58583 - EGRESS 2013 version
84432 - TRF102
58652 - F104 ProII frame set (including car shell)
84435 - DT03 Chassis Black Edition
47355 - Dual Ridge Black TT02B
47402 - Lunch Box Red Edition
47419 - Monster Beetle Black EditionI would require a 50% deposit before the order is place, this will be invoiced via PayPal.
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45 minutes ago, Mokei Kagaku said:
Well, you are free to calculate any profit you want. However, as this forum is not your webshop, anyone is free to offer at whatever prices they want and take any liability they feel comfortable with.
As for your prices, I fully appreciate the contributors to your actual costs, and with or without profit, the prices may be absolutely fair measured against your costs. And even if they weren't, you are free to ask any prices you want, and I'm not questioning your price level at all. However, it's not my or any TC-members' problem that you source parts in a way that results in what are partially excessive prices compared to prices from sources that have the same parts available at much lower prices, including shipping or whatever additional costs involved. Also, as Svenb points out above, there are is a longlasting tradition here in TC to help each others out sourcing kits or parts, and most who do, don't want any profit. That doesn't at all mean that you or anyone else aren't free to calculate a profit in your prices, but you must be aware of that you will face "competition" from members who just want to help each other. That said, I would never walk into your or anyone's physical shop or contact customers in your or anyone's webshop and take your business away by offering (your) customers a favour by sourcing parts for them at actual cost.
"I am offering a service where by I take on liability for when things get lost in the post, which i am sure your not taking on."
That's purely your assumption. Assumption is the mother of all f....ups. Pardon me, but you have no right to conclude about this. Neither in my case, nor in any other member's case. And you're wrong too. Of course I do offer my personal full liability at actual cost (optional tracking and insurance) and as always, it goes without saying, that I don't consider any deal completed before the recipient has received and approved of the item(s). Meanwhile, the recipients have my full (free) support in the relatively rare cases of problems with shipments. After all, TC is a friendly community where we help each others out.
"There is a shipping cost for domestic shipping within Germany if your order is below 50 Euro with seidel."
I have ordered from Seidel exactly 90 times for a total of a high 5-digit amount, so thank you, I'm aware of that. Still, when I stated "no cost for domestic shipping", I wasn't lying. Unless it can't be avoided , I always order from any shop for more than the free domestic shipping limit. It has happened one single time that I had to inform about the 3.75 EUR domestic shipping cost, it happened just because a TC'er ordered three times within a few days, split on three domestic shipments from the same source, resulting in one shipment below the free shipping limit. And he was of course informed in advance of making his decision to order.
Finally, I'm not your competition and though I'm happy to help other TC'ers at no cost, it's nothing I want to force anyone to do. After all, it's unpaid "work" for me, and if TC'ers can get the items cheaper from others source, it's a win-win for both them and me. My help is however free and available to anyone who wants it, and I guess that most people want to get items as cheap as possible, unless a more expensive source offers actual additional benefits.
In the specific case of 47395 and Futureworks' request, he was well aware of the price at Seidel and you declined to help him. That's the reason why I offered my help. If he had decided (or still should decide) to buy from you at the higher price, that's entirely his choice and not at all a problem for me. I just don't see an excessive price justified simply because some are willing to pay it on eBay.
"So the saving your making is £6.6 over my £40 I am charging for the same thing, but you have the probability of something getting lost and loosing your money all together."
Again not true! You charge GBP40 (including UK domestic shipping I guess?). Actual total cost if helped out for free by anyone located in Germany would be EUR 21.99 + EUR 9.00 for shipping frem Germany to UK (portion of shipping cost lower if combined with other items), which equals to GBP 29.85 using the exchange rate you stated. Not GBP 33.40!
I wish you the best of luck with your business (no sarcasm!
). Just be aware of the traditions of helping each other without any profit involved here on TC and most people's wish to get their items as cheap as possible!
I have to disagree with you on some aspects of what you pointed out, bottom line personally I think it would of been best to PM someone directly with you intention to help rather than posting it within my thread.
You can't deny you weren't taking a stab at me with you comments about profit.
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27 minutes ago, svenb said:
If you come across a 49414 milky blue ta05 stabilizer set I'd be interested 👍
I have sent out a few emails to my suppliers to see if i can find this for you
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I can also get the following kits, same as before 50% deposit.
47390 - Avante Pioneer 2011 edition black special edition
58489 - Avante Pioneer 2011 edition
47308 - M Car Series Volkswagen Golf Mk1 M-05 (With or Without ESC)
93036 - Lowride Pumpkin Pumpkin Soft Shell Edition M-06
84122 - Lotus TYPE 79 F104 MOD
84287 - Lotus Team Type 102B F104W
84124 - Wolf WR1 F104 MOD
84412 - TB-04 R
58583 - EGRESS 2013 version
84432 - TRF102
58652 - F104 ProII frame set (including car shell)
42345 - TRF420
58476 - Civic Type-R R3 FF-03
42326 - TRF TA07MSLet me know if your interested and I will send over a price.
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31 minutes ago, svenb said:
Are you UK based? If so how did you manage to get Siedel to post to the UK?
Yes I am UK based, I am using my business shipping contacts to help with shipping into the UK.
I have orders for customers coming from: South Africa, Germany, Poland, China, Japan, Italy, Greece-
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1 hour ago, TwistedxSlayer said:
Any chance you can find 53372 at a sensible price?
I have sent out a few emails to my suppliers to see if i can find this for you.
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12 hours ago, Mokei Kagaku said:
I will happily order from Seidel for you. No cost for domestic shipping within Germany and actual cost for shipping from Germany to UK is 9.00 Euro. I don't want to get a Cent of profit, so you would pay just actual cost. I do this quite frequently for other TC'ers.
Considering that the cost of 47395 is relatively low compared to the 9 Euro for shipping from Germany to UK, you may consider checking if you want anything else from Seidel, Tamico or whatever other source you may want something from in Germany. I don't mind shipping one or 100 items, so just a suggestion.
11 hours ago, futureworks said:Very kind, thanks! I’ll check and see if there’s anything else I need from Siedel and PM you. Appreciate the help, very much in the spirt in which TC and the forum has operated over the years. 👍
Very kind of you to help someone out @Mokei Kagaku
Just to let you know the amount of "Profit" I will be making on orders would be next to nothing once you take into account:
1. PayPal fees I pay
2. Shipping cost from German to the UK (Tracked & Insured)
3. Shipping cost to your door (Tracked & Insured)
I am offering a service where by I take on liability for when things get lost in the post, which i am sure your not taking on.
There is a shipping cost for domestic shipping within Germany if your order is below 50 Euro with seidel.
So lets do a cost break down of what 1 x 47395 will be.
Item price - 22 Euro
PayPal Fee (Seidel Charges) - 4.75 Euro
Your Shipping Fee (Tracked & Insured ?) - 9 EuroTotal - 35.75 Euro
PayPal exchange - £33.4
What happens if the item is lost in the post, who is responsible will you cover the loss????
So the saving your making is £6.6 over my £40 I am charging for the same thing, but you have the probability of something getting lost and loosing your money all together. -
13 hours ago, futureworks said:
You, looking for 47395 x 1 ta02 one way, which is about £20 at Seidel
Unfortunately I am not willing to order one of them as I have already ordered 15 of them from china.
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Hello,
@Superluminal has just placed an order with me for parts from modelbau siedel.
If anyone else is looking for parts from modelbau siedel please do message me.
Once you have confirmed your order I will send you a PayPal invoice.
Price includes shipping to your door (UK)
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1 minute ago, Superluminal said:
Ok cool, will you be taking payments when they arrive in the UK and then only need posting domestically or will you be needing payment up front before you place the order to the supplier abroad?
I have already paid for and ordered these parts so if you want them you can pay a holding deposit until they are in the UK once they are here I will post images of everything so you can see I actually have the items before you send the full amount.
I have updated the listing with what i have in stock.
Sorry guys!, last hunt im on! Avante 2001 Bodyset
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How about these - https://www.rcmart.com/index.php?route=product/product&osc_sku=58088
If these don't fit i am sure there are some sizes that do.