Wossner Piston Group Purchase #3

[SouthCoastRich]

Thanks Jim 

Yep, Andy is the man for the UK. This'll reduce costs for all of us this side of the pond and I'm all good with that!

[Allspeed]

Great can't  wait to see these . Thanks Jim.

[jcsnook]

Great, so is everyone in the UK on board with the bulk shipment?

Bulldog (Gavin) - 2 kits 4 rings
SouthCoast Rich (Richard) - 2 kits 4 rings
AndyYam (Andrew) - 2 kits 4 rings
TZRtim (Tim) - 2 kits
Thump566 (Ron) - 2 kits 4 rings
R-G-V (Paul) - 2 kits
Kaimtb24 (Kai) - 2 kits
Mellorp (Phil) - 2 kits

Have I missed anyone?  That's 16 kits and 16 rings in the one box.  I'd want to insure that for a a good amount I'd assume.  USPS has never lost anything on me, but that's a good chunk of change to loose.  I just mailed a similar box to SA and it cost $170 USD with $1600 worth of insurance coverage.  It weighed a little over 8 US lbs.

Let me know and I'll box things up and get it out.

Best, Jim

Thanks Jim 

Yep, Andy is the man for the UK. This'll reduce costs for all of us this side of the pond and I'm all good with that!

[mellorp]

Yes, as I'm new to the group buy, I'm OK with that

[thump566]

Yes please, I'm good with that too 

[bulldogboy]

  yes Jim, sounds good, cheers.

[jcsnook]

Still waiting to know what Kaimtb24 and R-G-V want to do with shipping their pistons.  Bulk or seperately
Let me know ASAP please so I can keep things moving.

Thanks, Jim

[jcsnook]

Anybody know how to get a hold of R-G-V?  He is the last holdout on this bulk shipment/

[AndyYam]

This is great news. I agree that the insurance should be set at what we are paying as a minimum so that if the worst happens then we get our money back.

£120 for a piston kit
£25 for 2 rings

Based on all in one shipment then it would be:

16 piston kits ( 16 x 120 = 1920)
8 sets of rings ( 8 x 25 = 200)

Total value £2120 (Around $2700)

[SouthCoastRich]

This is great news. I agree that the insurance should be set at what we are paying as a minimum so that if the worst happens then we get our money back.

£120 for a piston kit
£25 for 2 rings

Based on all in one shipment then it would be:

16 piston kits ( 16 x 120 = 1920)
8 sets of rings ( 8 x 25 = 200)

Total value £2120 (Around $2700)

Totally agree Andy 

Thanks both 

[Gooch]

Thank you for your work, Jim!

Pistons arrived today and look very, very good.

[JJ]

Hello Jim I was wondering how we could wok out the expedition of my stuff .
Maybe sending it over to the U.K with the rest of the guys and then get it sent over to France by a charitable soul 
Thanks for your time 

[jcsnook]

Charles,

I sent you an email...

Hello Jim I was wondering how we could wok out the expedition of my stuff .
Maybe sending it over to the U.K with the rest of the guys and then get it sent over to France by a charitable soul 
Thanks for your time 

[jcsnook]

Andy,

Please check your email...

Jim

This is great news. I agree that the insurance should be set at what we are paying as a minimum so that if the worst happens then we get our money back.

£120 for a piston kit
£25 for 2 rings

Based on all in one shipment then it would be:

16 piston kits ( 16 x 120 = 1920)
8 sets of rings ( 8 x 25 = 200)

Total value £2120 (Around $2700)

[AndyYam]

Apologies Jim, replied and recieved your last email regarding insurance. I think we all need to decide on the next steps.

For the UK group here is the situation(Including Merv from NI whcih now makes it 9 people):

Jim has purchased the USPS option and they have now told him he cannot get any additional insurance so has investigated other options. If we go with another option and risk the insurance then Jim will need to apply for a refund and I think it's only fair that we split that cost IF he is unable. He's put in a lot of work and should not be out of pocket.

Shipping options(from Jim):
USPS - $116.50(Around £95) with a maximum insurance value of $650 USD. I cannot get additional insurance
UPS - $332.79(Around £275) with $3000 worth of insurance
FedEx - 338.96(Around £275) ( with $3000 worth of insurance.

Options listed below and please note these are the cost to get the item to the UK and does not include the internal shipping within the UK (Around £15pp) and VAT/import duties (Around £60-70 pp)

Option 1:
Go with the existing shipping which covers about 1/4 of the cost of the item in the rare case that the items are lost/damaged
Cost: £10.50 pp

Option 2:
Get the full insurance and risk having to share the cost of the currently paid shipping if Jim cannot get back.
Cost: £30.50
Potentially £41 if Jim cannot get the refund.

I'll start off by saying my vote is for the fully insured option. As much as I doubt anything will go wrong I also wear full protective gear but still expect nothing to wrong when I'm out riding. 

We need to ge the ball rolling on this so I will put a message on whats app to those who I have contact with and ask that if anyone knows anyone in the list then also drop them a message too.

Jim, I'd suggest investigating the refund asap. Even if we decide to go with that option you can always rebook. Just in case there is a time limit on getting the refund.

Andy