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    Postage to UK costs

    I have a dilemma. I need to buy a safety net for our trampoline as ours is broken beyond repair. The UK site wants ...

    Oh great, I make a long post but as soon as I use a british pound sign the rest of the ****ing post disappears. BOLLOX.

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    Try 2 without using British Pound symbol!!!

    I have a dilemma. I need to buy a safety net for our trampoline as ours is broken beyond repair. The UK site wants 187.45 (British Pounds) for theirs including postage, the US site wants $62.99 with free shipping, (to the US only), which works out at 150 British Pounds cheaper, ($255 to be precise). The US site will not send outside of the US and Canada.

    Does anyone know, (or could find out), what it would cost to send a box with dimensions 21 x 18 x 4 and weighing 6lbs to the UK?

    Anyone following my thinking here?

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    http://ircalc.usps.com/MailServices....&r=True&dv=100
    Also look on Amazon.com
    They ship pretty much everywhere and chances are that you'll find it there.
    Last edited by CeeBee; 06-23-2014 at 08:39 PM.

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    Thanks CeeBee. So cost of $64.99 + shipping to the UK at $64.70 = $129.69 to get it to me. That's a saving of $189 at current exchange rates.

    So who wants to earn $50?

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    What exactly are you looking for (make/model)? Are you sure somewhere like ebay or amazon doesn't have it with international shipping?

    If you need to go this way though you can ship it to me and I'll ship it over to you.
    "Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free." - Jim Morrison

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    Quote Originally Posted by 3fingersalute View Post
    What exactly are you looking for (make/model)? Are you sure somewhere like ebay or amazon doesn't have it with international shipping?

    If you need to go this way though you can ship it to me and I'll ship it over to you.
    Thanks 3FS, currently having an email chat with the UK guys who are trying to do something for me. Will keep you updated.

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    Update: Eventually the UK branch got back to me with a price that was much better, but still ridiculously high compared to the cost of the same thing in the U.S. I went for it because overall the cost to ship from the US would mean I wouldn't be saving a lot but still had the option of a return if it was wrong. Begrudgingly I paid about $130 for the UK version.

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    Plus you might hit the 20% import duty and 15 pounds handling fee


    And yes the forum doesnt like the UK pound sign for some reason it deleted half my post too

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    Let's see if the Euro will work.


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    Nope, Euro does not work either so don't feel singled out. vBulletin does not like the rest of Europe either.

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