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I doubt that ANY LBC parts supplier sends parts with shipping costs that
reflect their *actual* shipping costs. They have various plans and
=E2=80=98arrangements=E2=80=99 that become their own profit center for the =
supplier, even
when ordering with the US!
Dave
On Sat, Jan 31, 2026 at 3:50=E2=80=AFPM Dave MacKay <dave@mdmackay.ca> wrot=
e:
> I couldn't believe what it cost relatives in the UK to mail Christmas car=
ds
> to Canada. I thought our postage was dear but I had no idea how costly it
> was in the UK. It cost CAD$3.65 (=3D GBP2) to mail a Christmas card from
> Canada to the UK but it cost our Scottish and Irish relatives almost twic=
e
> that (GBP3.20 =3D CAD$6) to send cards to Canada!
>
> Rimmer Bros uses Deutsche Post for small packages and DHL, Fedex or UPS f=
or
> larger parcels. To ship to Canada it's GBP19.88 (or GBP21.87 for 2 day
> delivery). Moss doesn't specify what shipper they use (they just say "sen=
t
> by a standard carrier service") and they charge a minimum of GBP51 for
> shipping.
>
> There must be a good reason that Moss UK hasn't started using the shipper
> that Rimmer Bros uses, but ...
>
> Dave MacKay
> 1960 Triumph TR3A s/n 68639L
> near Toronto, Canada
>
> >From: John Macartney <johnbmacartney@gmx.com>
> >Sent: January 31, 2026 2:59 PM
> >Subject: The Moss Rimmer outfit
> >
> >Dave,
> >Not having my old cars any more, I no longer need to worry about either
> >firm.
> >Re your comments about shipping costs, that=E2=80=99s always been someth=
ing of a
> >running sore. I doubt it will get cheaper as Royal Mail (aka Parcel Farc=
e)
> >out of the UK is now in private >ownership (a Czeck recently bought it)
> and
> >even though we=E2=80=99re now out of the EU, we=E2=80=99re still part of=
the European
> >Postal Union run out of Brussels in Belgium. So cheaper freight on >the
> >long term? No chance! Might almost be cheaper to fly over for a weekend
> and
> >take what you buy back in your luggage.
> >
> >Jonmac
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<div dir=3D"auto">I doubt that ANY LBC parts supplier sends parts with ship=
ping costs that reflect their *actual* shipping costs. They have various pl=
ans and =E2=80=98arrangements=E2=80=99 that become their own profit center =
for the supplier, even when ordering with the US!=C2=A0</div><div dir=3D"au=
to"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Dave</div><div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quot=
e gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sat, Jan =
31, 2026 at 3:50=E2=80=AFPM Dave MacKay <<a href=3D"mailto:dave@mdmackay=
.ca">dave@mdmackay.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_qu=
ote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex=
">I couldn't believe what it cost relatives in the UK to mail Christmas=
cards<br>
to Canada. I thought our postage was dear but I had no idea how costly it<b=
r>
was in the UK. It cost CAD$3.65 (=3D GBP2) to mail a Christmas card from<br=
>
Canada to the UK but it cost our Scottish and Irish relatives almost twice<=
br>
that (GBP3.20 =3D CAD$6) to send cards to Canada!<br>
<br>
Rimmer Bros uses Deutsche Post for small packages and DHL, Fedex or UPS for=
<br>
larger parcels. To ship to Canada it's GBP19.88 (or GBP21.87 for 2 day<=
br>
delivery). Moss doesn't specify what shipper they use (they just say &q=
uot;sent<br>
by a standard carrier service") and they charge a minimum of GBP51 for=
<br>
shipping.<br>
<br>
There must be a good reason that Moss UK hasn't started using the shipp=
er<br>
that Rimmer Bros uses, but ...<br>
<br>
Dave MacKay<br>
1960 Triumph TR3A s/n 68639L<br>
near Toronto, Canada<br>
<br>
>From: John Macartney <<a href=3D"mailto:johnbmacartney@gmx.com"; targ=
et=3D"_blank">johnbmacartney@gmx.com</a>><br>
>Sent: January 31, 2026 2:59 PM<br>
>Subject: The Moss Rimmer outfit<br>
><br>
>Dave,<br>
>Not having my old cars any more, I no longer need to worry about either=
<br>
>firm.<br>
>Re your comments about shipping costs, that=E2=80=99s always been somet=
hing of a<br>
>running sore. I doubt it will get cheaper as Royal Mail (aka Parcel Far=
ce)<br>
>out of the UK is now in private >ownership (a Czeck recently bought =
it) and<br>
>even though we=E2=80=99re now out of the EU, we=E2=80=99re still part o=
f the European<br>
>Postal Union run out of Brussels in Belgium. So cheaper freight on >=
the<br>
>long term? No chance! Might almost be cheaper to fly over for a weekend=
and<br>
>take what you buy back in your luggage.<br>
><br>
>Jonmac<br>
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