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David, you are right. How many times have you had a friend tell you what a
great deal they got on a part they ordered. Seems
that most times they don't tell you what they paid to have the part shipped
or the taxes they paid. Such a deal it was.
When I worked for a living I worked for a company that shipped thousands of
packages UPS a day. We had contracts with
them and paid much less per package than what we charged to the customer.
We loaded them on their trailer in rolling cages
already sorted for the next trailer location. Saved them a lot of sorting
time for delivery. This was before bar codes and automated
sorting conveyors. Like you say, this was a major profit stream.
There are profit streams that most don't know or think about.
Dean T.
On Sat, Jan 31, 2026 at 5:37=E2=80=AFPM David Friedlander <forzion7@gmail.c=
om>
wrote:
> 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 th=
e supplier, even
> when ordering with the US!
>
> Dave
>
> On Sat, Jan 31, 2026 at 3:50=E2=80=AFPM Dave MacKay <dave@mdmackay.ca> wr=
ote:
>
>> I couldn't believe what it cost relatives in the UK to mail Christmas
>> cards
>> to Canada. I thought our postage was dear but I had no idea how costly i=
t
>> 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 twi=
ce
>> that (GBP3.20 =3D CAD$6) to send cards to Canada!
>>
>> Rimmer Bros uses Deutsche Post for small packages and DHL, Fedex or UPS
>> for
>> 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 "se=
nt
>> 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 shippe=
r
>> 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 somet=
hing of a
>> >running sore. I doubt it will get cheaper as Royal Mail (aka Parcel
>> Farce)
>> >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 o=
f 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"ltr">David, you are right. How many times have you had a friend=
tell you what a great deal they got on a part they ordered. Seems<div>that=
most times they don't tell you what they paid=C2=A0to have the part sh=
ipped or the taxes they paid. Such a deal it was.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div=
><div>When I worked for a living I worked for a company that shipped thousa=
nds of packages UPS a day. We had contracts with</div><div>them and paid mu=
ch less per package than what we charged=C2=A0to the customer. We loaded th=
em on their=C2=A0trailer in rolling cages</div><div>already sorted for the =
next trailer location. Saved them a lot of sorting time for delivery. This =
was before bar codes and automated</div><div>sorting conveyors. Like you sa=
y, this was a major profit stream.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>There are=
profit streams=C2=A0that most don't know or think about.=C2=A0</div><d=
iv><br></div><div>Dean T.</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail=
_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sat,=
Jan 31, 2026 at 5:37=E2=80=AFPM David Friedlander <<a href=3D"mailto:fo=
rzion7@gmail.com">forzion7@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote cl=
ass=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid=
rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto">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 wi=
th the US!=C2=A0</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Dave</d=
iv><div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><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" target=3D"_blank">dave@mdmackay.ca</a>> wrote:<br></d=
iv><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;bord=
er-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);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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