I agree that shipping from the UK is exhorbitant and slow, but sometimes
things pop up on e-bay UK that just don't show up here. I just bought an
original Austin A35 radiator on e-bay UK for about 38GBP, shipping was about
60GBP using "Parcel Force".
Sounds bad, but wouldn't you pay $200 for a correct radiator for your
collector car? Shipping took about 1 month. I was juut lucky to find a
seller that was willing to go to the trouble of packing it up and sending
it.
I check E-bay UK just about every day.
When I get the radiator installed in place of the Datsun radiator, I'll be
able to use the hand crank to start the motor. Back to the future!
Regards,
Glen Byrns
> This will certainly be a test of ebay's desire to maintain integrity. I
> faced the same situation as you on my last purchase from the UK. My
> choices for shipping were 10 days for outrageous money, or 30 or 60 day
> Royal Mail with no way to track. I chose the 30 day and after a month went
> by I was thinking about it constantly. The situation was worse because
> the seller didn't answer promptly and was a man of few words. I was
> patient, and it was tough because it ended up arriving three weeks late.
> So even though it was a happy ending, and I"m finding other parts from
> the UK I'd like, I steer clear of the UK auctions. It's just too iffy to
> let something you paid for hang for 2 months.
> John
>!
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