Freight CHARGES!!!

[matt]

Hold the phone.

You can buy the Powerseeker 50

[Solanum]

I got a 10" dob from Andrews and the freight was $65 from Sydney to Mildura - I'm guessing your quote is from Bintel.... not only that but when I ahd a problem, they shipped it back to Sydney and back to me again without charge.

The Bintel and Andrews dobs are basically the same (same factory etc. I think).

Unless you asked for air freight?

[ColHut (Colin)]

Funny thing, I have been pricing 10" dobs from all over the place, and the total cost of scope and postage for me in Perth seems to work out very similar - about the 800-900 dollar mark. Even though the cost of the items "for pick up" is a lot less" in some cases. It maybe cheapeer to get them overseas...

[Gargoyle_Steve (Steve)]

Duncan would it be an option for you to get it sent to Cairns and then manage pickup / delivery onwards from there by other means? I suspect the freight issue is due to the locale you live in, not the overall distance as such. Cairns is still a major "destination" as such and delivery to there shouldn't be too bad I suspect.

As a matter of interest I had a 10" dob sent last year from Andrews to here on the Sunshine Coast (an hour north of Brisbane) cost approx $70.

(I DID drive to Mackay and back myself in 2 days to take possession of my 12" dob with Argo Navis, etc rather than have it freighted - but that's a different story)

[duncan]

G,day all,

Due to ethics i'm not going to name this dealer. Rather once the music gear is sold i'll be trying somewhere else. Even if it means doing a 2day drive eachway.Hopefully this damn gear goes this w/end so i can get the ball rolling in earnest. In the meantime i'll keep sussing it out. After all i'm only an hour from Cairns and freight comes up here every day. There is also V.I.P Furniture Removalists straight across road from me and they go to Brisbane evry week return so i'll suss them out as well.

Cheers,
Duncan

[Geoff45 (Geoff)]

Originally Posted by matt

Which book, Geoff?

See thumbnail. Bintel are getting some in the next 2-3 weeks.

[Apocrisiary (Michael)]

Hi Duncan,
Freight for a 12" dob from Glebe to Yungaburra North QLD would be $310 using TNT road express.
I can send one tomorrow if you wish. Let me know if this is of interest to you.
Regards,
Michae
BINTEL

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

I wonder how much to send it by rail?

[outwestwa]

Hi Duncan
Freight companies seem to charge what they like if you don’t have an account with them and that’s if they will deal with you at all. I have been trying to get a fair price to ship an item from NSW to North West WA $250 was the cheapest for 17 Kg the dimension are to large for Aust post. If I was sending from Perth to NSW (back loading) it would cost only $36

[PeteMo (Pete)]

I contacted Andrews 2 weeks ago and they quoted me $180 for the GSO 10" dob and $220 for the GSO 12" dob to post to Perth WA. So it appears that there is no fixed rate, but a sliding scale, depending on how far way you are. I have heard that BinTel are even more expensive.

[duncan]

Hi Peter,
Actually Bintel quoted me half the original amount posted. In fact they have been super helpful.
Cheers,
Duncan