thepumpguysc
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- Master Inj.Pump rebuilder
The shipping rates are CRAZY..
I order parts ALL THE TIME.. and often, the shipping rates exceed the cost of the parts.!! {just kidding}
The places I get my parts from charge 25.00 for a 1lb box..
I'm just a 1 man show & don't keep a lot of stock.. but THAT has changed in the last few months..
Instead of getting my parts "as needed".. I'm now ordering enough stock to do 5 pumps at a time..
I DID "find" a loop hole last week tho.. I had to order Orings for a small PFR style pump..
They would have cost me 25.00 in shipping cost, that I would have HAD TO pass on to the customer or take if off the "bottom line"..
I asked the parts guy if he could/would just throw them in an envelope & ship'm USPS.??
He said, "I'll ask the shipping dept.. but no guarantees"..
I got my "bubble pack" in the mail yesterday.. the pkg CLEARLY says, 1.00.!!! My invoice says 2.75.. Lol.
BUT it beats the hellouta the 25.00 I woulda paid, had I not asked !!!!
I tried it on another vendor & IT WORKED too..
So heres a tip for you guys>> if the parts are small.. ask them to be shipped by MAIL instead of frt carrier..
& BTW>> they make those "bubble packs" in larger sizes too..
I order parts ALL THE TIME.. and often, the shipping rates exceed the cost of the parts.!! {just kidding}
The places I get my parts from charge 25.00 for a 1lb box..
I'm just a 1 man show & don't keep a lot of stock.. but THAT has changed in the last few months..
Instead of getting my parts "as needed".. I'm now ordering enough stock to do 5 pumps at a time..
I DID "find" a loop hole last week tho.. I had to order Orings for a small PFR style pump..
They would have cost me 25.00 in shipping cost, that I would have HAD TO pass on to the customer or take if off the "bottom line"..
I asked the parts guy if he could/would just throw them in an envelope & ship'm USPS.??
He said, "I'll ask the shipping dept.. but no guarantees"..
I got my "bubble pack" in the mail yesterday.. the pkg CLEARLY says, 1.00.!!! My invoice says 2.75.. Lol.
BUT it beats the hellouta the 25.00 I woulda paid, had I not asked !!!!
I tried it on another vendor & IT WORKED too..
So heres a tip for you guys>> if the parts are small.. ask them to be shipped by MAIL instead of frt carrier..
& BTW>> they make those "bubble packs" in larger sizes too..