Interesting buying on EBay at the moment where the US $amount You need to pay is $88US nopw pay only $77AU...
is that not great..???
LEE
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---
Where are you shopping Lee, the exchange rate isn't that good! I think you might be looking in New Zealand instead of the US!
US $88 should be about AU $87.10 I believe, but nobody gives you the official exchange rate so you're still going to have to pay more than the sticker price for a while until we get far enough in front to cover the exchange fees.
It is a great time to buy and I want to buy something, but I don't know what else I really need. I have been collecting parts for near 3 years to reassemble my car. The only thing I think I would buy to put away for a rainy day is a Turbo exhaust header from CB 😉
Kev
I thought rebuilding a VW would be cheap - Shit I was wrong, just don't let the wife know !!!!
Click here for my (slowy) modded 1961 Beetle build.
I notice now that EBay items are in Aussie dollars instead of US Dollars on many items...
shipping is still the killer unless You are buying foam or something that weighs nothing... lol
nothing I really need....
LEE
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---
Just got a reply for CB Performance and they want $400 to ship $500 worth of parts. And they were small parts except for the turbo exhaust header. Not good and another loss to them.
Bugger, Kev.
I thought rebuilding a VW would be cheap - Shit I was wrong, just don't let the wife know !!!!
Click here for my (slowy) modded 1961 Beetle build.got a price to ship a vw turn key motor $500 to $800
and $400 for gearbox
😂🤪😂🤪😂
car forums. where a lot of peoples good intentions end up taking a good old car off the road forever never ever to see the road again. 🥲
paypal still puts the aussie dollar at 97c instead of equal...
so they get their cut... sigh...
as long as u pay by credit card to the ebay buyer, than ur getting a decent win 🙂
(ô_!_/ô) (ô_!_/ô)
69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!
bajachris88 wrote:paypal still puts the aussie dollar at 97c instead of equal...
so they get their cut... sigh...
as long as u pay by credit card to the ebay buyer, than you're getting a decent win 🙂
Hi Chris
have You bought stuff from the USA by credit card ?
it can be impossible.... well, they can be impossible...
Credit card fraud is HUGE in the USA....
so, its not like here...
One place wanted a photo of My Son holding His credit card in His hand.... a few weeks ago...
PayPal is easy... I use it every week...
I notice Ebay has the USA dollar at 2 cents higher than AUS today...
LEE
Bad Luck Kev...
did You ask for the cheapest shipping method?
many of these big time VW shops do things one way....
and won't change.... anything..
UPS DHL etc are VERY expensive..
many smaller places won't ship out of the USA 48 states... lol
LEE
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---
www.cip1.com allowed me to use my credit card
👍
but your right about crazy confirmation security stuff etc etc.
THey wanted a picture of my credit card (front and back) and picture of my drivers licence, with my signature stating allowed the sum of blah blah from my credit card lol.
(ô_!_/ô) (ô_!_/ô)
69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!
