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| posted on April 20th, 2007 at 03:30 PM |
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Anybody used CIP1.com before?
I'm looking at buying some replacement sheet metal parts off them, just wondered if anyone has used them before, quality, service etc, or if anyone
has any more recommendations.
They sell the rear corners which is what I've been after
Cheers in advance peeps
xxx
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| posted on April 20th, 2007 at 05:14 PM |
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I have dealt with them several times, was always a good experience had the stuff here in Oz in 48 hrs
Keeping it real !
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| posted on April 20th, 2007 at 05:48 PM |
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Great to deal with. Very quick to deliver and easy to navigate the website.
The only criticism I have is they can be expensive on shipping but all in all, great range and prices.
Yogie
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| posted on April 20th, 2007 at 07:25 PM |
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awsome cheers guys
Two new rear panels coming my way then! 
Happy days
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| posted on April 21st, 2007 at 10:57 AM |
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Yup, expensive on shipping I found, but they're a large company so if you have any problems they're not going to niggle over
replacements/compensation
Good customer service too I found.
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| posted on April 21st, 2007 at 04:05 PM |
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the shipping is expensive, because you live a LONG way away........ CIP are sweet to deal with.
It cost alot to send stuff to OZ from here..
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| posted on April 21st, 2007 at 05:38 PM |
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I agree, great to deal with. For some reason the duty i paid when i got stuff mailed was cheaper or non existant if it was under $200 i think, anyway
it was cheaper if i broke orders up into smaller lots.
chris
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| posted on April 21st, 2007 at 07:31 PM |
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unfortunately most companies ship with fedex or ups. great for shipping within the states but to oz at this end they charge big $ for handling and
duty. if possible get it shipped by the US postal service and keep the value low, cheap and no duty.
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| posted on April 21st, 2007 at 11:03 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by xornge666x
the shipping is expensive, because you live a LONG way away........ CIP are sweet to deal with.
It cost alot to send stuff to OZ from here..
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Not really.
The shipping is expensive because this is how they make up for the cheap prices. From memory they use UPS or Fedex only, not 100% sure. I've used
other US suppliers who used USPS and the shipping was heaps cheaper and just as quick.
On large parts and heavy parts shipping is going to be expensive, no matter who you use. But some of these companies will rip you off when it comes to
shipping.
For example, I got a quote from CB Performance for a couple of carb parts, valued at $30US (would fit in a small envelope) they quoted me $70US for
freight, yeah that sounds about right, not.
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| posted on April 23rd, 2007 at 02:31 AM |
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I don't mind paying the shipping prices, like you say it's coming from miles away! so I wouldn't expect any less.
Prices are comparable really, it was more to do with the quality of the sheet metal, decent etc.
Might be able to get the rear corners from thebusstop.com yet anyways
x
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| posted on May 1st, 2007 at 11:35 AM |
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To anybody who wants to know, I just ordered a swag of parts last thursday and they arrived today. 4 days to my door... you cant beat that even if I
did pay for it. There service is worth the money!
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| posted on May 1st, 2007 at 12:37 PM |
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Yep bought my bra off them. Was here in 48 hours too.
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| posted on May 2nd, 2007 at 10:15 AM |
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Good to know as i was thinking of ordering some springs/shocks from them. They seem quite cheap (especially with the Oz dollar so high at the
moment), but that'll be diminished once freight and duties are paid.
Is there anyway to gauge what the import duties are likely to be before ordering?
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| posted on May 2nd, 2007 at 10:43 AM |
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Just did a mock order on CIP1 and noticed that you only seem to have the option of choosing air freight. I thought you'd also be able to go be sea
and save some $$$ ???
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| posted on May 2nd, 2007 at 01:55 PM |
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That is the only problem with CIP1. Their prices are great and their service is good, but they only ship via DHL, UPS or FedEx so their shipping
costs are very high. I have asked them specifically to use other methods of airfreight eg USPS which are much cheaper but they refuse claiming that
too much stuff goes missing.
As far as import duty goes I have never been charged duty on any import. Having said that all the shipments I have had have been less than $300. I
suppose the amount of duty they get on this isn't worth the admin costs of collecting it.
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| posted on May 2nd, 2007 at 03:04 PM |
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if u ship by seas it would take more than a month!
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| posted on May 2nd, 2007 at 04:06 PM |
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That's ok i'm in no real hurry
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