[TR] The Moss Rimmer outfit

[Dean Tetterton]

David, you are right. How many times have you had a friend tell you what a
great deal they got on a part they ordered. Seems
that most times they don't tell you what they paid to have the part shipped
or the taxes they paid. Such a deal it was.

When I worked for a living I worked for a company that shipped thousands of
packages UPS a day. We had contracts with
them and paid much less per package than what we charged to the customer.
We loaded them on their trailer in rolling cages
already sorted for the next trailer location. Saved them a lot of sorting
time for delivery. This was before bar codes and automated
sorting conveyors. Like you say, this was a major profit stream.

There are profit streams that most don't know or think about.

Dean T.


On Sat, Jan 31, 2026 at 5:37 PM David Friedlander <forzion7 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I doubt that ANY LBC parts supplier sends parts with shipping costs that
> reflect their *actual* shipping costs. They have various plans and
> ‘arrangements’ that become their own profit center for the supplier, even
> when ordering with the US!
>
> Dave
>
> On Sat, Jan 31, 2026 at 3:50 PM Dave MacKay <dave at mdmackay.ca> wrote:
>
>> I couldn't believe what it cost relatives in the UK to mail Christmas
>> cards
>> to Canada. I thought our postage was dear but I had no idea how costly it
>> was in the UK. It cost CAD$3.65 (= GBP2) to mail a Christmas card from
>> Canada to the UK but it cost our Scottish and Irish relatives almost twice
>> that (GBP3.20 = CAD$6) to send cards to Canada!
>>
>> Rimmer Bros uses Deutsche Post for small packages and DHL, Fedex or UPS
>> for
>> larger parcels. To ship to Canada it's GBP19.88 (or GBP21.87 for 2 day
>> delivery). Moss doesn't specify what shipper they use (they just say "sent
>> by a standard carrier service") and they charge a minimum of GBP51 for
>> shipping.
>>
>> There must be a good reason that Moss UK hasn't started using the shipper
>> that Rimmer Bros uses, but ...
>>
>> Dave MacKay
>> 1960 Triumph TR3A s/n 68639L
>> near Toronto, Canada
>>
>> >From: John Macartney <johnbmacartney at gmx.com>
>> >Sent: January 31, 2026 2:59 PM
>> >Subject: The Moss Rimmer outfit
>> >
>> >Dave,
>> >Not having my old cars any more, I no longer need to worry about either
>> >firm.
>> >Re your comments about shipping costs, that’s always been something of a
>> >running sore. I doubt it will get cheaper as Royal Mail (aka Parcel
>> Farce)
>> >out of the UK is now in private >ownership (a Czeck recently bought it)
>> and
>> >even though we’re now out of the EU, we’re still part of the European
>> >Postal Union run out of Brussels in Belgium. So cheaper freight on >the
>> >long term? No chance! Might almost be cheaper to fly over for a weekend
>> and
>> >take what you buy back in your luggage.
>> >
>> >Jonmac
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