<div dir="ltr">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<div>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. </div><div><br></div><div>When I worked for a living I worked for a company that shipped thousands of packages UPS a day. We had contracts with</div><div>them and paid much less per package than what we charged to the customer. We loaded them on their trailer in rolling cages</div><div>already sorted for the next trailer location. Saved them a lot of sorting time for delivery. This was before bar codes and automated</div><div>sorting conveyors. Like you say, this was a major profit stream. </div><div><br></div><div>There are profit streams that most don't know or think about. </div><div><br></div><div>Dean T.</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jan 31, 2026 at 5:37 PM David Friedlander <<a href="mailto:forzion7@gmail.com">forzion7@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">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! </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Dave</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jan 31, 2026 at 3:50 PM Dave MacKay <<a href="mailto:dave@mdmackay.ca" target="_blank">dave@mdmackay.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I couldn't believe what it cost relatives in the UK to mail Christmas cards<br>
to Canada. I thought our postage was dear but I had no idea how costly it<br>
was in the UK. It cost CAD$3.65 (= GBP2) to mail a Christmas card from<br>
Canada to the UK but it cost our Scottish and Irish relatives almost twice<br>
that (GBP3.20 = CAD$6) to send cards to Canada!<br>
<br>
Rimmer Bros uses Deutsche Post for small packages and DHL, Fedex or UPS for<br>
larger parcels. To ship to Canada it's GBP19.88 (or GBP21.87 for 2 day<br>
delivery). Moss doesn't specify what shipper they use (they just say "sent<br>
by a standard carrier service") and they charge a minimum of GBP51 for<br>
shipping.<br>
<br>
There must be a good reason that Moss UK hasn't started using the shipper<br>
that Rimmer Bros uses, but ...<br>
<br>
Dave MacKay<br>
1960 Triumph TR3A s/n 68639L<br>
near Toronto, Canada<br>
<br>
>From: John Macartney <<a href="mailto:johnbmacartney@gmx.com" target="_blank">johnbmacartney@gmx.com</a>><br>
>Sent: January 31, 2026 2:59 PM<br>
>Subject: The Moss Rimmer outfit<br>
><br>
>Dave,<br>
>Not having my old cars any more, I no longer need to worry about either<br>
>firm.<br>
>Re your comments about shipping costs, that’s always been something of a<br>
>running sore. I doubt it will get cheaper as Royal Mail (aka Parcel Farce)<br>
>out of the UK is now in private >ownership (a Czeck recently bought it) and<br>
>even though we’re now out of the EU, we’re still part of the European<br>
>Postal Union run out of Brussels in Belgium. So cheaper freight on >the<br>
>long term? No chance! Might almost be cheaper to fly over for a weekend and<br>
>take what you buy back in your luggage.<br>
><br>
>Jonmac<br>
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