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Alex has responded to a previous comment a while back - January 2015 actually on another forum.
Postage cost for the UK for a pair of small screws is actually £1.50 (Channel Islands and Scottish Isles excepted)
We do not make money on our postage or courier charges. When items are over a certain value we do not offer Royal Mail as an option due to the cost of arranging a replacement should Royal Mail fail to deliver - the next day FedEx option is fully insured and is a fully trackable service.
If you ever would like to order something and the website software is not calculating what you feel is the cheapest delivery option then you can ring the office and they can quote for it to be sent on the most economical Royal Mail method if required. If the item is larger than a few small fittings though this often can cost almost as much as the FedEx option. Also this is not guaranteed a delivery time and if it goes missing in transit then Royal Mail make you wait 15 day+ before any claim against them can be made - most of our clients would rather have an assured and insured delivery method.
Haven't postage charges increased again this year?
Here was another perceived issue posted on that same thread.
Say my rectus end stop goes, there's absolutely nothing else I need to buy, in your opinion I should buy enough rectus fittings ( over £45 worth excluding vat) to avoid the delivery charge
Just an example..
The following suggestion was made in that thread.
It's an interesting example because it helps to explain why I haven't paid delivery charges ever from Gardiners in just under five years.
If you don't carry a spare Rectus end stop in your van you're on a hiding to nothing. So, I carry spares. Always. Of everything that can fail. I keep them in a Quality Street tin in the van (not in the huge storeroom I have in my mansion). Then, as I use spares, the old ones go into another Quality Street tin. Every time I need a new brush or hose or whatever, I order a replacement for all the spares I've used. I pump up the order to £45 (if necessary) with ... Rectus end stops, because they are the part that goes most regularly.
Two benefits: I rarely have to stop working for the sake of a part and I never pay postage.
Not having spares in the van is a false economy anyway, as parts are going to fail and you're going to have to buy the replacement sometime, so all you're doing is putting back the purchase date.
Postage cost for the UK for a pair of small screws is actually £1.50 (Channel Islands and Scottish Isles excepted)
We do not make money on our postage or courier charges. When items are over a certain value we do not offer Royal Mail as an option due to the cost of arranging a replacement should Royal Mail fail to deliver - the next day FedEx option is fully insured and is a fully trackable service.
If you ever would like to order something and the website software is not calculating what you feel is the cheapest delivery option then you can ring the office and they can quote for it to be sent on the most economical Royal Mail method if required. If the item is larger than a few small fittings though this often can cost almost as much as the FedEx option. Also this is not guaranteed a delivery time and if it goes missing in transit then Royal Mail make you wait 15 day+ before any claim against them can be made - most of our clients would rather have an assured and insured delivery method.
Haven't postage charges increased again this year?
Here was another perceived issue posted on that same thread.
Say my rectus end stop goes, there's absolutely nothing else I need to buy, in your opinion I should buy enough rectus fittings ( over £45 worth excluding vat) to avoid the delivery charge
Just an example..
The following suggestion was made in that thread.
It's an interesting example because it helps to explain why I haven't paid delivery charges ever from Gardiners in just under five years.
If you don't carry a spare Rectus end stop in your van you're on a hiding to nothing. So, I carry spares. Always. Of everything that can fail. I keep them in a Quality Street tin in the van (not in the huge storeroom I have in my mansion). Then, as I use spares, the old ones go into another Quality Street tin. Every time I need a new brush or hose or whatever, I order a replacement for all the spares I've used. I pump up the order to £45 (if necessary) with ... Rectus end stops, because they are the part that goes most regularly.
Two benefits: I rarely have to stop working for the sake of a part and I never pay postage.
Not having spares in the van is a false economy anyway, as parts are going to fail and you're going to have to buy the replacement sometime, so all you're doing is putting back the purchase date.
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