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07-12-2010, 12:35 PM | #1 |
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Group buy from China... any interest?
Hey guys. I know I'm new here so I don't have any "street cred" ... but I thought I'd throw this out there.
I want to order some stuff from a Chinese website. It would have been HK, but they haven't had stock of what I want for some time, and this other site does. In particular what i was waiting and waiting on from HK was their 9 channel "Turnigy 9x" TX and related 8-ch RXs. The radio is $60 and the receivers are $10. It is also sold under various names and the manufacturer is FlySky. The FlySky version I found at leadershobby for the same price as HK so I'd like to order. While a $60 radio sounds like a screaming deal... after shipping, its not so much So I wondered if anyone wanted to go in on a larger order to save on shipping? I used to do this for car parts (I own a smart car and we'd get a group of owners together to save on shipping from German stores) so I thought this would be similar. Leadershobby has as good of prices as HK but not nearly the selection. They have 9g servos on a great sale, but mostly we'd be looking at these radios and receivers and lipos. They also have brushless motors of course and other parts. I used a spreadsheet to figure out their entire shipping table, and as you'd expect... their cheapest shipping to Canada is when you get into the much heavier ranges. For example, buy something small and you're paying upwards of $50 per kg for slow mail. But if we get 11kg worth of stuff it can come by FedEx for only $11.23 per Kg. But 11kg is a lot of stuff!! I'm not looking to make any money here... I'm just hoping to save some! Each person pays the cost of their own goods plus their share (based on weight) of the shipping plus their share (based on dollars) of any import taxes/fees plus local re-shipping costs. Given the re-shipping costs... it very well may not be worth it. I suppose that depends on what you buy and where you live. I run a mail order business so I can re-ship as efficiently as possible. Anyway, just thought I'd mention it. The site is www.leadershobby.com - I have NEVER ordered from them before and of course have no affiliation... just they are the only place I've found that has the 9x radio in stock and same price as HK. - Steven Last edited by s_mack; 07-12-2010 at 12:38 PM. |
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