Wholesale group buy

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Virgil

Tenderfoot
Dec 30, 2010
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That's the one thanks! When you order, if you could tell them i'm 6 ft and slim build but order a large and a medium just to make sure. It's a bit of a faff for a wholesale company but since our order is almost £300, they should be happy to help....
 

Virgil

Tenderfoot
Dec 30, 2010
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East Sussex
No I haven't ever had a problem...but problem apparently solved! Thanks ged, and pm me your paypal address and i'll zap the money through as a gift (no charges then) when you know what the postage is....
 

ged

Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Jul 16, 2009
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No I haven't ever had a problem...but problem apparently solved! Thanks ged, and pm me your paypal address and i'll zap the money through as a gift (no charges then) when you know what the postage is....


Sure, he said it would probably be 15 quid shipping via overnight carrier, expected delivery Monday, but he'd call back if there would be any change to that plan.

TBH he seemed a bit vague on some of the items and I wasn't convinced that he remembered talking to you about the coat sizes but he was OK with it.

Also I asked him about Para boots and sizes but decided to give it a miss. Apparently they get a spread between about sizes six and ten with more in the middle of the range so very little chance of getting a high proportion which would be useful for the, er, bulk of the folks on here. :)
 

Virgil

Tenderfoot
Dec 30, 2010
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East Sussex
Are you saying that we all have freakishly big feet?! Thanks for all that - time will tell as to order success! Looking forward to Monday...
 

ged

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Jul 16, 2009
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Update:

A number of cartons just arrived. I'll be opening them shortly to check the contents. :)


Are you saying that we all have freakishly big feet?! Thanks for all that - time will tell as to order success! Looking forward to Monday...

Yep. :)
 
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ged

Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Jul 16, 2009
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Excellent! That was quick service!

Not bad at all, was it?

You'd better all PM your addresses to me so I can get the stuff packed and off. Might be pushing it today as I have some prior work commitments but they should be out tomorrow unless some customer has another computer disaster.
 

ged

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Jul 16, 2009
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... cartons just arrived. I'll be opening them shortly ...

Everything I ordered was there, plus a rather nice pair of trousers that I didn't order. They won't fit me and I'm pretty sure they won't fit Virgil either, so are there any heavy-set giraffes in this group buy? Failing that there's the Gift-It-On.

Virgil, I have a couple of spare cotton sacks (mattress covers) if you want them. :) Your box at the moment is crammed almost full and I haven't weighed it yet but I'm sure it's going to have to go on a carrier. Will we need to discuss the timing of the delivery so someone will be there to sign for it?

The parachutes are a bit heavier than I expected. They weigh about 4.3kg each, so postage is going to be pricey. The best I've seen so far is £10.37 for one chute at Royal Mail packet rate, which has a three day delivery target. How does that sound?

The parachute condition is variable, I haven't looked at them closely because they're absolutely enormous but it looks like they've suffered some damage before being taken out of service in addition to any later deliberate cuts to prevent them from ever being used as originally designed. I'm sure they'll patch up easily enough. I don't know what the fabric is, but I saw a date stamp '1951' one of them so I'm wondering how much man-made fibres were used at that time.

The chute cords have been snipped off leaving about 18 inches of cord on the chute, the exact length apparently depending on how the operative felt on the day.

I'm just waiting for Silentbob's address now. Don't be so silent, Bob! :)
 
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Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Jul 16, 2009
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Sorry - been away for a couple of days. PM on its way!

No worries, your parcel is in the dispatch bay allready to go in the morning. :)

UPDATE:

All the parcels are ready to go, booked for collection tomorrow. GI sent me the cost breakdown (30 quid shipping) and I've paid for the onward shipping (I managed to get it a bit cheaper than I said at first:)) so here's my take on the total costs. I propose we apportion the GI shipping at a tenner each for Virgil and me, and a fiver each for the others since they only had a chute. If you're agreeable that makes it

Virgil: 152.80 WRONGWRONGWRONG
Silentbob and LordPoncho: 27.80 each. WRONGWRONGWRONG

I'll PM you my paypal address very shortly.

We should definitely have bought some of those insulated food containers. They're going like hot cakes on another thread. :)

Oh, hang on -- I forgot the VAT. Those numbers are wrong. Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible. :confused:

Revised numbers including VAT on the goods (it was included in the shipping which is what confused me)

Virgil: 179.80
Silentbob, LordPoncho: 30.80 each.

I think that's right now. Please check my arithmetic, it was 7.80 shipping for each parcel from here. Yes, it was the same price for all three which is weird because Virgil's parcel weighs five times as much as the others!
 
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