liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 2/7/08 at 03:36 PM |
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Rally Design rack
just ordered a rally design escort quick rack.
They will not ship to the states because of their
"liability insurance" he wouldn't say any more about it other than they can't do it.
anyone know why their liability insurance would stop shipment to the states?
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 2/7/08 at 03:41 PM |
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Is it cos the Americans would sue for $50,000,000,000 if they bruised their thumb on that rack?
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 2/7/08 at 03:47 PM |
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 But I'm not american, I wouldn't sue honest Guvnor
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RK
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| posted on 2/7/08 at 04:06 PM |
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Hi Liam,
Welcome to "trying to get things sent to North America from the UK". Many won't send because they don't WANT to, and come up
with all sorts of excuses to justify it. They will say things like "it will be horrendously expensive" and don't look for the
cheapest courier etc. which is easy to do.
It is up to them to decide if they want your business, and my experience is that many in the UK don't actually want to work very hard. This
contrasts sharply with the American attitude, of "give me money, and I'll sell you anything". It also explains why Canada and the US
are full of expat Brits who tire of the prevalent British way of doing business - SWEEPING GENERALISATION and not necessarily true! A lawyer told me
to say that.
[Edited on 2/7/08 by RK]
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 2/7/08 at 04:25 PM |
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lol, its a pita because i know that raldes used to send stuff all the time.
Oh well I don't think there is much else I can't get over here, plus I always have my parents who will forward stuff I need
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SeaBass
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| posted on 2/7/08 at 04:29 PM |
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Is it because the rack contains oil which being a petroleum derivative may be a PITA to ship on a plane?
JC
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 2/7/08 at 04:43 PM |
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possibly, I guess.
just to say thanks to all the people who messaged me offline and offered to supply me a steering rack much appreciated chaps!!
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mcerd1
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| posted on 2/7/08 at 07:16 PM |
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maybe you could bribe someone on here to collect bits for you and ship them to you 
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Taz Surfleet
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| posted on 2/7/08 at 07:49 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by RK
Hi Liam,
Welcome to "trying to get things sent to North America from the UK". Many won't send because they don't WANT to, and come up
with all sorts of excuses to justify it. They will say things like "it will be horrendously expensive" and don't look for the
cheapest courier etc. which is easy to do.
It is up to them to decide if they want your business, and my experience is that many in the UK don't actually want to work very hard. This
contrasts sharply with the American attitude, of "give me money, and I'll sell you anything". It also explains why Canada and the US
are full of expat Brits who tire of the prevalent British way of doing business - SWEEPING GENERALISATION and not necessarily true! A lawyer told me
to say that.
[Edited on 2/7/08 by RK]
You want to try buying from the Yanks from the UK we get knocked back just the same, its frustrating cos all they have to do is change the address on
the package and pay a little extra which is payed for by the recipient any how !!
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 2/7/08 at 07:53 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by RK
and my experience is that many in the UK don't actually want to work very hard.
[Edited on 2/7/08 by RK]
Cheers for that, I guess the reason nah, I wont go there........
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ghostrain
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| posted on 2/7/08 at 09:56 PM |
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Shipping to the USA-Rally Design
It's nothing to do with Rally Design not wanting to ship to the states or trying to avoid doing so....it is that their product liability
insurance(which very few motorsport companies have because it is so difficult and expensive to cover) specifically precludes any goods shipped
directly to the states and Canada...this is normal amongst insurance companies because they wish to avoid the litigation culture of those countries.
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Doug68
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| posted on 2/7/08 at 11:35 PM |
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Just get it shipped to a mates place in the UK and forwarded to you.
The grease in the thing isn't a problem for shipping. The swarf I found in the grease inspecting my unit might be more of an issue.
The same issues arise getting stuff out of the USA its just too much of a PITA for people to deal with a lot of the time.
The last example I had was Amazon not wanting to send me a set of headphones due warranty concerns (their price $65 local $225. I'll take the
risk thank you).
I have a buddy over there who acts as a forwarder for me so that solves that problem.
Doug. 1TG
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RK
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| posted on 3/7/08 at 03:29 AM |
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I actually had a problem with a guy in the States who would only ship to US addresses, so my comments are not limited... couldn't resist a
dig...
I was going to pay extra but he still wouldn't go for it. I had to take a day off work and drive over an hour to a border town to pick it up.
How much money do you think I could have made at work that day to cover any shipping charges? Yes, a lot more than the couple of hundred dollars.
Borders scare people. I don't get it.
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