Shipping batteries

[sailaboutvic]

Maybe I going to need to ship 4 batteries to Sicily anyone with any ideas on the cheaper way of doing this , batteries company want £177 .
Thanks

 

[pvb]

Can't you buy them in Sicily?

 

[sailaboutvic]

I can but at nearly

Can't you buy them in Sicily?

€100 per battery each

 

[pvb]

I can but at nearly €100 per battery each

That doesn't sound very expensive, how much can you get them for in the UK?

 

[sailaboutvic]

That doesn't sound very expensive, how much can you get them for in the UK?

£400 cheaper

 

[pvb]

£400 cheaper

?????

 

[z1ppy]

That sounds pretty reasonable, class 9 hazardous goods. 4 batteries, i guess around 80 Kgs total?

i would say thats pretty good to be honest.

 

[sailaboutvic]

Should had said in my opening posting , the £177 was for the shipping ,

 

[sailaboutvic]

That sounds pretty reasonable, class 9 hazardous goods. 4 batteries, i guess around 80 Kgs total?

i would say thats pretty good to be honest.

It may be good but I looking for better

 

[TernVI]

Shipping anything from the UK seems dear, have you looked at shipping from France or Germany?

 

[sailaboutvic]

Shipping anything from the UK seems dear, have you looked at shipping from France or Germany?

The only reason I want to ship them from the UK is because they much cheaper then any where else I can find in Europe, £150 against €220 in Italy I think the cheapest I seen €200 plus carriages that's a 200 € saving , but if I have to pay £177 to have them shipped out then there no point .
agree shipping any thing from the UK is expensive and at time a rip off , I can get 35 kg from Germany at almost the same price I can get a Jiffy bag sent from the UK from some company .
@ yngmar , we probably be in the marina in about a month , if you know where I can get them in Germany at the same price as the UK I be interested .
See you then .
May still go back the cheap batteries after the experience I had with the last lot of Trojan.

 

[Yngmar]

@ yngmar , we probably be in the marina in about a month , if you know where I can get them in Germany at the same price as the UK I be interested .
See you then .

If you tell me which batteries you need, I'll have a look.

Also worth checking eBay.it - just search and sort by price incl. shipping, like so: batteria 12v 130ah in vendita | eBay

UK prices are currently lower in comparison because they haven't been adjusted for the further crash of the pound yet, but that doesn't help you with difficult to ship stuff like batteries. Good time for a last round of UK boat parts and favourite supplies this autumn though, before they become difficult to get out here.

 

[sailaboutvic]

If you tell me which batteries you need, I'll have a look.

Also worth checking eBay.it - just search and sort by price incl. shipping, like so: batteria 12v 130ah in vendita | eBay

UK prices are currently lower in comparison because they haven't been adjusted for the further crash of the pound yet, but that doesn't help you with difficult to ship stuff like batteries. Good time for a last round of UK boat parts and favourite supplies this autumn though, before they become difficult to get out here.

Looked at eBay it and the rest of eu sites .
Trojan T105 best price in the UK 148 per battery , if you can match that locally your not only a better man then me but your in for a few drinks when we arrive

 

[Yngmar]

Well, if you're offering drinks! ?

How many batteries? 4, 6, 8? Assuming at least four.

Let's see then:

€170 each in a bundle of four, plus €13 shipping to Sicilian postcode: 4x Trojan T 105, 681,38 €

€167 each, minimum order two. Must arrange your own collection: Trojan T-105 deep cycle Batterie 6 Volt 225 Ah Pol-EUT

Don't know either of those companies myself, but both have a proper Impressum and there's no reason to doubt them. Would confirm the shipping costs by email though, seems too good to be true, might be the webshop doesn't realize how much batteries weigh

Beware, there may be some faff about you having to pay a deposit of €7.50 per battery which you get refunded once you confirm that you have returned your old batteries for recycling. German law - not sure how this works for exported batteries.

In Italy I can't find them for much under €200. No great deals in ES/FR/PT/GR either.

Would rethink buying Trojans again though, given your rubbish experience with the current batch. You can get that sort of lifespan out of much cheaper batteries. Or get a set of AGMs for the same money.

 

[sailaboutvic]

Well, if you're offering drinks! ?

How many batteries? 4, 6, 8? Assuming at least four.

Let's see then:

€170 each in a bundle of four, plus €13 shipping to Sicilian postcode: 4x Trojan T 105, 681,38 €

€167 each, minimum order two. Must arrange your own collection: Trojan T-105 deep cycle Batterie 6 Volt 225 Ah Pol-EUT

Don't know either of those companies myself, but both have a proper Impressum and there's no reason to doubt them. Would confirm the shipping costs by email though, seems too good to be true, might be the webshop doesn't realize how much batteries weigh

Beware, there may be some faff about you having to pay a deposit of €7.50 per battery which you get refunded once you confirm that you have returned your old batteries for recycling. German law - not sure how this works for exported batteries.

In Italy I can't find them for much under €200. No great deals in ES/FR/PT/GR either.

Would rethink buying Trojans again though, given your rubbish experience with the current batch. You can get that sort of lifespan out of much cheaper batteries. Or get a set of AGMs for the same money.

I check the first one out later see what they want for carriage.
Only reason buying them again is I can get 480 Ah in my box by using them other wise I can only get 3x110Ah unless I put one somewhere else . That extra bit makes a lot of difference when we do night sailing .
I got not idea why the last lot only last two years , i can only think one must had been faulty, although the gravity test each month show there all OK.

Some here suggestions i may have over charged them other said I may have under charged them in which case Trojan data sheet wrong as they been set has the data sheet . And personally I have to except that trojan data has to be right as they make the things.

Once you brought cheap batteries connected them up and forgot them and they work for years , now with all this victory mppt stuff having to set the % for this the tail off for that ,
victrom say set it this way , other say no thats not right set it another way , just too much to get wrong .

 

[sailaboutvic]

@ Yngmar.
Well done on that fine , that work out at 175 incl shipping per batteries, compair well with the UK one at 192 if you include what they want to ship to sicily .