What you gain on the roundabouts (anodes) you lose on the swings (shipping)!

[Poignard]

I won't be proceeding to checkout.

 

[rogerthebodger]

Go into the cart and set quantity to zero then leave the site

 

[tross]

Oh I thing I can beat that - Two bolts for a SAAB 2.2TDI aux Belt tension Bolts, 8 Euros - shipping from Germany ( the only place I coiuld find them ) 30Euro

 

[Poignard]

Go into the cart and set quantity to zero then leave the site

Er, thanks.

As a matter of fact, I wasn't seeking advice on how to leave the site, but drawing attention to what seemed like an unjustifiably high shipping cost tacked onto an apparently bargain price for the item.

I will try to make myself clearer next time.

 

[Martin_J]

I was going to say that If you buy 30 of them the shipping will only be a pound for each one...

Then I realised you're likely to be in France.

 

[Martin_J]

How about delivery from the MG Duff distributor in France..

http://shop.pgys.com/search?controller=search&orderby=position&orderway=desc&search_query=Zd56

 

[SimonD]

Switch to aluminum anodes. Must be cheaper to ship.

 

[rogerthebodger]

I have to live with high shipping costs for

1) the post office totally fails to delivery anything coming from overseas so we have to use courier.

I purchased some diesel filters from the UK (only place I found them ) the courier cost more for one the the item so I ordered 3 and the courier cost was equal to the cost of the three items

My UK made EPIRB needed some new batteries and the supplier would not supply and our local safety authority would only except batteries supplied by the supplier. I got replace batteries from a local supplier of the same spec as the original supplier

The agent for my Australian EPIRB will not import replace batteries from Australia due to the shipping cost again I got a local company to replace the batteries with exactly the same supplier by the manufacturer, Again not acceptable to the local safety authority.

We are put between a rock and a hard place

 

[Lightwave395]

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I won't be proceeding to checkout.

I didn't realise you lived on the Isle of Wight !

I just bought two new Aluminium anodes online - shipping to my IOW home £12.95, shipping to my daughter in Horndean £5.95

 

[oldgit]

Scurrilous rumours that the pushing of aluminium for anodes is purely down to the fact that it is cheaper to buy / process and much cheaper to transport than Zinc.
This was from somebody who sells both and has been in the been in the business since the Ark was launched.
Surely not !

 

[srm]

I bought a big anode a few months ago from SVB in Germany, flat rate shipping up to 30Kg at about half of what you were charged so all the other items in the box were effectively free shipping.

 

[Poignard]

I bought a big anode a few months ago from SVB in Germany, flat rate shipping up to 30Kg at about half of what you were charged so all the other items in the box were effectively free shipping.

What a difference.

But I wasn't charged anything because I didn't complete the ordering process.
I added the anode to the 'basket', proceeded to 'checkout' where the extortionate shipping cost was added. As soon as I saw that, I took a screenshot and exited from the website.

 

[Buck Turgidson]

I bought a big anode a few months ago from SVB in Germany, flat rate shipping up to 30Kg at about half of what you were charged so all the other items in the box were effectively free shipping.

I use Svb almost exclusively these days

 

[Poignard]

I use Svb almost exclusively these days

I have bought from them, pre-Brexit, also AWN and Toplicht.

But since then I can only buy from them, duty free, if I have my purchases delivered to France, which may not always be convenient.

 

[Bouba]

Scurrilous rumours that the pushing of aluminium for anodes is purely down to the fact that it is cheaper to buy / process and much cheaper to transport than Zinc.
This was from somebody who sells both and has been in the been in the business since the Ark was launched.
Surely not !

I was planning to switch completely to aluminum....because I’m tired of the end of season panic about my zincs...but is your friend saying they are not as good ?

 

[srm]

I was planning to switch completely to aluminum....because I’m tired of the end of season panic about my zincs...but is your friend saying they are not as good ?

I understood that aluminium anodes are suitable for fresh water and zinc for salt water. Happy to be corrected, but have been using zinc anodes in sea water for around half a century without problems.

 

[Bouba]

I understood that aluminium anodes are suitable for fresh water and zinc for salt water. Happy to be corrected, but have been using zinc anodes in sea water for around half a century without problems.

That was always my understanding as well...but things have changed

 

[srm]

That was always my understanding as well...but things have changed

Really, is it the electro chemical reactions between metals and solutions, or the Periodic Table of Elements that has changed?
Or is it just that other alloys are cheaper than zinc and sort of give some protection in salt water?

 

[Bouba]

Really, is it the electro chemical reactions between metals and solutions, or the Periodic Table of Elements that has changed?
Or is it just that other alloys are cheaper than zinc and sort of give some protection in salt water?

Fashion has changed....and aluminum is getting popular because they last longer...of course that could mean they aren’t sacrificing

 

[superheat6k]

In our business unless the item will fit in a postage envelope, we start our P&P rates at £18 (+vat).

Someone has to pick it, pack it, process the order, then take it to the post office. Our office staff rate is £14 / hour, then we have to pay for the parcel post itself on top of that. An anode is hardly a light object. Processing such an order is easily at least £14. But if you buy two the P&P will likely remain the same, so the fee is amortised to £7, four and its just £3.50.