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I guess something to add in at this point for those of you in the USA who build and restore trucks is a bit of perspective.
The two lowering shackles above will cost you $75.00 in the USA from LMC including shipping
Not too bad I hear you say.
But if you are in the U.K. the price of a build changes dramatically.
Add in the $80.00 in shipping or postage that you saw above and the cost has now doubled.
However, if you ship over parts, you have to add in a Customs declaration to value the items. (Thankfully these were used parts)
Once the parcel lands in England, the Post Office then charges a $10.00 handling fee, and the Revenue service add in Import duty that is raised against the cost of the item, the shipping and the taxes you paid on them before.......
So you could look at trebling the outset cost of an item.
So a $100.00 item shipped can end up costing an easy $300.00
And yet we keep doing this stuff.
Which is why we carry parts when we visit America in stead of clothes, why I have left two pairs of shoes at Dennis in St Louis and clothes etc.
Looking forward to working on the Blazer tomorrow.
