Australian shipping
Thanks Stan I am glad we could help you out. The email address is
[email protected] actually.
I have spoken to Barb and the crew at Vans many times now and I have to say that due to how busy they are, they are not in a position to really look after overseas buyers. Their room is limited and they are not willing to stockpile or combine shipments in order to serve the customer better. They will pack a single kit into a container taking up half of the available space and ship it off with no thought on consolidating to save money. They have a broker in place that they "have used forever" that I don't think offers the best rates from the outset.
We offered to take all their Australia bound shipments but they are not interested, they have a system in place that works for them and they are not willing to change even if it means the end cost is cheaper to the customer, meaning that their product becomes more attractive. I pitched this angle and they said they were too busy to worry about it. Must be nice!
Anyway we would like to make it a goal that we will beat VAN?s shipping price on all Australia bound shipments. We will let them concentrate on doing what they do best ? building kit aircraft and we will do the shipping however this has to be client driven.
The factory is a round trip of 100 miles from our location.
- We will pick up your kit order in a pickup truck or rented pantec depending on the size of the kit and weather conditions
- We will supply 6 months free storage if you want to purchase in chunks and ship together
- If you have an existing shipment or are a past client you can have items from other suppliers sent to us and we will pack them all together (like ebay purchases etc). If shipping to us is over $100 we would be interested in supplying a competitive quote for North American shipping as well. We have accounts will most major carriers that offer us discounts.
- We will consolidate your kit with other clients shipments. This saves you on both ends as some of the Australian costs can be shared among other shippers.
We regularly ship to Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. We have a new client that should also establish a regular Adelaide schedule. Perth is a more occasional destination.
We would also consider offering the same service/s to other countries if there was a demand for it.
Drop us an email we would love to help you out.