From a Ripped off Brit to all you guys in the States

[Diver Dave]

Thanks again for all your help.<br />Great Site Great People.<br />Hope I don't need to come back too soon !<br />I just wish I could get my spares at the same price as you guys.<br />I pay the same price in £ stirling as you pay in $ and with 1£ = $1.80 thats nearly twice as much.<br /><br />Best regards and good boating and fishing to everyone,<br /><br />Dave

 

[Diver Dave]

Re: From a Ripped off Brit to all you guys in the States

^

 

[steviecops]

Re: From a Ripped off Brit to all you guys in the States

I know what you mean Dave. Some spares are 3 or even 4 times the price.<br /><br />The worst I've come across so far is the pins for the OMC rubber connectors. In England, £4.50 EACH PIN!, in the states 55 cents each!<br /><br />I think it's all down to the Belgiuns! They've never liked us! LOL

 

[Jack Shellac]

Re: From a Ripped off Brit to all you guys in the States

That's too bad, guys. That's essentially what the Japanese are doing to us with car parts. eg: $600.00 for a 4-Cylinder Nissan Distributor. Ripoffs!

 

[jtexas]

Re: From a Ripped off Brit to all you guys in the States

Is it tariffs? if not are distribution costs that high? is there some kind of exclusive distribution rights? if not I don't see how margins could remain that high for extended period of time without competition entering the market. <br /><br />there oughta be a law!

 

[steviecops]

Re: From a Ripped off Brit to all you guys in the States

I spoke to several OMC dealers, and apparently all the OMC parts we buy here have to be ordered from Belgium. Then there is a minimum order size, so if you want a part that costs less than the minimum order, you have to wait until someone else orders another part to bump the order up before they wil send your part!<br /><br />I'm sure stuff could be imported from the States and still sold a lot cheaper than the prices we are charged.<br /><br />Maybe there's an pening there for someone?<br /><br />Steve

 

[petrolhead]

Re: From a Ripped off Brit to all you guys in the States

Hey Dave, why not just do what I do and buy your spares from the US? Even by the time you've paid the shipping, and the tax and duty if it's over the limit, it still works out cheaper!<br />I bought a load of stuff for my Johnson, it was well over the duty free limit so I got stung £22 for that, and the priority shipping was $44, but even taking that into account I saved 50% on UK prices.

 

[Diver Dave]

Re: From a Ripped off Brit to all you guys in the States

Thanks PH<br />Who in the States do you buy from ?<br />I've tried that but couldn't find anyone who shipped overseas.<br />Just fitted my new power pack at a cost of £101.59 engine runs great, I think the old unit had been messing about for sometime.<br />The slow function kicked in 2 years ago,had to disconnect the tan wire to override it,tan wire now reconnected and it starts,runs and ticks over like a new engine.<br />Thanks to all again,<br />Dave

 

[petrolhead]

Re: From a Ripped off Brit to all you guys in the States

I got my stuff from go2marine.com, I think someone here put me on to them, there was no problem with shipping to the UK.<br />I got a friend of mine in the US to pay for my stuff as he owed me some money anyway, but afaik there is no problem with them taking credit cards.

 

[stairliftoheaven]

Re: From a Ripped off Brit to all you guys in the States

hey dave I got quoted £285 for an new head for my rude 60hp by a dealer in kent then got quoted $226 by matertech in the states; that's £125! (plus postage of course) still gonna be a lot cheaper. They give loads of technical advice as well. great guys!<br /><br />regards chris

 

[Diver Dave]

Re: From a Ripped off Brit to all you guys in the States

Keypart in the UK are always worth a try but stock is limited.<br /><br />Dave

 

[JasonB]

Re: From a Ripped off Brit to all you guys in the States

You may also want to check out boatfix.com as they ship internationally. They carry Sierra, Mercruiser/Mercury, and GLM parts I know. Likely others as well. Their prices are low in US dollars compared to some places.

 

[phatmanmike]

Re: From a Ripped off Brit to all you guys in the States

try www.seatemp.com and www.outboardparts.com , im not sure if iboats shipps to the uk, although i dont see why not..???

 

[rolmops]

Re: From a Ripped off Brit to all you guys in the States

Hello guys.<br />Did you try and find out whether IBOATS can send the stuff across the pond?<br />Since you are using their bandwidth for your thread, you might want to consider that.

 

[petrolhead]

Re: From a Ripped off Brit to all you guys in the States

I believe I checked out iboats when I was looking for a supplier, iirc they didn't have all the parts I needed, and didn't reply when I enquired if they could supply them. Preferring to buy all my parts from one supplier I followed up some of the leads I was given by forum members.<br />Having said that, if iboats could supply the parts I wanted at a good price I would buy from them of course.

 

[rightbrainer]

Re: From a Ripped off Brit to all you guys in the States

Would you Brits get a better shake from a Canadan supplier?