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Post by Erwin.BE on Oct 1, 2014 15:53:00 GMT -5
www.borderlinx.comwww.borderlinx.com/en/shipping-cost-calculatorI had a go with the calculator of the above reshipper. The shipping of the (palletized) XPA-7 would be 462 USD. I bought the XPR-5 in mid 2012 and the shipping of the non-pallatized box was 251 USD. The cardboard box was really undone by the time it arrived though. Luckily no damage. Would it be really so hard for Emotiva to come up with a decent packaging that not required using a pallet? They build houses with cardboard! You are correct, they do build houses out of cardboard, but the difference is those houses don't get ship halfway around the world by common carriers dropping it, throwing it on conveyers and generally beating the $h!tt out of at every stop.  Now I don't want to offend anyone here, so if you work for a carrier service, I am not singling out anyone. I know a lot of people who are very careful and do fantastic jobs, but there are always those who don't and it seems like when we ship something like this over seas the damage is just excessive. This causes a huge problem for both the customer and for us. We want to take care of it as quickly as we can, but the normal procedure is to have the carrier pick up the unit, go through it and report on whether they will cover the damage. Which is always no the first time around and thus the process goes a second round and in the end we ship out another unit and pray it makes it in good order. So I truly apologize about the decision to withhold shipping to EU for now and I can tell you we are working to make the packaging as strong as we can with in what is reasonable. so hopefully we will be able to ship to the EU soon. Lonnie Okay, I remain in hope! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2014 16:31:43 GMT -5
www.borderlinx.comwww.borderlinx.com/en/shipping-cost-calculatorI had a go with the calculator of the above reshipper. The shipping of the (palletized) XPA-7 would be 462 USD. I bought the XPR-5 in mid 2012 and the shipping of the non-pallatized box was 251 USD. The cardboard box was really undone by the time it arrived though. Luckily no damage. Would it be really so hard for Emotiva to come up with a decent packaging that not required using a pallet? They build houses with cardboard! You are correct, they do build houses out of cardboard, but the difference is those houses don't get ship halfway around the world by common carriers dropping it, throwing it on conveyers and generally beating the $h!tt out of at every stop. Now I don't want to offend anyone here, so if you work for a carrier service, I am not singling out anyone. I know a lot of people who are very careful and do fantastic jobs, but there are always those who don't and it seems like when we ship something like this over seas the damage is just excessive. This causes a huge problem for both the customer and for us. We want to take care of it as quickly as we can, but the normal procedure is to have the carrier pick up the unit, go through it and report on whether they will cover the damage. Which is always no the first time around and thus the process goes a second round and in the end we ship out another unit and pray it makes it in good order. So I truly apologize about the decision to withhold shipping to EU for now and I can tell you we are working to make the packaging as strong as we can with in what is reasonable. so hopefully we will be able to ship to the EU soon. Lonnie So what about Canada?  Is the border really that wide? |
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Post by Erwin.BE on Oct 6, 2014 14:20:16 GMT -5
www.borderlinx.comwww.borderlinx.com/en/shipping-cost-calculatorI had a go with the calculator of the above reshipper. The shipping of the (palletized) XPA-7 would be 462 USD. I bought the XPR-5 in mid 2012 and the shipping of the non-pallatized box was 251 USD. The cardboard box was really undone by the time it arrived though. Luckily no damage. Would it be really so hard for Emotiva to come up with a decent packaging that not required using a pallet? They build houses with cardboard! I tried ReShip calculator also. Result for the XPA-7 is $255 (shipping with FedEx), the same amount as the XPR-5 with Emotiva in 2012. Interesting! Anyone has experience with these folks? www.reship.com/Default.aspx |
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Post by dragonV on Oct 6, 2014 19:20:22 GMT -5
You are correct, they do build houses out of cardboard, but the difference is those houses don't get ship halfway around the world by common carriers dropping it, throwing it on conveyers and generally beating the $h!tt out of at every stop. Now I don't want to offend anyone here, so if you work for a carrier service, I am not singling out anyone. I know a lot of people who are very careful and do fantastic jobs, but there are always those who don't and it seems like when we ship something like this over seas the damage is just excessive. This causes a huge problem for both the customer and for us. We want to take care of it as quickly as we can, but the normal procedure is to have the carrier pick up the unit, go through it and report on whether they will cover the damage. Which is always no the first time around and thus the process goes a second round and in the end we ship out another unit and pray it makes it in good order. So I truly apologize about the decision to withhold shipping to EU for now and I can tell you we are working to make the packaging as strong as we can with in what is reasonable. so hopefully we will be able to ship to the EU soon. Lonnie Okay, I remain in hope! Same hope for shipping to Australia  |
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Post by Erwin.BE on Oct 7, 2014 16:58:46 GMT -5
I am very tempted to try the ReShip service with a XPA-200, an amp that I will also need. It costs only 25% of a XPA-7, hence the risk is negligible.
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Post by jonas79 on Oct 8, 2014 14:58:16 GMT -5
www.borderlinx.comwww.borderlinx.com/en/shipping-cost-calculatorI had a go with the calculator of the above reshipper. The shipping of the (palletized) XPA-7 would be 462 USD. I bought the XPR-5 in mid 2012 and the shipping of the non-pallatized box was 251 USD. The cardboard box was really undone by the time it arrived though. Luckily no damage. Would it be really so hard for Emotiva to come up with a decent packaging that not required using a pallet? They build houses with cardboard! I tried ReShip calculator also. Result for the XPA-7 is $255 (shipping with FedEx), the same amount as the XPR-5 with Emotiva in 2012. Interesting! Anyone has experience with these folks? www.reship.com/Default.aspx275 USD to Sweden with reship calculator. Good prices indeed on so big box and weight. If you test there service tell how it works ? |
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Post by Erwin.BE on Oct 9, 2014 14:48:21 GMT -5
Will do!
I checked with Emotiva Sales and they gave the green light. But they added that the XPR amps still don't get shipped overseas due to "Voltage issues". WTF? My XPR-5 lives on a daily 230 Volt nutritious diet without protest...
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Is the border really that wide? 
