Wanted: Grain Mill

[TOF]

Best get in quick then folks.

TOF, Bayside, Melbourne, Thanks Pokolbinguy for getting this special started, Im in, think I have done all the right things and ticked all the right boxes, Thanks Ross, I hope I ticked all the right boxes for you, Cheers,The Old Fart.

 

[pokolbinguy]

Pokolbinguy for getting this special started

I think the credit for this one goes to Dicko and Ross.... ohh and "Whats wrong with hahn" for starting the thread

Pok

 

[reVoxAHB]

It's a hell of an offer, Ross. You're a top bloke. Top retailer. Period.

Looking forward to meeting you at the anhc conference B)

reVox

 

[bindi]

Just bought mine from Ross with the hopper could not help myself and bought other stuff also .
Was not going to miss a good mill at this price, buy local. :icon_cheers:

 

[jlm]

Same here Bindi, mill and a heap of grain. 2 down, 8 to go :super:

 

[THE DRUNK ARAB]

Monster Mill (From U.S.A $120, provided 2 buyers same area)
1. WWWH (Sydney)
2. Dicko (Canberra)
3. pbrosnan (WA - Dianella)
4. peas_and_corn (Adelaide suburbs - Northeast)
5. bugwan (Melbourne, inner west)
6. Citymorgue2 (Melbourne, Eastern suburbs - nunawading)
7. reVox (Melbourne, South Melbs/Albert Park)
8. jel (Adelaide - Henley Beach to Unley)
9. PoMo (Looking for a second Illawarran)
10. TDA (Adelaide) 1/2inch shaft please.

MashMaster MillMaster (From Craftbrewer. AUS. Mill $199 each + postage, 10% discount on handle and hopper.)
1. Pokolbinguy
2. Bakkerman
3. jlm
4. mark_m
5. bindi
6. cliffo
7. Danman (Mill + Hopper)
8. TOF

Either (or unknown at the moment)
1. Dravid
2. Zoddy (tentitive)

 

[Ross]

Same here Bindi, mill and a heap of grain. 2 down, 8 to go :super:

5 gone....

 

[cliffo]

5 gone....

I got mine

Thanks Ross!!

 

[Cummins]

at least 6... :beer:

 

[dc59]

Monster Mill (From U.S.A $120, provided 2 buyers same area)
1. WWWH (Sydney)
2. Dicko (Canberra)
3. pbrosnan (WA - Dianella)
4. peas_and_corn (Adelaide suburbs - Northeast)
5. bugwan (Melbourne, inner west)
6. Citymorgue2 (Melbourne, Eastern suburbs - nunawading)
7. reVox (Melbourne, South Melbs/Albert Park)
8. jel (Adelaide - Henley Beach to Unley)
9. PoMo (Looking for a second Illawarran)
10. TDA (Adelaide) 1/2inch shaft please.
11. Dravid (Campbelltown)

 

[dc59]

Monster Mill (From U.S.A $120, provided 2 buyers same area)
1. WWWH (Sydney)
2. Dicko (Canberra)
3. pbrosnan (WA - Dianella)
4. peas_and_corn (Adelaide suburbs - Northeast)
5. bugwan (Melbourne, inner west)
6. Citymorgue2 (Melbourne, Eastern suburbs - nunawading)
7. reVox (Melbourne, South Melbs/Albert Park)
8. jel (Adelaide - Henley Beach to Unley)
9. PoMo (Looking for a second Illawarran)
10. TDA (Adelaide) 1/2inch shaft please.
11. Dravid (Campbelltown)

Either (or unknown at the moment)
1. Zoddy (tentitive)

Sorry Zoddy

 

[mark_m]

Millmaster ordered from Ross

 

[pbrosnan]

Hmmm ... not looking good for a partner in Perth for me, Dicko can you remind me what the cost will be if I'm the only Perth brewer?

 

[reVoxAHB]

We're looking for another Melbourne taker on a Monster Mill II.

Anyone? :unsure:

 

[PostModern]

Monster Mill (From U.S.A $120, provided 2 buyers same area)
1. WWWH (Sydney)
2. Dicko (Canberra)
3. pbrosnan (WA - Dianella)
4. peas_and_corn (Adelaide suburbs - Northeast)
5. bugwan (Melbourne, inner west)
6. Citymorgue2 (Melbourne, Eastern suburbs - nunawading)
7. reVox (Melbourne, South Melbs/Albert Park)
8. jel (Adelaide - Henley Beach to Unley)
9. PoMo (Wollongong)
10. TDA (Adelaide) 1/2inch shaft please.
11. Dravid (Campbelltown)
12. Ray Mills (Wollongong, got him nibbling, anyway )

 

[Dicko ACT]

Well we are smashing this MM-2 bulk buy... Guess its time to make it happen.

I will give brewers until midnight tomorrow (22/04/08) to join the bulk buy.

On Wednesday we can start working out payment and postage details.

Dicko

 

[PostModern]

I just ran some trial sales thru Monster Mill's website and came to the interesting conclusion that the mills come to A$125 and some cents each delivered to Aus when ordered in pairs. I also noted that total postage (US$38) did not increase when I ordered three or four mills. Seems to be cheaper to go straight to the source.

Frankly for the sake of $5, I'd save the bulk buy co-ordinator the trouble of ordering and just arrange this amongst ourselves. You Melbournians could do well out of this. Total price for 4 delivered to the same address is US$434, which according to www.xe.com/ucc is currently A$460, or $115 each. Is there $5 worth of fuel between your houses? Does PayPal have the same conversion rate as xe.com? If the answers to those questions are "No" and "Yes" respectively, then we're wasting our time in here.

Frankly, I would expect MM to have offered us a genuine bulk buy deal, not just offer split postage, which is available to us anyway! And that would be using the very convenient PayPal rather than the "Wire Transfer" service that MM is suggesting.

I'd like this to be wrong. Someone show me where I'm wrong!

EDIT: Just for a lark, I put in an order for 40 mills on their ordering system and shipping (using PayPal) still came to a flat US$38. Not our fault if the site calculates shipping wrong is it? Under good ole yanky lawz.

 

[Dicko ACT]

I just ran some trial sales thru Monster Mill's website and came to the interesting conclusion that the mills come to A$125 and some cents each delivered to Aus when ordered in pairs. I also noted that total postage (US$38) did not increase when I ordered three or four mills. Seems to be cheaper to go straight to the source.

Frankly for the sake of $5, I'd save the bulk buy co-ordinator the trouble of ordering and just arrange this amongst ourselves. You Melbournians could do well out of this. Total price for 4 delivered to the same address is US$434, which according to www.xe.com/ucc is currently A$460, or $115 each. Is there $5 worth of fuel between your houses? Does PayPal have the same conversion rate as xe.com? If the answers to those questions are "No" and "Yes" respectively, then we're wasting our time in here.

Frankly, I would expect MM to have offered us a genuine bulk buy deal, not just offer split postage, which is available to us anyway! And that would be using the very convenient PayPal rather than the "Wire Transfer" service that MM is suggesting.

I'd like this to be wrong. Someone show me where I'm wrong!

EDIT: Just for a lark, I put in an order for 40 mills on their ordering system and shipping (using PayPal) still came to a flat US$38. Not our fault if the site calculates shipping wrong is it? Under good ole yanky lawz.

Thats the quote they gave me PostModern. The mill's were discounted by US$10ea with the bulk buy (they claimed margins are low). The real saving was 1/2 priced shipping where you send 2 to the same address.

We still have the option of using PayPal for the bulk buy, personally I would prefer this. Problem is, it adds 5% to the total.

I'm asuming the postage price of 4 and 40 (ha) being US$38 is a mistake. I will send them another email tomorrow...

 

[PostModern]

Thats the quote they gave me PostModern. The mill's were discounted by US$10ea with the bulk buy (they claimed margins are low).

The 1/2 price shipping is not an exclusive saving for our buk buy. Perhaps the US$10 discount has been beaten by the exchange rates of the day. And since when did PayPal ever charge the purchaser? The price I got above was straight off their website, all I had to do was click "confirm order" for the prices I quoted. For the time and agonising in this thread, I would have just clicked "confirm" except Ray has not yet confirmed his interest to save shipping.

 

[Back Yard Brewer]

and finally, is there any need for 1/2 inch shaft as apposed to the supplied 3/8th?

cheers guys
jon

I myself have been looking at the Monster but have now put it on hold as a friend has loaned me his Valley Mill for as long as I need. Back to you question on shafts, I would go the 1/2 inch upgrade. If you ever decide to mount a pulley to motorise it I think you will find that all the pulley's utilise a 1/2 inch shaft. Someone will correct me if I am wrong.

BYB

 

[Thirsty Boy]

Monster Mill (From U.S.A $120, provided 2 buyers same area)
1. WWWH (Sydney)
2. Dicko (Canberra)
3. pbrosnan (WA - Dianella)
4. peas_and_corn (Adelaide suburbs - Northeast)
5. bugwan (Melbourne, inner west)
6. Citymorgue2 (Melbourne, Eastern suburbs - nunawading)
7. reVox (Melbourne, South Melbs/Albert Park)
8. jel (Adelaide - Henley Beach to Unley)
9. PoMo (Wollongong)
10. TDA (Adelaide) 1/2inch shaft please.
11. Dravid (Campbelltown)
12. Ray Mills (Wollongong, got him nibbling, anyway )
13. Thirsty Boy (inner city Melb)

Another for Melbourne. Hopefully PoMo is right and we can save even more on postage!! That'd be cool.

I'm in East Melb just outside the city - happy to act as a central delivery point - I'll even deliver for a beer on arrival and a take away of your finest HB (CM2 its gonna cost you 2 beers way the hell out in Nudawading...)

Thirsty

 

[NickB]

Why do you bastards always organize these things when I'm SERIOUSLY lacking in moolah.... Damn you all (on a side note - anyone want to donate a mill to me.... )

 

[ffrancis]

Guys,

The 40 mills shipped for $38 is definitely a mistake. Paypal can't do very complicated shipping calculations, and my web site hasn't been upgraded take this type of stuff into consideration. I can ship two mills to a single address for $38. I can also ship a single mill for that amount. The post method I use is a flat rate box that has an international weight limit of 21 lbs, and will hold two of our mills. It goes over the weight limit of 21 lbs only if there's two MM-3 mills. It'll get in under the weight limit if its one MM-2 and one MM-3, or two MM-2. You are correct that the discount is only $10 on each mill, and then you save more $$ by having two sent to the same place. I'd like everyone to understand the deal.

Our upgraded steel is 1144 alloy. We also offer 303 stainless as an upgrade, as well as a larger 1/2" drive shaft.

~~fred francis
Monster Brewing Hardware

 

[Dicko ACT]

The 1/2 price shipping is not an exclusive saving for our buk buy. Perhaps the US$10 discount has been beaten by the exchange rates of the day. And since when did PayPal ever charge the purchaser? The price I got above was straight off their website, all I had to do was click "confirm order" for the prices I quoted. For the time and agonising in this thread, I would have just clicked "confirm" except Ray has not yet confirmed his interest to save shipping.

Pipe down PostModern... Your just shooting the messenger.

ffrancis, could you explain why PayPal adds 5%.

 

[PostModern]

Thanks for explaining, Fred. I was simply surprised that the difference between this bulk buy and ordering direct appeared to be just A$5.

No worries Dicko, I'll shuddup now.

 

[pbrosnan]

I'm thinking I'll get the 1/2 inch shaft upgrade. Dicko, what is the deal on single shipping to Perth, would it be better for me to drop out and buy separately?

 

[brettprevans]

Monster Mill (From U.S.A $120, provided 2 buyers same area)
Another for Melbourne. Hopefully PoMo is right and we can save even more on postage!! That'd be cool.

I'm in East Melb just outside the city - happy to act as a central delivery point - I'll even deliver for a beer on arrival and a take away of your finest HB (CM2 its gonna cost you 2 beers way the hell out in Nudawading...)

Thirsty

Thirsty - not that I mind sharing 2 of my finest with you, but you could always give it to me at the upcoming caseswap. I'll still probably give you a couple of my finest anyways! happy to share the morgue's finest beer.


EDIT: Im also going to make comment about PoMo's comment about there seeming to be very little discount from Monster as its a bulk buy. I agree. theres doesnt seem to be much of a discount especially as there's like 13 orders, where as Ross have a $70 discount plus 10% off accessories. Its intesting is all im saying. Im not complaining in any way. just having a conversation. We've all made our choices and are happy.

 

[therook]

Thirsty - not that I mind sharing 2 of my finest with you, but you could always give it to me at the upcoming caseswap. I'll still probably give you a couple of my finest anyways! happy to share the morgue's finest beer.


EDIT: Im also going to make comment about PoMo's comment about there seeming to be very little discount from Monster as its a bulk buy. I agree. theres doesnt seem to be much of a discount especially as there's like 13 orders, where as Ross have a $70 discount plus 10% off accessories. Its intesting is all im saying. Im not complaining in any way. just having a conversation. We've all made our choices and are happy.

CM,

Lots of things have to be taken into consideration when it comes to discounts, maybe Ross has a higher markup and can afford to give a big discount , the monster mill may have smaller margins to work with, at the end of the day no one is going to give a discount if its going to cut into the profits.

Rook

 

[reVoxAHB]

Monster Mill (From U.S.A $120, provided 2 buyers same area)
1. WWWH (Sydney)
2. Dicko (Canberra)
3. pbrosnan (WA - Dianella)
4. peas_and_corn (Adelaide suburbs - Northeast)
5. bugwan (Melbourne, inner west)
6. Citymorgue2 (Melbourne, Eastern suburbs - nunawading)
7. reVox (Melbourne, South Melbs/Albert Park)
8. jel (Adelaide - Henley Beach to Unley)
9. PoMo (Wollongong)
10. TDA (Adelaide) 1/2inch shaft please.
11. Dravid (Campbelltown)
12. Ray Mills (Wollongong, got him nibbling, anyway )
13. Thirsty Boy (inner city Melb)


I know I'm a dick Melbourne guys, but have flopped for a MillMaster with crank+hopper. Order placed. Ross' offer was too outstanding to pass-by... and comparable to Frank's initial pre-order price (which he's said he'll never do again).

I've seen the MM2 in action and it's absolutely fantastic - in fact, my efficiency shot up 5% over my LHBS crush. MM2 would have been my first choice as I wanted to power with a drill for the time being - didn't want to deal with grearing down a motor, pullys, etc. (that's another long-term project). And that's where the MillMaster hand-crank comes in-meets my needs. Hell, I could use the exercise.. and 10kg in 10 minutes is acceptable.

!stab reVox (runs and ducks for cover)

 

[pbrosnan]

1. WWWH (Sydney)
2. Dicko (Canberra)
3. pbrosnan (WA - Dianella) 1/2 inch shaft
4. peas_and_corn (Adelaide suburbs - Northeast)
5. bugwan (Melbourne, inner west)
6. Citymorgue2 (Melbourne, Eastern suburbs - nunawading)
7. reVox (Melbourne, South Melbs/Albert Park)
8. jel (Adelaide - Henley Beach to Unley)
9. PoMo (Wollongong)
10. TDA (Adelaide) 1/2inch shaft please.
11. Dravid (Campbelltown)
12. Ray Mills (Wollongong, got him nibbling, anyway )
13. Thirsty Boy (inner city Melb)

Added 1/2 inch shaft.