Hahah... I spelt Reigns as Rains 'What me failed engrish?'
Please find Fred's reply below;
Tom,
Paypal charges me 3.9% of the total order including the shipping price to take a payment from Australia, plus 30 cents for each transaction. I don't need 5%, I just need to cover their fee. The reason I need to get the paypal fees back is that I will lose $$ on your deal shipping you mills for $90 each, and paying paypal. At that price, you are saving more on the mill than I am making, plus the wife gets pissed when I'm out in the garage boxing up mills for free! : ) Like I said, thin margins. I am keeping the price as low as I can to get our product out there on the street so folks know who we are, and the quality of our product. You could easily have one member with a personal paypal account take payments from all of your buyers via paypal or check, and make a single wire transfer from your bank, or you could also have someone take the money from your group, and mail a single check or $$ order too. I really do want to work with you guys, but there is so little room to do so with the MM-2.
I can do 1/2" shafts for $10 each, no problem anyone that wants that, just needs to let me know. I can also do the MM-3 if you're interested in that for $130each.
Unless you just want to make people make up their minds, I don't see the need in cutting this off as quickly...I realize the thread has been going for a little while now as it is, so that's really up to you guys.
The weight of the MM-2 bare is 7.09lbs. You'll need to add at least a half lb for packaging, so figure on a shipment weight of 7.5lbs, which in most places rounds up to 8. The mill is 9.5" long overall, and If I'm sending them 2 at a time will be in a box that is 10x4x4. You'll need to put that box inside another with padding to safely pack it for postage. I'd love to do the discount code, but I don't know how to make paypal do that, or for sure if it can.
Thanks,
~~fred francis
Monster Brewing Hardware
Fred has also been generous enough to offer a discount on the the 1/2" shaft. A shaft upgrade is now $10. i'm in...
Using
http://www1.auspost.com.au/pac/aus_parcel.asp we can now calculate domestic postage where required. Weight is 3-4kg and box dimension will roughly be 26*10*10cm.
MM2:
1. WWWH (Sydney)
2. Dicko (Canberra) 1/2 inch shaft
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) 1/2 inch shaft
7. jel (Adelaide - Henley Beach to Unley)
8. PoMo (Wollongong)
9. TDA (Adelaide) 1/2inch shaft please.
10. Dravid (Campbelltown)
11. Ray Mills (Wollongong, got him nibbling, anyway )
12. Thirsty Boy (inner city Melb)
13. Iann (Adelaide - Clovelly Park) 1/2inch shaft
14. The naked brewer (Melbourne, Blackburn)
