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FS: NEW Hubba Hubba V6 Tent (Green) - $400 23-Jun-2011 At 9:52:12 AM strerror

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On 23/06/2011 HumphreyG wrote:
>Personal view - so what if the guy is selling tents on here? It is in
>the right section. As long as 1) they are not duds/damaged/fakes or whatever
>and 2) he obtained them in a legal/ethical manner (ie he hasn't half inched
>them from somewhere, then I don't have an issue. People need tents/other
>gear and if he can get it for them cheaper than the expensive retail ops
>here then everyones a winner - thats capitalism for you. I get more frustrated
>that everything costs so much in Oz, The retail industry is asking for
>entrepreneurs to come and show them a better way. I would certainly prefer
>to see Australian businesses benefitting but like I say until this backward
>practice is resolved - its going to happen - see the other threads on Chockstone.

I agree completely, but what I don't like is people trying to charge prices that are inline with said overpriced gear.

>Personally I wouldn't buy one of Grizzlys tents as I get all my stuff
>overseas, I dont tend to trust second hand gear too much and I travel overseas
>quite a bit anyway. Having said that I did put in an order on CampSaver
>for a Hubba Hubba and they have since emailed back saying they don't ship
>any Cascade Designs / Black Diamond (and a few other brands) to Oz. I
>had spotted it in their small print on the international shipping page
>but I was hoping that they might over see this (as I had thought might
>have been the case for Strerror, but I'm now assuming you used one of those
>forwarding/rerouting services??). I'll now look at the forwarding service
>that was mentioned on one of the other threads, but I can see how all of
>this hastle would lead someone to take the quick, easy and (relative to
>Aussie prices) cheaper option of purchasing one of Grizzlys tent.

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outlines how I do it. It's very simple, sign up to a forwarder, order online in say the states, get everything shipped to your US address for free. Then have packages consolidated (if more then one from say different stores), and sent to you via DHL premium (same price as any other courier and get's here from the states in 2-3 business days max). Some forwarders will let you get premium discounted rates with couriers as well so if you do it regularly you'll save even more on the shipping.

As I mentioned above last couple of times I've bought tents in the states the cost of shipping was ~$55.