Freight for cranks to Australia will be $12. Freewheel $12. A full kit $42. USPS Registered and insured.
Well at least your honest and didn't diddle the freight charges simply to win an argument, knowing full well i won't be buying anything, you could of quite easily done so...Yes i did check myself.
And now for the rest...as i said i'm happy to play i don't think you will be though ...
How will folks at home make our gears?
Why will they need to sprockets are available online pre cut suuurely your aware of this might want to check what the combat robot sites sell buddy you might be able to make even more profit buying off the shelf instead of getting your gears ::cough :: pre cut :-| HECK if you want to get fancy you could even make one completely belt driven using 5mm pitch belts and pulleys :: SHOCK :: and again using OFF THE SHELF PARTS Paul go figure hey :-|
Our costs are our costs - determined by the cost of our landed materials (and no not everything in the kit is a cheap OTS part), what the market will bear and our sense of fairness. To have gears custom made, to have steel, aluminum and plastic pieces fabbed to drawing in 100 lots the USA is not a free proposition. To compare to a crude engine assembled by folks for $1-2 day may give you some claim in your mind, but it's not exactly an apples to apples comparison.
Yup they are and as i said i think its ridiculously expensive seeing i can buy the components online using OFF THE SHELF parts for under half the price!
Feel free to try to buy OUR (DESIGN) HD FW from White. They won't sell to you - so that's another 15 minutes at $30/hour down the tube.
(Sorry couldn't resist having some fun with this mate) Besides - if you knew our wafer thin mark-up on the the HD FW, most would wonder why we bother!
ROFLMFAO....Sorry to ruin your attempt at "having fun" there Paul but YES i can buy white freewheels from any of there distributors (theres even one in Australia go figure..wonder what freight is from there
) YOU ARE NOT the only seller of White Freewheels don't make out you are, YES you might sell a toothless version BUT I NEVER ONCE SAID i wanted to buy the non toothed version you sell did i! I leave the freewheel IN TACT when making the DIY freewheel the teeth are advantageous "anchor points" to bolt the sprocket too so your toothless version is of no interest too me sorry to ruin your fun there buddy you have succeeded in making more determined to spread my opinion of your prices though prolly not the "fun" you were looking for right? You did give me a GREAT idea though Paul a tutorial on "
Where to buy components to make a shift kit for under 100 dollars!" Shall get onto that when i finished my current project! Bet your happy you had "fun" now right Paul i am WOOOOT!!!
I don't want some internet battle to break out - I'm just saying bro, I love YOUR work, you are the MAN, but when you say our prices are "ridiculous" I think it's a bit of an exaggeration. From your point of view, our prices are high. That's fine, that's your opinion but our prices are NOT ridiculous or outrageous.
Makes sense you wouldnt, if i linked half a dozen places to buy bearing holders shafts and sprockets it might just affect business, speaking of which, you OPENLY admit selling AND getting 100s of units made and selling 100s of kits so your buying in bulk, seeing your ordering large quantities you get greater discount than the individual buying single items BUT STILL you sell items for MORE than than i can buy from the manufacturer!!! this to me makes it even worse than i first thought Paul.
YES its only my opinion and YES i still think its outrageous Paul no matter how you cut it. I also understand you have to attempt to defend your business by replying to my accusations .... Power to you brother, if people are willing to pay it whos the silly one right...definitely not you! Your product is sound i have never questioned that Paul...so those members buying from SBP will at the very least know the components they will be recieving will do the job for many years, and if and when any probs arise have a very polite and helpful person in yourself Paul, to turn to for help, that i commend you on.
....Have fun counting your money buddy LoL
Peace
KiM