Re: [APD] Flourite

[revance at indiana_edu]

I didn't realize he was from Japan (wasnt paying attention)... I can't believe 
they charge so much outside of North America. You could probably find someone 
willing to ship it internationally, but by the time you pay for shipping and 
wait the 2 weeks for it to arrive, you probably would have been better off just 
to buy it locally.


Quoting Chris McMahon <chrismc at bigpond_net.au>:

> On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 09:13:39 -0500, Edward Venn <e_venn at hotmail_com>
> wrote:
> 
> > You can also purchase it at www.petsolutions.com   it is REALLY cheap there
> 
> > $10 for 15lb. I just bought some from them... after shipping it is about
> $15 a 
> > bag, still not bad.
> 
> The original poster is in Japan. Seachem substrates are extremely
> expensive outside North America. Here is Australia it's AUD$143 for a
> 14kg bag of Flouite.
> 
> That works out to US$105 for 30.6lbs, or around US$51.33 for your 15lb
> bag.
> 
> I worked out it would cost me US$420 for the 4 bags I'd need for my
> 5x2x2. Apparently Seachem book their substrate a first class airline
> seat when sending outside North America. How else can you explain a
> US$40 shipping charge on a $10 product.
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