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12-31-2003, 04:34 AM
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6" acrylic tubing on ebay cheap
Thought some of you might like to check this out. It was posted on RC already. A guy in Chicago is selling 14" pieces of 1/8" - 6" OD tubing for $2 US funds per piece. It sounds like extruded and not cast. As of this point he still has 350 pieces left.
The shipping is the only expensive part about it. I emailed him and he wants about $22.75 to ship 4 pieces out via economy parcel post. Anyone know if there would be a brokerage fee involved with this transaction? The link: http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...8&category=121 
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12-31-2003, 01:14 PM
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at 30US for just over 4 feet of tubing if becomes not so cheep anymore. what I don't understand is how he is able to sell it at 2bucks a foot when that is less than 1/2 the best price I have ever found
 this is definatly something I would want to see befor I bought to see if it is scratched up or what not.Steve
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12-31-2003, 03:54 PM
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I just received another email from the guy and it is $22.75 US funds for shipping 4 pieces. The shipping is double the price of what he charges for shipping in the Continental USA. So it would basically cost .72 cents per inch CAD funds delivered before brokerage.
Can a person buy 6" acrylic tubing for less than $8.65 (all taxes in) locally (Lower Mainland)? If I recall I bought some 4" offcuts at IP in Langley and it was quite abit more.
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12-31-2003, 03:59 PM
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I'm gonna look into where I can buy cheap tubing. I work at my dad's CNC machine shop, so we deal with a number of suppliers. I just started the whole reef thing, but I'm looking at making my own skimmer.
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12-31-2003, 04:02 PM
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On reefcentral one person stated that the seller emailed her to describe the tubing and said there were "faint lines" in the acrylic. Hey Steve how much do you pay per foot (all taxes in) for 6" acrylic tubing?
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12-31-2003, 05:47 PM
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12-31-2003, 09:09 PM
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one thing to remember if the "ground shipping is UPS, which is mostlikly" they have a minimum 35.00 brokerage fee then you have to give them the damn PST also upon delivery (on the CDN value) so you will be looking at 77.00ish CDN when it is all said and done. (this works out to 16.50/linieal foot) so if it is UPS you are better off buying it on the island which is about 14.00/foot for 6" Steve
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12-31-2003, 10:27 PM
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"faint lines", sounds like regular extruded acrylic tube
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01-01-2004, 12:49 AM
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Hey Steve, he would be sending it via "economy parcel post" I assume that is via mail, isn't it.
I agree if it were UPS, I wouldn't touch the deal. A few years ago I bought a $12 vial of resting rotifer cysts out of the US. It was a tiny vial (1.25" h x 1/4" diameter) that could have fit in a small envelope and mailed out. By the time I finished paying the taxes and brokerage to UPS; that stupid little bottle of dust cost me about $70. So I've tried to stay clear of UPS shipping when ordering from the US. Bill
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