TVR Parts - The Future?

TVR Parts - The Future?

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Tyre Tread

Original Poster:

10,525 posts

215 months

Wednesday 29th April 2015
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Is this really the future for TVR parts.

I just searched for a door switch cover for the Chim as mine has been lost and was redirected from Racing Green to TVR Car Parts Website;

Retail Total £2.82
Postage and Packing £7.95
VAT @ 20.00% £2.15
Order Total £12.92

Thirteen quid to get one gel cover worth a few pence at most for a switch.

Should they really be charging VAT on postage?

zed4

7,248 posts

221 months

Wednesday 29th April 2015
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Tyre Tread said:
Should they really be charging VAT on postage?
Yes, of course.

However, I have found that with Racing Green/TVR Parts they have a set price for postage on their website (as you state above), but if it's a particularly small item, they will give you a partial refund.

It's easier than entering weights and dimensions for every single item and having variable postage costs listed.

Tyre Tread

Original Poster:

10,525 posts

215 months

Wednesday 29th April 2015
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OK Thanks.


Hotwheels.

375 posts

232 months

Sunday 3rd May 2015
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I get a postage refund pretty much every time I place an order. smile

PJ57

245 posts

130 months

Sunday 3rd May 2015
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Likewise, got postage refunds immediately.
Ordered some seals and postage was about £1.05 iirc
Great service toosmile

Brummmie

5,284 posts

220 months

Sunday 3rd May 2015
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The company is charged Vat, so why not?
We don't charge any postage on our discs we send out.

Chuffmeister

3,597 posts

136 months

Sunday 3rd May 2015
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Phone them and ask them to send via the normal postal system as opposed to Special Deliver/ Courier. They've done it in the past for a few orders for me.

ShiDevil

2,292 posts

173 months

Sunday 3rd May 2015
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Or go to Powers Performance and Racetech smile

We need competition!

NWTony

2,847 posts

227 months

Sunday 3rd May 2015
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As others have said, if you order small, you get a refund on postage. I ordered a wiper assembly rod between Xmas and New year and they were the only company open for business. I had missed the courier but they sent it via post instead.

I just ordered a service kit from them, ordered day one arrived day two! And significantly cheaper than the alternatives too.

Racing green / tvr parts are my first port of call for anything TVR.

jammy_basturd

29,775 posts

211 months

Sunday 3rd May 2015
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ShiDevil said:
Or go to Powers Performance and Racetech smile

We need competition!
I agree, but as I said on another topic recently, Powers aren't exactly making it easy - they're not even accepting internet orders any more.

TAM747

270 posts

248 months

Sunday 3rd May 2015
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jammy_basturd said:
I agree, but as I said on another topic recently, Powers aren't exactly making it easy - they're not even accepting internet orders any more.
and they even don't have the very easy paying system like paypal.

m4tti

5,426 posts

154 months

Sunday 3rd May 2015
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Tyre Tread said:
Is this really the future for TVR parts.

I just searched for a door switch cover for the Chim as mine has been lost and was redirected from Racing Green to TVR Car Parts Website;

Retail Total £2.82
Postage and Packing £7.95
VAT @ 20.00% £2.15
Order Total £12.92

Thirteen quid to get one gel cover worth a few pence at most for a switch.

Should they really be charging VAT on postage?
That price is to have the item couriered.

It's such a naive post.

If you break down the order of operations of a mail order item ie picking, packaging, completing delivery forms, passing to courier..these all have a cost. If you were familiar with business models you would know this.

On face value your 12.92 seems high but break it down and it's not... And you can't make comparisons to places like Amazon who are highly mechanised rather than hand picked

What's better is I know for a fact that the chaps that run that section of TVR parts will look to save you money. Possibly adding to their operational cost.

Suck it up, your driving a rare car and, what at first appears expensive in reality isn't. I know for a fact unless it was 20 mins away I wouldn't bother drive to collect the part. Your a custodian of that car and are simply supporting its parts supply. If it's not for you, you could buy a BMW.

Your driving a hand built British sports car.


Edited by m4tti on Sunday 3rd May 19:33


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Edited by m4tti on Sunday 3rd May 19:35

Andy_mr2sc

1,223 posts

175 months

Sunday 3rd May 2015
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I've personally dealt with Clever Trevor and Racing Green on numerous occasions regarding spare parts. They have both conceded the delivery price for the parts ordered was too much and reduced this cost considerably. On occasion they sent the parts FOC as a goodwill gesture. Maybe sometimes it is worth picking the telephone up and having the conversation.

paul.a

270 posts

244 months

Sunday 3rd May 2015
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If a company is vat registered it has to charge vat on postage (eu regulation says otherwise and we are the only country in the eu apart from Sweden that does but that doesn't stop our customs and excise ) this is because it is classed as a service

Chuffmeister

3,597 posts

136 months

Sunday 3rd May 2015
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Racetech have been good.

Re VAT on postage, Customs and Excise died years ago, killed off by the London City Bond case and HMRC! wink

Tyre Tread

Original Poster:

10,525 posts

215 months

Monday 4th May 2015
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m4tti said:
That price is to have the item couriered.

It's such a naive post.

If you break down the order of operations of a mail order item ie picking, packaging, completing delivery forms, passing to courier..these all have a cost. If you were familiar with business models you would know this.

On face value your 12.92 seems high but break it down and it's not... And you can't make comparisons to places like Amazon who are highly mechanised rather than hand picked

What's better is I know for a fact that the chaps that run that section of TVR parts will look to save you money. Possibly adding to their operational cost.

Suck it up, your driving a rare car and, what at first appears expensive in reality isn't. I know for a fact unless it was 20 mins away I wouldn't bother drive to collect the part. Your a custodian of that car and are simply supporting its parts supply. If it's not for you, you could buy a BMW.

Your driving a hand built British sports car.


Edited by m4tti on Sunday 3rd May 19:33


Edited by m4tti on Sunday 3rd May 19:34


Edited by m4tti on Sunday 3rd May 19:35
rofl

Suck it up?

Custodian supporting its parts supply? WTF?

Handbuilt British sportscar. Yep, Handbuilt by gorillas.

These are basically a bathtub kit car. I've owned mine for 9 years and love it to pieces but am under no illusion that its an old fashioned big old engine in a space frame chassis with ford brakes and held together with tiger seal.

I have a 45 year old rover P5B - of that I am custodian. the year 2000 bath tub has no real engineering depth or engineering history.

As for picking up the phone, what's the point of a system meant to be automated if it defaults to a price structure that puts people off?

Ignorant of facts I may be but naive, I doubt.

Buy a BMW. Nope. Been buying cars for 35 years and haven't bought one yet and don't intend to start now. After all I don't want to be a BMW custodian being only here to support its parts supply.

hehe

Pupp

12,205 posts

271 months

Monday 4th May 2015
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So, did you buy the cover? hehe

ray von

2,912 posts

251 months

Monday 4th May 2015
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Tyre Tread said:
m4tti said:
That price is to have the item couriered.

It's such a naive post.

If you break down the order of operations of a mail order item ie picking, packaging, completing delivery forms, passing to courier..these all have a cost. If you were familiar with business models you would know this.

On face value your 12.92 seems high but break it down and it's not... And you can't make comparisons to places like Amazon who are highly mechanised rather than hand picked

What's better is I know for a fact that the chaps that run that section of TVR parts will look to save you money. Possibly adding to their operational cost.

Suck it up, your driving a rare car and, what at first appears expensive in reality isn't. I know for a fact unless it was 20 mins away I wouldn't bother drive to collect the part. Your a custodian of that car and are simply supporting its parts supply. If it's not for you, you could buy a BMW.

Your driving a hand built British sports car.


Edited by m4tti on Sunday 3rd May 19:33


Edited by m4tti on Sunday 3rd May 19:34


Edited by m4tti on Sunday 3rd May 19:35
rofl

Suck it up?

Custodian supporting its parts supply? WTF?

Handbuilt British sportscar. Yep, Handbuilt by gorillas.

These are basically a bathtub kit car. I've owned mine for 9 years and love it to pieces but am under no illusion that its an old fashioned big old engine in a space frame chassis with ford brakes and held together with tiger seal.

I have a 45 year old rover P5B - of that I am custodian. the year 2000 bath tub has no real engineering depth or engineering history.

As for picking up the phone, what's the point of a system meant to be automated if it defaults to a price structure that puts people off?

Ignorant of facts I may be but naive, I doubt.

Buy a BMW. Nope. Been buying cars for 35 years and haven't bought one yet and don't intend to start now. After all I don't want to be a BMW custodian being only here to support its parts supply.

hehe
biggrin I wouldn't worry about it. It took him 4 attempts to post that & he knows a lot of facts wink

m4tti

5,426 posts

154 months

Monday 4th May 2015
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Tyre Tread said:
rofl

Suck it up?

Custodian supporting its parts supply? WTF?

Handbuilt British sportscar. Yep, Handbuilt by gorillas.

These are basically a bathtub kit car. I've owned mine for 9 years and love it to pieces but am under no illusion that its an old fashioned big old engine in a space frame chassis with ford brakes and held together with tiger seal.

I have a 45 year old rover P5B - of that I am custodian. the year 2000 bath tub has no real engineering depth or engineering history.

As for picking up the phone, what's the point of a system meant to be automated if it defaults to a price structure that puts people off?

Ignorant of facts I may be but naive, I doubt.

Buy a BMW. Nope. Been buying cars for 35 years and haven't bought one yet and don't intend to start now. After all I don't want to be a BMW custodian being only here to support its parts supply.

hehe
It's a slightly tongue in cheek reply to your original post but you get the jist. I don't dispute the cars are of dubious build in comparison to many other British sports cars but the market will likely dictate these will out perform financially any rover (replace with whatever average British manufacturer you like). Hence with parts drying up you end up supporting values.

As for 4 attempts. You have a go at posting on an iPhone. It tries to correct even the correctly spelt words.

And uhh "Ray Von" im fairly comfortable with the facts having rebuilt one of these mystical speed six engines myself and have just replaced the engine management buying lots of parts in the process of doing both.


Edited by m4tti on Monday 4th May 22:40

Gerradi

1,522 posts

119 months

Monday 4th May 2015
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m4tti said:


Suck it up, your driving a rare car and, what at first appears expensive in reality isn't. I know for a fact unless it was 20 mins away I wouldn't bother drive to collect the part. Your a custodian of that car and are simply supporting its parts supply. If it's not for you, you could buy a BMW.

Your driving a hand built British sports car.


Edited by m4tti on Sunday 3rd May 19:33


Edited by m4tti on Sunday 3rd May 19:34

There ya go...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qhLPWcm-0w
Edited by m4tti on Sunday 3rd May 19:35