timmy201 wrote:
I put in an order through minispares UK... here is a selection of the savings
Steering drop bracket: £2.50 ($4.25) or buy from minisport AU for $19.95 - that's 470% of the UK price
Rubber pedal covers: £1.88 ($3.20) a pair or $13.20 here - 410%
Seat Adjust bracket: £3.20 ($5.50) or $19.95 here - 362%
Paddy Hopkirk Pedal: £6.00 ($10.25) or $29.95 here - 292%
A saving on these four items alone of almost $60!!!
The shipping on the total 31 items (admittedly mostly small bits and pieces) was $32 and it got here in a few days
Here's the Karcraft prices for the same stuff -
Steering column lowering bracket - $6.94
Paddy Hopkirk Pedal - $12.59
Seat Adjust bracket - $12.46 (a pair)
Rubber pedal covers - $2.18 (brake and clutch)
I'd rather drive 10 mins up the road and get it from Karcraft than wait a week to get it from the UK and save a couple of bucks

For large items though, I usually order from O/S when the saving justifies the wait / potential issues.
I recently ordered a set of Protech adjustable shocks, not cheap at around $450 landed only to find out that one of them wouldn't adjust. Ended up ringing the guys from Protech in the UK, they were extremely helpful and we figured out a way to get it working but had it been a serious manufacturing fault the shocks would have had to be sent back and a replacement sent over... painful.