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Old 12-06-17, 00:43
lendlease lendlease is offline
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Well, the way I see it is this: Buy your parts locally (within your own country), or pay the price. Also, international postage costs are determined on weight only (at the present time, however that might change anytime soon), so the external size of the box does not affect postage cost.
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Old 12-06-17, 04:43
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I agree it is best to buy locally and have always tried to do so to keep the money in our economy but sometimes things are just not available here or are in very limited supply and get snapped up before you even hear about it.

Try buying original NOS dash and diff/tail light changeover switches here in Australia or original Lucas type side mirrors. I bought the last 8 dash switches Treleavens had in Adelaide 20 years ago and haven't seen any since. I bought my changeover switch from Holland after never even seeing one here.

I bought original Lucas type mirrors from the UK via Argentina from a fellow MLU member after twenty plus year of searching here. You hardly ever even see the remains of the mirrors on CMP vehicles here in Australia.

So buy wisely, support local businesses where you can, but if there is only an overseas supplier for an item you want you either go without or pay the price.

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