Ordering grips
Sebastian
happy with these. Anyone know of the cheapest price I can get them in the
US.
Thanks
Steven Maynard-Moody
them for $15 US (I should have checked before I ordered).
Steven M-M
MElsen
(Seattle, WA, USA)
Nick Suess
Sebastian <nom...@nospam.net> wrote in message
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They are the very best of grips, and I know that George Spiess usually has
stock of them.
I have them likewise here in Oz. My price is A$19.50 which includes tax, but
not p&p.
Nick Suess
Scull Success Australasia
PO Box 126, Bayswater,
WA 6933
Phone: 08 9271 0466
Fax: 08 9271 0455
Mobile: 0 412 412 118
Website: www.scull.com.au
E-mail: ni...@scull.com.au
edgar cove
<ni...@scull.com.au> writes
>
>Sebastian <nom...@nospam.net> wrote in message
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>> Well my personal supply of Stampfli grips have ran out. I have been
>pretty
>> happy with these. Anyone know of the cheapest price I can get them in the
>> US.
>>
>> Thanks
>
>They are the very best of grips, and I know that George Spiess usually has
>stock of them.
>
>I have them likewise here in Oz. My price is A$19.50 which includes tax, but
>not p&p.
>
>Nick Suess
The Stampfli grips are nice when they are new but I find that in my own
boat I wear them smooth in 12 months. What is more, here in UK they
cost no less than 16 UKP per pair whereas the Martinoli grips have
almost exactly the same pattern but only cost 9 UKP per pair.
Consequently I have equipped all our Club boats with Martinoli and they
give good service.
--
edgar (remove nospam from return address for e-mail reply)
Pauline Hussey
usually has a shitload of them at his trailer and sells them at aroung £3-£5
a set - you all realise we're being robbed for them don't you?
thats how i get my supply - but you gotta get to him in the first day or two
of the regatta - they go like hotcakes
p
Nick Suess
Pauline Hussey <phu...@iol.ie> wrote in message
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> If anyone knows anyone thats going to the world cup regatta's stampfli
> usually has a shitload of them at his trailer and sells them at aroung
£3-£5
> a set - you all realise we're being robbed for them don't you?
That is a pretty blunt and accusatorial statement, which as someone who
sells Stämpfli grips I personally resent.
I have actually observed that there are some in the rowing world who fail to
grasp the reality that there are others of us out there trying to earn a
living from manufacturing and selling rowing equipment. A lot of those
people draw nice secure salaries each month, often as teachers or as public
servants of some other colour and hue.
And when I quote a price, I have had some of them ask me if that's what I
paid for the goods myself, implying that any margin I make is automatically
a rip off. I wonder if they ask the same when they go into a trendy boutique
to buy the designer clothes I see them wearing. In the unlikely event that
they did get a straight answer there to such a question, they'd find profit
margins an order of magnitude greater than anyone ever makes from rowing
equipment.
It is axiomatic that if nobody makes a living out of rowing equipment, you
end up with no equipment to row. And if you do ever think you are being
robbed, exercise your ultimate choice as a consumer and don't buy.
Got it?
Nick Suess
Scull Success Australasia
PO Box 126, Bayswater, WA 6933,
AUSTRALIA
Phone: +61 (0)8 9271 0466
Fax: + 61 (0)8 9271 0455
Mobile: +61 (0) 412 412 118
Website: www.scull.com.au
E-mail: ni...@scull.com.au
Pauline Hussey
say stupid me, but I have to pay whatever I have to pay. I have no problem,
whatsoever, with you making your living from supplying quality equipent and
spares - at whatever mark up it takes to keep you in profit.
On the other hand, I will pay as little as I possibly can, as a consumer,
for a product - and I think it is perfectly valid for me to tell others
where they can get "cheap" grips - you let us all know what you sell.
BTW - how did you get the umloch over the a in Stampfli?
P
"Nick Suess" <ni...@scull.com.au> wrote in message
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Robert Treharne Jones
Cut and paste from Word?
Robert
Pauline Hussey wrote in message <5SaY4.99$QT5....@news.iol.ie>...
Rob Bristow
not try organising the manufacture and sale of a similar product which is as
good but of course at a lower price. You have already assessed there is
strong demand, you are clearly in no doubt that you can undercut the
existing product and take their market share.
As a person in business on their own it never ceases to amaze me how many
people are experts in how much it costs me to provide the service and end
product that they are using.
Cheers
Rob
Pauline Hussey wrote in message <0NYX4.54$QT5....@news.iol.ie>...
>If anyone knows anyone thats going to the world cup regatta's stampfli
>usually has a shitload of them at his trailer and sells them at aroung
£3-£5
>a set - you all realise we're being robbed for them don't you?
Nick Suess
> Nick - I am a student, and I have paid IR£20 for a pair of grips - you
will
> say stupid me, but I have to pay whatever I have to pay. I have no
problem,
> whatsoever, with you making your living from supplying quality equipent
and
> spares - at whatever mark up it takes to keep you in profit.
> On the other hand, I will pay as little as I possibly can, as a consumer,
> for a product - and I think it is perfectly valid for me to tell others
> where they can get "cheap" grips - you let us all know what you sell.
OK Pauline, I have to say that IR£20 seems a lot of money. That's about $41
Australian. I could supply you by mail order for not much more than half
that, and the grips will have come all the way from Switzerland to Perth,
and then to Ireland.
As I said, I sell Stämpfli grips here for A$19.50, about $2 of which is
Australian sales tax, so I could export them for A$17.50 (that's about
IR£8.50, UK£6.70 or US$10.00) plus p&p, so anyone out there who wants a
pair, just e-mail your Visa or Mastercard details, and they'll be on their
way.
I did take exception to your use of the word "robbed", but let's forget that
now. Something to remember with comparatively inexpensive items like this is
that it takes just as much time to process an order as it does for a small
item ten times higher in price, such as a ratemeter. So if I sell a pair of
grips, by the time I have done all the credit card stuff, packed the grips
up and posted them, I'd probably have spent fifteen minutes on those tasks.
If mine were a business with shareholders to answer to, I'd need to build an
extra element into my margin to allow for that time. Fortunately I'm not in
that situation, and can work on slender margins in a business that I am
establishing with the clear mission of being rower-friendly. But this might
be why some of the bigger companies understandably have higher margins on
lower priced items.
And it's called an umlaut. "Change in sound" is a free translation of that.
My own name used to have one, although before my time. My father's name was
Süß in his native Vienna. When he arrived at the White Cliffs of Dover he
was told he must henceforth spell it Suess. His brother who arrived in
Pomland at a different time was told to spell it Suss. Dr Seuss no doubt had
ancestors who arrived in America and were told that was the way to spell it.
Check the character map (accessories-system tools) and you will find all
these with shortcut keystrokes. So ä is Alt 0228. But you can edit these and
put in your own shortcuts. I must remember to do that myself.
Bruce B. Reynolds
<tjwi...@eclipse.co.uk> writes:
>Pauline Hussey wrote in message <5SaY4.99$QT5....@news.iol.ie>...
>>BTW - how did you get the umloch over the a in Stampfli?
>
the word is "umlaut" although "umloch" has a certain nautical/rowing flavor:
save the following for future use----
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Bruce B. Reynolds, Independent/Legacy Systems Consultant: Trailing Edge
Technologies, Glenside PA---Sweeping Up Behind Data Processing Dinosaurs
Lowpulse
>Australian sales tax, so I could export them for A$17.50 (that's about
>IR£8.50, UK£6.70 or US$10.00) plus p&p,
Any idea would the p&p cost to USA would be? If you can do better than $15 a
pair US, I'll be ordering from you!! Let me know. I sell JL rowing clothing at
regattas and totally understand about people complaining about prices!! Hang in
there, Merrill Hilf in Philadelphia, PA
Pauline Hussey
Padraicnews:3931d905$0$14...@motown.iinet.net.au...
>
> Pauline Hussey <phu...@iol.ie> wrote in message
> news:5SaY4.99$QT5....@news.iol.ie...
> > Nick - I am a student, and I have paid IR£20 for a pair of grips - you
> will
> > say stupid me, but I have to pay whatever I have to pay. I have no
> problem,
> > whatsoever, with you making your living from supplying quality equipent
> and
> > spares - at whatever mark up it takes to keep you in profit.
> > On the other hand, I will pay as little as I possibly can, as a
consumer,
> > for a product - and I think it is perfectly valid for me to tell others
> > where they can get "cheap" grips - you let us all know what you sell.
>
> OK Pauline, I have to say that IR£20 seems a lot of money. That's about
$41
> Australian. I could supply you by mail order for not much more than half
> that, and the grips will have come all the way from Switzerland to Perth,
> and then to Ireland.
>
> Australian sales tax, so I could export them for A$17.50 (that's about
Sebastian
around 10 pairs.
Sebastian
Lowpulse <lowp...@aol.com> wrote in message
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> >As I said, I sell Stämpfli grips here for A$19.50, about $2 of which is
> >Australian sales tax, so I could export them for A$17.50 (that's about
> >IR£8.50, UK£6.70 or US$10.00) plus p&p,
>
Nick Suess
> I agree with Lowpulse if you can beat $15 a pair US with P&P. I'll order
> around 10 pairs.
OK, the message is that I can beat $15.
I've just been out to the post office and checked the weight of the grips,
and postal rates for airmail to North America and Europe.
The p&p cost for one pair is A$8.50, making a total price of A$26, which at
today's rate is US$14.90
Now, there are obvious savings on larger quantities.
That p&p figure of A$8.50 would cover 2 pairs. For 3-5 pairs it's A$14.00,
for 6-8 pairs A$19.50, and for 9-11 pairs A$25.00
So, Sebastian, your 10 pairs would cost 10 x A$17.50 =A$175, plus A$25 p&p,
making a nice round A$200, which today is US$114.60. How does $11.46 per
pair sound?
You may as well buy the 11th pair for good measure!
Nick Suess
Scull Success Australasia
PO Box 126, Bayswater, WA 6933,
AUSTRALIA
Phone: +61 (0)8 9271 0466
Fax: + 61 (0)8 9271 0455
Mobile: +61 (0) 412 412 118
Website: www.scull.com.au
E-mail: ni...@scull.com.au
>
Adriaan Koster
Nick Suess <ni...@scull.com.au> schreef in berichtnieuws 3931d905$0
> And it's called an umlaut. "Change in sound" is a free translation of
that.
> My own name used to have one, although before my time. My father's name
was
> Süß in his native Vienna.
Always knew you were a sweet guy, Nick.
A3aan.
dave henderson
<adr...@icto.vu.nl> wrote:
>
>>Nick Suess <ni...@scull.com.au> schreef in berichtnieuws:
>> My father's name was Süß in his native Vienna.
>
>Always knew you were a sweet guy, Nick.
>
>A3aan.
>
But Adriaan, his real name was Nicht Süß
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Felipe
dave henderson <david.hende...@aea.be.invalid> wrote in message
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> In article <8h0c41$401$1...@news.surfnet.nl>, "Adriaan Koster"
> <adr...@icto.vu.nl> wrote:
> >
> >>Nick Suess <ni...@scull.com.au> schreef in berichtnieuws:
> >> My father's name was Süß in his native Vienna.
> >
> >Always knew you were a sweet guy, Nick.
> >
> >A3aan.
> >
>
> But Adriaan, his real name was Nicht Süß
LOL!
But I thought "Nick" was just a name his father thought up while shaving ...
Adriaan Koster
Felipe <pjo...@email.villanova.edu> schreef in berichtnieuws
8h0jjd$p...@ftp.ee.vill.edu...
You nicked this joke from BBC television last week... Don't think I don't
know!
A3aan.
Felipe
You caught me; I did cop the joke, but not from BBC. I heard it first from
a bad movie called ... "Top Secret" (?) c. 1986. On par with the "Airplane"
movies. Had Val Kilmor as a young, snotty and studly comic lead (ironic
given that all his recent roles are as somewhat wornout badguys ...)
Adriaan Koster <adr...@icto.vu.nl> wrote in message
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Nick Suess
> > >> My father's name was Süß in his native Vienna.
> > >
> > >Always knew you were a sweet guy, Nick.
> > >
> > >A3aan.
> > >
> >
> > But Adriaan, his real name was Nicht Süß
>
> LOL!
>
> But I thought "Nick" was just a name his father thought up while shaving
...
Look, guys, my parents just thought that at some point in later life the
people I knew would probably appreciate it if I had a name that rhymed with
prick. OK?
Sue Thomas
Nick Suess <ni...@scull.com.au> wrote in message news:39351e6e$0
> Look, guys, my parents just thought that at some point in later life the
> people I knew would probably appreciate it if I had a name that rhymed
with
> prick. OK?
>
Bev & Peter
> OK, the message is that I can beat $15.
Here in the UK Ray Sims Supplies are proudly advertising Stampfli sculling grips
at the grand price of GBP16 + p&p.
Suprisingly they didn't have any of those cheap black ones in stock but assured
me they had plenty of Stampfli grips left. Cheaper buying equipment from
Australia - truth *is* stranger than fiction.
Watch out Nick, the Cartel will be sending round the heavy mob.
Nick Suess
Bev & Peter <int...@eurobell.co.uk> wrote in message
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Is this why Tony Curran referred to him as Rat Sims? So it wasn't a typo
after all!
Basically, I reckon he probably pays Stämpfli the same Swiss Franc price
that I do for buying the grips in bulk. The difference is that he no doubt
has bigger overheads than I do, and maybe he also has shareholders to answer
to, so he needs to operate on bigger margins. I run this business by myself
from my little old humpy by the tracks in old Bayswater WA, I don't have
shareholders, and at my age I have no overburdening ambition to get rich.
That's how I achieve my mission of being "rower friendly", despite being the
most miserable and cantankerous of old buggers on RSR. And if you guys and
gals out there keep buying from me, I can keep those margins down, and offer
great rowing products at great prices. Got it? OK.