Suspension struts

Ewan.
Any ideas what weight the total amount is going to be ?
Frosty

I'd reckon an a tonne,to be safe. Momentum is slowing on this...we need to keep it going and make a decision on how to do it. Ewen, are you happy to take the money for them? It seems were on our own.

The choices seem to be.

Wait for the club to decide wheather or not it wants to help out.
Either myself or Ewen take the money from members and order the parts.

If everyone was happy to pay £200,that would cover any unforseen exchange rate changes,shipping/customs charges. Obviously we would have recipts to prove all costs involved-then the remaining balance could be repaid/used for UK postage/given to a charity/any ideas?

At the end of the day,£50 or whatever each for struts that you cannot buy here is a chance not to be missed,in my opinion.We need to act or it will be forgotten about,and we will be kicking ourselves when MOT time comes round and you get a VT30 with "shock absorber leaking" on it!

Hi Tiff
I have no problem giving the money to you, i agree if you let it go on too long it will stall, also the club would probably need to discuss this at comittee level more time.

If its a go lets just get the money together and buy the struts, if there is any leftover it can always go as a deposit for springs?

Mark

Think we need to relight the fire here. Need info on payments for this one. For now Tiff, how do you feel about accepting cheques made payable to the club. If you want me to start the list and take care of the cheques no problem. Once I get the money from everyone I can send the lot to the treausurer and then obtain a cheque or some other form of payment for Summit. What do you think? Do we want say £170 from each person per set just now?

Ewen

Sorry if this has been discussed before but why not all pay Summit directly? This way if someone doesn't cough up then Summit simply takes one set off the order. I realise customs, vat, etc will need to be sorted out separatly.

At least then we could pay by credit card and be a little more secure.

Regards,
Iain

If we can get the same deal I'm for it but can we? Taking each order on it's own merits, does this add to the hastle for them plus added cost. I want to keep the cost of supplies as low as possible.

I agree this will stall if it is not pushed, had this feeling for a while.
I am quite happy to send a cheque to whoever is prepared to handle the operation, but others may not be.
What about Tiff and Ewen, or two other members who live close together and who would be prepared to handle the operation, opening a bank account 'Suspension Struts which would require two signatures on a cheque for withdrawals or payment to US firm.
We do need to set a final date for receiving cheques into the account, say £180 per set, and then an order can be placed for as many sets as there are contributors.
Expect to be at Thirlestane this weekend, hope we can get over the money
hurdle.
Alan

I'm ready and willilng to send money and have no problem sending it to Tiff, Ewen or the Club Treasurer - all trustworthy guys.

I don't think Summit would want the hassle of separate payments - better to get the money together and then send the order through.

Right, who wants my cheque ??

Cheque ready to be written out, just need to know whose name to put on it
and amount.
Alan

I am willing to write cheque now for struts, just tell me who to send it to and how much.
sheen

Same here.

SS

Same here

Steve

Just had a quick look at PayPal, which I thought would be the quickest and easiest to handle the transfer/payment of money, and there are a couple of potential issues:

- there will be a maximum withdrawal limit unless the account used is verified. This might hinder the money collected from being transferred to the supplier in the US
- there is a *cumulative* life-time receiving limit of £5000, which might come into play here. It says in this case PayPal needs extra info from the account holder which might delay things.
- there is a balance limit of £1000, which just seems to require the account holder to accept something from the FSA.
- fees for paypal - for receiving money into PayPal account depends upon the account type and how payment is made. Can be upto 3.4%. Withdrawals should be free (but may be charge if paying direct to bank of US supplier)

Just a thought, as most of us (I guess) will be able to pay by PayPal. Maybe some of you more experienced receivers of money through paypal know more about this.

Andy

Paypal can be expensive,and their exchange rates aren't good.Summit don't take paypal either,so wouldn't be any use for paying the total. Safest would be a credit card payment,to give extra protection,and the exchange rates are much better. I don't have a credit card in the normal sense,( If i did,I'd have been bankrupt years ago,buying ebay crap from all over the world) I do have a prepaid credit card I use for bigger internet buys,its a normal Mastercard,but you pay the money on to the card before using it.Saves any worry of internet fraud! It would be possible to pay the cash on to this,then pay Summit. If you are all happy to do this,I'm happy to pay this way.If everyone agrees,we need to set an amount,then decide how the excess will be paid back.For people who want springs also,it could go towards those if we get enough takers for the 50 sets.Obviously I will make all reciepts avaliable to all purchasers. Remember if you want the parts posted out to you after they arrive here,this will be extra on top of the prices quoted for the shocks and shipping to the UK,not sure how much that will be yet.

Should we call it a round £200, as this is what I expected it to come out at,and sort it all out once its been paid for?

I can then mail bank details to transfer into my account,then on to the card.The dollar currently stands at 1.98 to the pound,its going in our favour at the moment...it may not last?

Hi Tiff
Credit card payment sounds ideal, gives a degree of protection in case something goes wrong in USA.
Cheque in post to you for £200.
Live in Durham City and have small van could collect items from you for North East and possibly Yorkshire area.
Dare I suggest another list of members who have contributed.
Alan