(Agg approved) Thermapen Group Buy

[Amfibius]

Another update. Just received an email from the distributor:

Thank you for sending through the inquiry. Ross Brown Sales is the exclusive ETI distributor in Australia and your request is forwarded to us from the manufacturer. Below is the quote in AUD.

4098788 Super-Fast Thermapen Thermometer (Pls specify preferred colours) $ 89.00 each

Shipping & Handling, within Australia $ 20.35

Leadtime Ex-stock, Sydney
Payment Accept Credit Card payment through phone

Melbourne Shipping Address, TBA

Do not hesitate to contact me if you require any clarification. Look forward to your reply.

Best regards,

I have replied asking for a group discount for 30 Thermapens, and discounted shipping as well.

[Amfibius]

Update #2. The reply:

Hi Keith,
This is our best price. You will save on one single freight cost. Thank you.
Kind Regards

This means I can get 30 Thermapens shipped to me at $20.35. The cost:

Thermapen: $89
Shipping to me: $0.64
Shipping to you: Auspost calculator here from postcode 3124 (appears to be $6.35 to every location in Australia)
Total: $95.99 (vs. $112.50 if bought from the distributor) - round up to $96. I make $0.01c profit, yay!!

If you want to order yours individually, the contact number is here: link.

This also means:
- The savings from shipping two seperate orders would be around $0.76 per pen - almost negligible. This opens the possibility of sending a seperate shipment to Sydney if you guys want. I would need a volunteer. This also means your price goes up. I am not sure if you can pick up the pens from the sales office.
- I can take an unlimited number of orders

What to do from here:
- DO NOT PM ME. Thanks everyone for your PM's, but you will rapidly overwhelm my PM inbox if you keep sending PM's.
- Please CHECK that you are on the EOI list by looking at post #1 and #2 in this thread.
- You have an opportunity to pull out by making a public post now.
- I will PM everyone left on the EOI list my BSB and A/C number.
- If you have failed to state a colour preference by the time I place the order, I will order a black pen for you.
- If you have failed to state your location, please do so now. It makes it easier.
- If you still want to get in on this group buy, and do not find your name on the EOI list, make a post. I will make the deadline for payment on Monday, 16th January.

[Scorpion1080]

I'll put in an E.O.I for:

1x 231-247 Red thermo pen.

[kombiman]

My location is Brissy for postal workings out!

[leck]

I'm out mate. Spoke to a buddy of mine in the states and he's going to bring some back at the end of Jan.

hes grabbing two so grabbing 5 total from the US for 80US a pop. He lives around the corner so no postage

Bit of a shame the Australian distributor won't discount :O. You would think 30 in one hit would be a pretty good way to kick off an exclusive distribution channel.

[TRAG!C]

1 x Red to Sydney please

[twinhardballers]

1x teal to brisbane would be awesome

[PhantomAU]

1x Red - Adelaide

[garetz]

You can buy em from amazon uk for approx $102 incl post.

[sgtraven]

updated my post

[sgtraven]

Originally Posted by Amfibius

Wow, that's 13 EOI's already. I'm still waiting for them to get back to me with an estimated shipping cost. If we go up to 24 orders, I will have to do it in two batches, otherwise we will be hit with a GST. Maybe I could get a Melbourne volunteer to take delivery so that we don't get slugged import duty?

i can take the 2nd delivery if you like

[BAAZMAN]

Originally Posted by minushuman

Unless you ordered using a mail forwarding service you're going to get an email in 24hours saying your order has been cancelled.

quote from thermoworks website

International Orders:
We are happy to accept international orders. We make export shipments every day of the week. We may require some additional information from you before your shipment is made. Therefore, our same-day shipping time does not apply to international orders. If you are in a hurry, please make a note on your order or contact us by phone, fax or email. Local duty, taxes and UPS brokerage fees, if any, are the responsibility of the customer. We cannot quote these.

[Brett]

Originally Posted by BAAZMAN

quote from thermoworks website

Yeah I'm thinking Amfibius got knocked back because they thought he was buying commercial quantities for resale.
I'm >24 hours later and no cancellation notice yet.

[BAAZMAN]

from thermo works for an order of 10 it comes to US$835

$83.50 + 6.50 = $90 each

still probably easier and quicker (assuming they have stock) to get local for thee sake of $6. and also dont have to worry about short term fluctuations in the exchange rates.

edit: Amfibius does $89 each include gst? if its a commercial disty they may not include gst in there quoted price.

[Brett]

Originally Posted by BAAZMAN

still probably easier and quicker (assuming they have stock) to get local for thee sake of $6.

Worth that to not have to deal with an over the phone CC transaction.