Originally posted by todras:
Originally posted by Driver:
I did buy by my Bilsteins from BAT but I found Bilstein Sprintlines for the Mondeo from a supplier in the UK. So really BAT is not the only supplier.



WTF?! They are the only US importer. How much did you pay for shipping from the UK? The original post was answered. Enough said!


Not only shipping but add VAT (IIRC) duties as well.

Figure between the shipping and import tariffs the price skyrockets and that's after the dollar conversion and our dollar is really sucking lately.

Originally posted by Driver:
Hell if I bought several dozen Bilsteins from BAT, you could buy them from me!



You had better realize that NO ONE is going to stock parts because they loose their profit margin from double shipping. On top of that they pay taxes on onhand inventory. Hence the entire Vendor Direct Shipping part of my previous post.

CTA "might" stock a few BAT parts but if they did you would still have to pay higher shipping plus duty fees because they are located in Canada. (which is also the ONLY reason they might stock a few items and provided BAT was backordered of course!)

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