Modern Vespa

Bummer.

I've had deliveries say they were delivered and no packages at my house then a day or 2 later it shows up.

Annoys the ever living crap outta me that they'll do that though.

Second week in a row (yeah, yeah...I know), my Scooter-Center order has made it from Köln to Nashville in two days via UPS.

I ordered some hub studs for my new tubless rims, along with a couple other bits n' bobs on Monday afternoon my time. It arrived earlier today after shipping out on Tuesday.

What's really crazy is that by the time the markup of the domestic sources was considered, it was THE SAME TOTAL COST to have it shipped from Germany versus buying domestically.

(For the record, I tried to buy them domestically, but there was not a single domestic supplier who had eight Lambretta hub studs in stock)

Show off. 😆

*Now* I'm a show-off!

Mr Fancy pants ober here. Fast shipping uber alles!

UPS a usually about $5-10 more expensive than FedEx on the same order, but I don't actually care so long as they're giving me Scooter Mercato-level delivery turnaround (but only on stuff that SM doesn't have. I know who my Real Friends are ).

I just hope I don't get kicked out of Fast Shipping Club for talking about Fast Shipping Club.

The first rule of Fast Shipping Club…

I know. I'm probably cursed to more backpacking around Europe on the way to Fokkerplatz again.

The first rule of Fokkerplatz Club…

What happens at Fokkerplatz Club stays at Fokkerplatz Club. But you should definitely get tested after you get home just to be sure.

Gotta throw some props to Scooter-Center today. When I put my big parts order in on Wednesday, I accidentally included a backordered part.

When I realized this morning (so two days later) that it hadn't shipped, I went in to take a look at realized what I'd done. Sent them a message via their Contact Us form asking them to remove the backorder and ship the rest.

They responded to me in twenty minutes (this is Friday afternoon their time, remember) letting me know they'd removed the backordered part and credited me for the cost.

Within fifteen minutes of that, I got the shipping notification, so if I get lucky and UPS picks up this afternoon rather than on Monday, I should have my parts early or middle of next week.

Rad.

Let us know how the tariffs/duty/doodie affect the end cost after import.

MJRally's latest SIP order BS has me thinking a flight to Germany and some smuggling may be cheaper than a scooter parts order.

Will do.

Package didn't make it out today, so this story will not continue until next week, like a week-at-a-time TV series.

My recent purchase from SIP at just under $500 including the normal UPS shipping netted me an additional $89 tariff handled by UPS after my package was enroute. Exhilarating.

Gah!😖

Looks like my package escaped the building after all. Estimated delivery date is Monday.

I noted it on the SIP Tariffs thread, but I just got tapped for $193 in tariffs for my ~$1,000 Scooter Center order.

Can't we end this trade war idiocy and get back to the days where tariffs from the EU (and pretty much everywhere else) were less than sales tax?

JFC

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/european-postal-services-suspend-us-packages-shipment-tariffs/

FFFFfffff

Includes DHL Germany.

Get those SIP orders in now.

Seems like FedEx and UPS are still going to keep shipping. Or if they're not the story didn't say it

ropping the de minimus exemption to $100 is still gonna hurt, though.

Reminds me of the Troubles. A lot of people's lives impacted by shenanigans of the Orange and the Green.

I'm sure I could easily come up with another G.G. Allin song to express how I feel about getting fuc$ed when ordering scoot parts abroad but I'll spare everyone the vulgarity. 😠

I'm impressed. "Trade policy analysis expressed as G G Allin lyrics" not something many people could pull off, Rob.

15% duty/tariff on a $220 order:

Feel the winning…

I'm remembering an exchange between Tim Hansen and his buddy Dannon in an indie short about a Green Coronet...

You'll know it when you see it.

"Bless it in the face"

😂 😂 😂

Vape for the Minarelli was ordered August 29th. The kit was $356.53 and shipping was $51.45.

I just got the UPS tariff invoice for that shipment. Invoiced on September 9th and due on the 20th. Glad they got it to me on the 22nd; there better not be a fee for bureaucratic delays.

The invoice is for $152.68.

There was a 25% tariff on the Vape, plus a 2.5% bonus tariff for some reason. The big surprise was the 50% tariff on the shipping! Tariffs totalled $123.68.

Then came the fees. The disbursement fee, entry line charge and COD fee added $29.00 on top.

This had better be going towards paying down the deficit.

That's the worst one I've heard about so far. Crazy.

A friend shared this today:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DPBrBWpEtum/?igsh=cmh1Nm1kZ295bWww

That's not good...unsurprising at this point, but definitely Not Good.

Gah.

a large amount of the tariff codes that SIP uses for scooter parts starts with 8714.10.90. This is motorcycle other other. Like misc. Well under the new agreement with the European Union this code is a minimum 15%. Then you are supposed to supply the % of steel this part contains that was produced outside of the USA. 0% steel then 15% tariff. 100% steel then 50% tariff. Its a sliding scale

Well UPS just makes the custom entry saying everything is 100% steel, doesn't ask and charges you 50% plus another 2.5%.

The invoice comes 2 weeks after you receive the goods. I have received two multi-thousand dollar invoices this month. You call the import invoice nr on the UPS website and the hold time is 2+ hours.

Just like Vespa Portland said, not sustainable.

This sucks so hard, really getting excited for the new depression era bike builds.

Is Scooter Center a better option?

Thank you for the explanation David - much appreciated. And we appreciate YOU!

When is the next election? 😊

Depends on what tariff code they use. You may mail them to ask.
What they want is to sell, they might accommodate to what is best for their customers. I have big respect for SC, every time I had an issue they solved it with professionalism. On the other hand, SIP does not give a shit about their customers, being N°1. This is now 4 month I'm fighting SIP for another story, I know what I'm talking about

This is so fucking stupid.