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Title: Need a late tonti seat latch/cable
Post by: rodekyll on February 13, 2015, 05:22:04 PM: I'm looking for a late model Tonti (cali) seat latch and cable. I see the pinheads have a bunch, but the $6.00 - $14.00 items are accompanied by a $75.00 shipping charge to Alaska. I called and asked what's up with that, since lower-48 shipping is free. They said "because that's what we're charging." I guess they finally found a way to run me off.

Anyway, I need one, hopefully at less than Pinwall prices. Who's got it?
Title: Re: Need a late tonti seat latch/cable
Post by: oldbike54 on February 13, 2015, 06:06:03 PM: Curious , how much is shipping from Seattle to Sitka ? Calling the Eskimo Spy .

Dusty
Title: Re: Need a late tonti seat latch/cable
Post by: fotoguzzi on February 13, 2015, 06:08:15 PM: I will dig around, If I find one it's free.. take that pinheads.
Title: Re: Need a late tonti seat latch/cable
Post by: charlie b on February 13, 2015, 06:26:55 PM: Ask Pete at Reboot. I'd bet shipping from Europe is cheaper than the pinheads quote.

I'm only paying $120 shipping for a pair of fairing lowers and mounts (and most of that is due to volume, not weight).
Title: Re: Need a late tonti seat latch/cable
Post by: rodekyll on February 13, 2015, 08:42:00 PM: Quote from: oldbike54 on February 13, 2015, 06:06:03 PM
Curious , how much is shipping from Seattle to Sitka ? Calling the Eskimo Spy .

Dusty

If you use the usps flat-rate box it costs exactly the same to send around the block or to any of the 50 states -- about $7.30 for the size mailer needed. That's why excluding Alaska and Hawaii makes no sense. And yes, in ebay you have to deliberately go through extra steps to exclude people by geography. So despite the excuses that "We're not set up for it", or "Because that's what we charge", someone had to take the time to make them not set up that way.

I sell on ebay. I know how it works. I think the real reason is that I've complained to pinwalls in the past about things like shipping headlight lens loose in a box with connecting rods or my crankshaft arriving bare in a box, half of it outside of the box.
Title: Re: Need a late tonti seat latch/cable
Post by: rodekyll on February 13, 2015, 08:54:45 PM: Quote from: fotoguzzi on February 13, 2015, 06:08:15 PM
I will dig around, If I find one it's free.. take that pinheads.

That's the ticket. If you find one and don't want to be paid for it, tell me what it's worth and I'll send the $$ to luap.
Title: Re: Need a late tonti seat latch/cable
Post by: Matteo on February 13, 2015, 11:12:19 PM: Dave, Feel free to sent to me, The post office is around the corner. I'll send it on up.
Title: Re: Need a late tonti seat latch/cable
Post by: fotoguzzi on February 14, 2015, 07:42:26 AM: I have this. looks just slightly bent but I think will work.
pm your address and I'll send today.

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/fotoguzzi/IMG_1151_zpsiso2es2d.jpg)
Title: Re: Need a late tonti seat latch/cable
Post by: rodekyll on February 14, 2015, 01:45:22 PM: You da man!

That's what I need. The bracket is all that's bent?

PM sent.