Anyone know where I can get Two Cherries
Mortise Chisels in the UK. I know Dieter Schmid
sell them but they seem to be a little expensive
and I was hoping to make some comparisons
with other sellers.
Thanks,
Roy

In article ,
"RzB" wrote:

Anyone know where I can get Two Cherries
Mortise Chisels in the UK. I know Dieter Schmid
sell them but they seem to be a little expensive
and I was hoping to make some comparisons
with other sellers.
Thanks,
Roy

I've not seen any. Comparing Dieter Schmidt's prices for the other 2
cherries he is about 10-15% up on Axminster's prices so not that much. I
bought a Record 9 1/2" QR vice from him a while ago for less than I
could get one here, including shipping so it goes both ways.

Peter

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I've not seen any. Comparing Dieter Schmidt's prices for the other 2
cherries he is about 10-15% up on Axminster's prices so not that much. I
bought a Record 9 1/2" QR vice from him a while ago for less than I
could get one here, including shipping so it goes both ways.

Peter


Many thanks for your response. I think they are
a bit more expensive than that unless I'm making
some errors in my conversions? I compared
10mm BE and 22mm BE. The Axminster prices
are £7.21 and £9.00. The D-S prices are
£9.68 and £12.66 after doing Euro to Pound
conversion using www.xe.com. That is 34% and
40% respectively. This is comparing ex vat prices.
Only a few pounds on one or two items but quite
a difference if buying a larger quantity. Then there is
postage on top of that.

Notwithstanding this - I have ordered some mortice
chisels! I couldn't find anyone in the UK stocking them.

I'm sure you are right - if I compared other prices
I would probably find the reverse.

Many thanks,
Roy

In article ,
"RzB" wrote:

Many thanks for your response. I think they are
a bit more expensive than that unless I'm making
some errors in my conversions? I compared
10mm BE and 22mm BE. The Axminster prices
are £7.21 and £9.00. The D-S prices are
£9.68 and £12.66 after doing Euro to Pound
conversion using www.xe.com. That is 34% and
40% respectively. This is comparing ex vat prices.
Only a few pounds on one or two items but quite
a difference if buying a larger quantity. Then there is
postage on top of that.

Mind you, you pay only 16% vat when buying from D-S. IIRC his postage is
a fiver for small amounts which is cheaper than Axminster.

Peter

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Mind you, you pay only 16% vat when buying from D-S. IIRC his postage is
a fiver for small amounts which is cheaper than Axminster.

Postage is free from Axminster to mainland UK for any amount if you order
via the web site.

Sean

Sean Delere wrote:

Mind you, you pay only 16% vat when buying from D-S. IIRC his postage is
a fiver for small amounts which is cheaper than Axminster.

Postage is free from Axminster to mainland UK for any amount if you order
via the web site.

Only if you spend more than £20.

Peter

"All orders to UK mainland are delivered carriage paid (web orders
only)"

No minimum stated.

I can confirm that as I recently had 10 sheets of abrasive paper sent to me
and the cost was just over a fiver - no postage charges.

Sean

Andrew McKay wrote:

On Tue, 05 Aug 2003 21:42:53 GMT, (Peter
Ashby) wrote:

Postage is free from Axminster to mainland UK for any amount if you order
via the web site.

Only if you spend more than £20.

Not according to their terms and conditions:

http://www.axminster.co.uk/default.a...at=help&page=1

I quote:

"All orders to UK mainland are delivered carriage paid (web orders
only)"

No minimum stated.

Not having ordered from them for a while now, I suppose it might have
changed. Either that or I never noticed the web conditions. Since I only
ever order on the web there are a couple of small items I could do with,
so thanks for the correction.

Peter