benwheeler
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Awesome, 12 Systainers ordered. That should take care of a few bits & pieces!
Thanks again Kev, you bad man.
Thanks again Kev, you bad man.
One for the Aussies...
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I'm the guy who bought in the Tanos systainers a few years back. Feel free to PM me if your're interested in getting hold of some of the items from the Tanos catalogue that aren't readily available in the Festool range, I might be able to put something together in the next few weeks, but no guarantees. Last time I tried to stick to the items that Festool Australia didn't offer (colours and different inserts), doesn't seem fair to cut the grass of a real business.
Pricing wise, for international shipping I piggypacked on the back of some machinery the company I work for was getting shipped from Europe, so the only shipping costs were around 200Euro to get across Europe + customs at our end. For distribution in Australia (I'm on the Gold Coast), Transdirect are pretty competitive for transport.
The Tanos pricing and catalogues are on their website, last time it was 30% off rrp for a pallet of mixed sizes. With the AUD down against the Euro, it's certainly not giveway prices.
Pricing wise, for international shipping I piggypacked on the back of some machinery the company I work for was getting shipped from Europe, so the only shipping costs were around 200Euro to get across Europe + customs at our end. For distribution in Australia (I'm on the Gold Coast), Transdirect are pretty competitive for transport.
The Tanos pricing and catalogues are on their website, last time it was 30% off rrp for a pallet of mixed sizes. With the AUD down against the Euro, it's certainly not giveway prices.
[member=25337]ggc[/member] That's interesting I'll keep an eye out to see if anything comes of this.
In the past I have imported quite a lot of equipment including items from Tanos into Aus from the UK and like you say because of the low AUD at the present time things certainly aren't cheap at the moment.
In the past I have imported quite a lot of equipment including items from Tanos into Aus from the UK and like you say because of the low AUD at the present time things certainly aren't cheap at the moment.
Good news on the Tanos front, I can make a pallet load order happen at a reasonable price. Bad news is that I need to place an order this week to connect with the cheap shipping I have access to. Other bad news (for me) is that the container lands in Melbourne instead of the Gold Coast, but I reckon a motorhome relocation holiday/roadtrip will fix that problem
Realistically that doesn't leave a lot of time to organise a group buy and collect money, but to get to a decent discount from Tanos it really needs to be a full pallet, and I just don't need that many systainers in my life.
Sooo, if people send me a request via PM for what they want, I'll add it to the order until i reach a pallet load. No payment up front (there's still a chance I won't make the shipping cut-off), but you'll only have 2 weeks to pay (direct transfer or paypal) after it lands in Australia before I put it on ebay.
Pricing will be as per Tanos 2015 pricelist (tanos.de - service- downloads)except for the Tloc Sortainers and SYS-combis which are available on the tanos website or in the 2016 pricelist if you can find it.
Further price reduction will be based on discount received from Tanos - 20% to cover customs/European transport/international money transfers/shrinkage/risk/stress etc.
So if the order is big enough and I get a 30% discount from tanos, the price to the individual will be 10% (30%-20%) less than the tanos rrp* the exchange rate. Based on current exchange rate, that means an empty SysIV would be around $82AUD.
All shipping in Australia to be the responsibility of the purchaser, but it looks like I can arrange pickup in Melbourne or the Gold Coast. Can also package up an order for pickup by courier.
also, it needs to fit in a systainer or maxi-sys to maximise the shipping volume, so no roll carts or tanos mobil
Realistically that doesn't leave a lot of time to organise a group buy and collect money, but to get to a decent discount from Tanos it really needs to be a full pallet, and I just don't need that many systainers in my life.
Sooo, if people send me a request via PM for what they want, I'll add it to the order until i reach a pallet load. No payment up front (there's still a chance I won't make the shipping cut-off), but you'll only have 2 weeks to pay (direct transfer or paypal) after it lands in Australia before I put it on ebay.
Pricing will be as per Tanos 2015 pricelist (tanos.de - service- downloads)except for the Tloc Sortainers and SYS-combis which are available on the tanos website or in the 2016 pricelist if you can find it.
Further price reduction will be based on discount received from Tanos - 20% to cover customs/European transport/international money transfers/shrinkage/risk/stress etc.
So if the order is big enough and I get a 30% discount from tanos, the price to the individual will be 10% (30%-20%) less than the tanos rrp* the exchange rate. Based on current exchange rate, that means an empty SysIV would be around $82AUD.
All shipping in Australia to be the responsibility of the purchaser, but it looks like I can arrange pickup in Melbourne or the Gold Coast. Can also package up an order for pickup by courier.
also, it needs to fit in a systainer or maxi-sys to maximise the shipping volume, so no roll carts or tanos mobil
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Whoops!
All the inserts where in-stock lat week. All the coloured systainers should be available, but I guess there's always a chance that they might be low on a few items. The only one they didn't have were the rolls of anti-slip matting, but that's not really a systainer thing
Good work [member=25337]ggc[/member] I'll take a look at Tanos.de
You boys with all the 90 year systainers, what are you going to do with them?
I have ordered up two, they still haven't arrived yet!
When they do, they will be put to use in a most unorthodox way. We have just removed our old kitchen which sold on Gum tree quicker than we had hoped, and as a result we will be without a kitchen for a while as the house is being knocked around a lot before the new kitchen can go back in. So the BBQ will be working overtime and the temporary kitchen will be relocated outside, hence those two new systainers will come in handy one for all our kitchen utensils and one for all the cutlery. That should keep them all dust. Free.
You boys with all the 90 year systainers, what are you going to do with them?
I have ordered up two, they still haven't arrived yet!
When they do, they will be put to use in a most unorthodox way. We have just removed our old kitchen which sold on Gum tree quicker than we had hoped, and as a result we will be without a kitchen for a while as the house is being knocked around a lot before the new kitchen can go back in. So the BBQ will be working overtime and the temporary kitchen will be relocated outside, hence those two new systainers will come in handy one for all our kitchen utensils and one for all the cutlery. That should keep them all dust. Free.
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I mostly bought them for unspecified future use :-D
There are a few things i want to use them for now, but I figure that they'll be very handy for further workshop expansion, and they're such a good price for a quality product that fits with all my other cases..
There are a few things i want to use them for now, but I figure that they'll be very handy for further workshop expansion, and they're such a good price for a quality product that fits with all my other cases..
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Kev said:benwheeler said:
Whoops!
Yeh [embarassed]
The ten that just got delivered here, along with the two I received recently with new tools, has put me in the same position!
Goint to pick up my stash of 30 I ordered tomorrow, am slowly putting all my tools into them andthis should suffice. Im glad the wifes away
Hi Bryan and others;
About 90% confident that I'll be placing an order early next week, I'm expecting confirmation tomorrow on the latest departure date of the shipping container.
I have a plan B that would line up with a container leaving early December, but haven't looked into too closely as I'm pretty confident I'll meet the first container. Going to sit down this weekend and work out what I want/need and add everybody else's requests into it. At this stage I'm thinking I'll be placing the order Monday afternoon.
About 90% confident that I'll be placing an order early next week, I'm expecting confirmation tomorrow on the latest departure date of the shipping container.
I have a plan B that would line up with a container leaving early December, but haven't looked into too closely as I'm pretty confident I'll meet the first container. Going to sit down this weekend and work out what I want/need and add everybody else's requests into it. At this stage I'm thinking I'll be placing the order Monday afternoon.
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Untidy Shop said:
[size=13pt]Well, I ended up getting two when I visited Sth Melbourne this morning.
However I note that their Color is more aligned to blue than blue/black. Are they heavily discounted because the Color match was wrong?
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Today I called into a local Festool dealer. While there I thought I'd pick up a spare blade for my Kapex 120. I asked for a price and was quoted $239. I asked if this was the best price and the sales assistant said they only discount on orders over $10,000!! Any suggestions on alternative blades?
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Michael1960 said:
Tenryu is the go from what I've read. I burnt the wallet on an extra KAPEX blade recently ... in fact I've probably got $2K "invested" in all the extra blades for Festool circular saws.
I keep meaning to hunt down a Tenryu local supplier.
FLAI and Freud are probably options too - though I'm loathe to buy just to try!
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