Members YinTx Posted April 3, 2019 Members Report Posted April 3, 2019 Is it reasonable for the shipping, or does it ruin the deal? YinTx Quote YinTx https://www.instagram.com/lanasia_2017/ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK6HvLWuZTzjt3MbR0Yhcj_WIQIvchezo
Members motocouture Posted April 3, 2019 Members Report Posted April 3, 2019 4 hours ago, mikesc said: What's that ..Cheap Roo skins..Have they fallen in the well ? ;-) “....Timmy!” Quote
bikermutt07 Posted April 3, 2019 Report Posted April 3, 2019 1 hour ago, YinTx said: Is it reasonable for the shipping, or does it ruin the deal? YinTx I asked, but just saw the email an hour ago. So, we will see. Quote I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with. Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day. From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.
Members Tugadude Posted April 3, 2019 Members Report Posted April 3, 2019 On 4/2/2019 at 7:10 AM, Handstitched said: I wasn't too sure whether to post this or not, but I took delivery of some cheap kangaroo skins today. They came from Narangba, Queensland, B to B . The black ones were just $10.00 ea and the brown ones were $20.00 ea when other suppliers sell them for around $70+ ea . They're about 0.9-1.2mm thick and a bit over a mtr in length and supposed to have a few marks, scratches etc. but unless you look up real close, they're hardly noticeable , and would virtually disappear once made into a project. Most are in perfect condition , not a mark in sight. Apart from making some wallets etc. I'm going put a few aside to make a leather M/C vest . They have a lovely ' micro-milled ' (?) grain. I got x 8 black and x 2 brown . They did have bright colours for sale too, like whites & pale blues etc. , but I prefer the browns & blacks. One very happy chappy HS I found the website for Packer Direct, but the products are sorted by the usage, wallets, purses, etc. Can you please tell us exactly which ones those are? Thanks! Quote
Members Handstitched Posted April 3, 2019 Author Members Report Posted April 3, 2019 G'Day, This is the email I got sent: https://mailchi.mp/packerleather/we-have-overrun-leathers-you-have-leather-specials?e=b5a1123d5f Although the sale went to 22 March, they may still have some of these roo skins left. HS Quote ' I have a very gweat friend in Wome called Biggus Dickus, He has a wife you know, do you know whats she's called? Incontinentia.......Incontinentia Buttocks '
Mark842 Posted April 3, 2019 Report Posted April 3, 2019 14 hours ago, YinTx said: Is it reasonable for the shipping, or does it ruin the deal? YinTx I looked into dealing with Packer Direct a few years ago. I had purchased some dies from a seller in Australia and the seller sent some really nice roo scraps with the dies. He bought all his leather from them so I shot them an email. Can't remember the price they gave me for shipping but I do remember it killed the deal for me. Really too bad as I made a few wallets with the scraps I got and loved working with the stuff. It's just a fantastic leather. Quote
Contributing Member Ferg Posted April 3, 2019 Contributing Member Report Posted April 3, 2019 I think my last count was about 17 roo skins in my inventory. Six to eight square feet on average. Probably paid between $125 and $175 per skin. I know I bought some specials one time for $75, threw half of them away. The leather is worth every penny. Ferg Quote
Members Tugadude Posted April 3, 2019 Members Report Posted April 3, 2019 6 hours ago, Handstitched said: G'Day, This is the email I got sent: https://mailchi.mp/packerleather/we-have-overrun-leathers-you-have-leather-specials?e=b5a1123d5f Although the sale went to 22 March, they may still have some of these roo skins left. HS Well in addition to the expiration date for the offer, I couldn't have ordered from them anyway according to this verbiage from their page... When you produce around 500 different leathers in a year you are going to get a production over-run or six. Our over-runs are your opportunity. These specials are for members of our Leather Savings List (only) and available from Monday March 18 to Friday March 22 unless sold out prior. Just send us an email or call (07) 3203 1323 and let us know which leather(s) you would like to get a hold of. Quote
bikermutt07 Posted April 3, 2019 Report Posted April 3, 2019 (edited) 19 hours ago, YinTx said: Is it reasonable for the shipping, or does it ruin the deal? YinTx Looks like it ruins it? Something about a 30 dollar duty for international, the price list didn't show much that was cheap, and then shipping takes a quote. So, it looks like domestic purchases will be "more affordable". Maybe we should start farming kangaroo like they did with the emu in the 90s. Edited April 3, 2019 by bikermutt07 Quote I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with. Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day. From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.
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