One thing to consider with Rock Auto. A little sniffing around on the
googles for "rock auto coupon" usually turns up a discount code. I have used
these with good success.
Don
----- Original Message -----
From: "neil n" <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 8:21 PM
Subject: Re: Rock auto = smoking rock on shipping prices

> This something I noticed re: the Diesel Vanagon Bosal exhaust
> isolators. I'd mentioned this on the DV list.
>
> "..... 2 or more and shipping goes from 1st class @ $2.44 to $15.29
> ground."
>
> So AFAIK, not only does the cost change but so does the method. Then
> again, I only added things to my cart, get the shipping cost but
> didn't actually buy the parts. The actual cost might change once you
> actually pay for the item ??
>
> But reading the replies, I can kind of see how shipping would differ
> from part to part, but for two of these parts (they're not big), going
> from 1 to 2 increases the shipping cost pretty dramatically.  IMO.
>
> Neil.
>
> On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Last week, someone mentioned that Rock Auto had a good price on diesel
>> muffler mounts. They did. Shipping for one was a couple of bucks.
>> Shipping
>> for two was $12.00. I ordered one, and wrote it off as an anomaly.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Neil n
>
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