Group Order Anybody?

[Darcy]

I'm not sure what kind of gear other people are after at the moment, but here's my wishlist:

Complete Fol
Spare foil blade
Assorted Hilt furniture and Grips
Body wire
Jacket
Mask
Plastron
Bag for gear and crap

Now I'm not too sure as to how items are shipped from sites like Leon Paul or Negrini (any others that have a decent online shop?) but I'm guessing that a foil will not come in the same package as gear (could somebody tell me what the deal here is), so perhaps ordering gear and foils at different times may be more accomodating to people financially.
Regardless, if people want to combine an order with me (and others) I will offer to pay more than my share of postage costs.

[ChrisP]

Shipping a bodywire over costs about the same price as buying from infinity...OR you could just buy an Esun wire from Infinity...

[Steve]

Don't buy an Esun wire, they are stupid. It'll last you maybe half a training session, if you're lucky. JG are not much better, Uhlmann and Leon Paul are the only ways to go there. Make sure your wire is the same make as the socket on your weapon (ie, Uhlmann blade, get Uhlmann bodywire). There are major compatibility issues

[ChrisP]

Uhlmann wire is cheaper than JG as well!

[rwrylsin]

Just a note;
If you order stuff in with a value over or near $500 you will be charged GST and have to pay at the post office. If it gets up to $1000 you'll have to go and fill in customs forms & crap and it gets expensive. Orders under $500 will generally not have to pay because it's not worth the paperwork.
So if you're planning to buy a lot of stuff for yourself, it can actually be cheaper not to do it as a group order.

Everything usually comes in the same box, foil, jacket, mask, etc. It will be a big box if you're ordering weapons.

If you put in a 'weapons order' and an 'everything else' order, LP may notice it's the same person and helpfully package them together, assuming you forgot some things. If you want to split things up for tax purposes, buy&import them to different people.

[Darcy]

Thanks Lisa, that's good to know about both shipping and customs.
So I take it nobody else at the moment is looking at ordering items?

[ChrisP]

I'm ordering some gear from Leon Paul but i just makes it under 500 dollars

[Darcy]

Ok, I am not entirely sure whether people are interested in doing a group order for gear at the moment... but perhaps consider the wares of this particular fencing related site:

www.big4ourbritches.com/

I would not mind perhaps getting one or two shirts from here, let me know if anybody is interested.

[Mirry]

Yeah, I'd probably be in on that, there's some nice shirts there

[Tam]

Ooh!

I like the 'Sabre Rattler' (14), the 'iFence' (72), and perhaps the 'armourer' (75) for Tony ;D

[Darcy]

Just thought I'd bump this thread. Link to the fencing tee's is above.