The policy simply stated:
The flat rate charge for shipping, handling, and insurance will be $ 111.00 for shipment
by UPS or FedEx (selected by SPI Supplies) to all destinations in South Africa, irrespective
of the shipment's weight or commercial value. But excluded would be any shipment that
contains any product(s) designated as being Dangerous Goods. This would also mean that
we can not ship under this flat rate program any product identified as being
.
This means that an order that consists of some
tweezers,
TEM grids,
Parafilm®,
and some embedding molds, could ship under the flat rate program from SPI Supplies in the
USA to any business address in South Africa (see important exception below). But if your order
contains as much as a single item (for example, an SPI
OK Easy Duster™), then it could not be shipped under this program and would
probably have to go via air freight.
Note that we can not ship under this program to addresses in South Africa any dangerous goods
products designed as being .
And of course, such shipments would be subject to the special "cold ship"
charges should the shipment include a product that is to be shipped refrigerated.
Exceptions:
Keep in mind the following exceptions to the above policy statement:
- Shipments containing dangerous goods that are not described as
are not covered by this program.
- Addresses not considered to be bona fide business addresses by the
carrier (e. g. FedEx or UPS) are subject to a residential address fee.
- The final arbiter as to whether an address is or is not a residential
address is the carrier, that is, UPS or FedEx. Generally speaking, if one
has sleeping accommodations at the address, or if the property is not
zoned for commercial use, the carrier designates such an address as a
"residential" address.
The benefit to the customer:
Customers of SPI Supplies in South Africa are able to estimate almost to the penny the actual
credit card amount that will be charged to their credit card for a credit card purchase
even if ordering from South Africa. There is no need to waste time getting a "quote" since
all of the information necessary to calculate a total CIF amount will be available to
the customer at the time the order is placed. So just decide what you want to order,
the fob prices are on the website, add $111.00 and that is the total price to you
(except of course for customs duties, VAT, and any other local taxes, if applicable,
that are traditionally paid on the buyer's end. Remember that this will "work" only
if there are no Dangerous Goods on the order. Some of our customers in South Africa have long
requested a flat rate program like this, and we offer it now in response to such customer
requests. Certainly this is saving customers in South Africa considerable money since they can
buy direct. Let us know how the SPI Supplies flat rate program works for you. Tell us
how we can improve on this innovative program for shipments to South Africa. Our customers in
South Africa always have a friend in the USA when they contact SPI Supplies!
Remember our distributor in South Africa:
If you are not able to make purchases outside of South Africa conveniently, remember you
can always order via our long time distributor in South Africa:
Mr. Rick Loveland
Rick Loveland and Associates
P O Box 340,
Halfway House 1685, South Africa
Ph: +27 11 805-8181
Fax: +27 11 805-8181
Cell +27 84 805-8181
E-mail: rick_l@global.co.za
Just remember that how ever you wish to deal with SPI Supplies will be just fine with us.
We are here to serve the needs of our customers in South Africa, not the other way around!
If you wish to order via our long time and excellent distributor, that is just fine and
if you wish to order directly from SPI Supplies, that is just as fine with us as well.
We also know you have yet other choices and we want to do everything possible to make sure
yours is to depend on SPI Supplies products, however you might be making the actual
purchase!
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