Aussies Kiwis - Swepco supplier.

Bill Douglas · 02:38 PM

Yay, I've tracked down a supplier in this corner of the world.

Kudos Petroleum is in Gisbourne, New Zealand but he's happy to post to Australia. I asked for prices and he emailed back with:

Hello Bill

201 is $81.83 excl GST for 3.85l
306 engine oil $36.49 excl GST for 3.85l

Regards

Kevin
021 736 544

GST is 12.5% and his email address is amps.electronics@xtra.co.nz

Please note the prices are in Kiwi dollars, so after the conversion it's almost free.

Bill Douglas · 12-07-2007, 02:40 PM

bump

Wayne 962 · Wayne 962's Garage

The stuff has to come from the USA anyways, it's probably cheaper to order and ship through Pelican...

-Wayne

Fishcop · Fishcop's Garage

Wayne, here lies the problem:

USPS service provided by Pelican is the trackable "Global Express" - too expensive for a lot of us OS customers. Pelican used to make standard mailing available with no tracking and it is much more affordable. I was more than happy to chance the fairly remote possibility of theft or disappearance - particularly for relatively light and cheap items such as gaskets.

Also the website states that the product is 'ground shipping only', I presume this rules out Global Express as I know it is an 'airmail' service?

Using the Pelican website (and presuming it will ship), it costs AU$138 for a quart of Swepco delivered to me. Using Bill's prices, I will have that same quart delivered to me via NZ for less than AU$100

I'd be interested to know your thoughts on this Wayne.

steve lewis · steve lewis's Garage

Quite true Fishcop, to purchase Swepco 201 oil through Pelican Parts was a total of $127.50 U.S dollars, brought mine through Paragon for a total of $96.97 U.S dollars. shipping USPS EXPRESS MAIL INTERNATIONAL $57.22 U.S paragon, got here wthin a few days , Pelican USPS EXPRESS MAIL INTERNATIONAL $ 78.25, a total difference of $30.53 U.S. on this one item.
still waiting on wayne thoughts.

ajwans · 03-13-2008, 02:26 AM

+1 for a cheaper shipping option. I recently tried to order the "rebuild and modify" book
but baulked when the book was $20 and the shipping $30. I'm sure the book is worth
every cent but I'm too tight to pay 150% of the sticker price on delivery.

andy

robinnz · robinnz's Garage

Bill
have you tried him? because the guy over this side of the isaland wants 200 bucks for the same bottle, if he is real this is a great deal
regards
Robin

Matt Smith · 03-13-2008, 10:14 PM

Robin- he's a Kiwi. Of course he's the real deal

Bill- I can't believe you still have that old bus. In it for life eh?

Mine's been orphaned in the garage (but still treated fairly of course) since the arrival of little miss 2 year old. At least she can say "daddy's car!" while she keeps that Swepco 201 slushing around by stirring the stick and spinning the Nardi!