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Thrichar

$45 to ship a watch strap!!

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Thrichar

Now I'm a fan of Worn and Wound. Cool website and some really interesting watches.

 

Just purchased a Sinn 556 (incoming) and am looking for a strap for it, as I like to swap out the bracelet when the mood strikes me. W&W have an awesome option for the 556. A charcoal horween leather: http://shop.wornandwound.com/collections/straps/products/model-1-horween-coal

 

Looks great, so was happy to pay the $89. Went to check out and the postage to Australia was forty five fucking dollars! In what world does it cost $45 to post something that weighs 20g?!

 

Ah well, the price I pay for living in Australia!!

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Bncrpt

Hahahaha geezus mate that's a little exorbitant lol

 

Postage does seem to be a hit and miss thing these days getting anything here to Oz hey...some places charge next to nothing...next thing you order and the price is almost as much as the item!!!

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ShovelnTC

A lot of traders will only use premium postage services in order to keep the items traceable, if that's not the reason then stuff dealing with em.

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TheInthusiest

Stop what you're doing and send Phizzy a PM.

 

He made me this custom strap for my Pam 390 for less than half the price of the W&W strap u linked.

 

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I'm awaiting for it in the post. :)

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Thrichar
Stop what you're doing and send Phizzy a PM.

 

He made me this custom strap for my Pam 390 for less than half the price of the W&W strap u linked.

 

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I'm awaiting for it in the post. :)

 

Nice tip: will do!

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Dr. Jimmy

I buy most of my straps from here: http://www.watch-band-center.com/

 

I'm not a strap snob, so some of you guys may turn your nose up at them because they're not handmade by some guy charging outrageous prices. I've found their straps to be excellent quality, reasonably priced, and their shipping is fast and cheap.

 

Here's one I just got last week for my O.M. 5mm thick, beautifully made, cost me €30 + €3 shipping, and they take PayPal.

 

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RussP
A lot of traders will only use premium postage services in order to keep the items traceable, if that's not the reason then stuff dealing with em.

 

+1.

 

The things we have to accept just because we live at the @rse end of the planet.

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drrod

I think a lot of vendors use low prices for their product and recapture the margin on the ifamous "shipping and handling".

 

Rod

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Mazz

Great watch the 556 I had one but ended passing it on and getting the 656

 

 

Have you thought about an ISOFRANE strap for it ??

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Thrichar
Great watch the 556 I had one but ended passing it on and getting the 656

 

 

Have you thought about an ISOFRANE strap for it ??

 

I hadn't Mazz. Are they worth the money?

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Mazz

Well worth it just about the only strap I wear anymore

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justwannalook

apparently its only 4 dollars to ship it to DC

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robin222

I think it's worth this price, the design is very beautiful

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Lagger

Holy necro bump

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GingerApple

It's 'Batman'!!!! Holy necro bump BATMAN

:facepalm:

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deju

2014! Fucking hell... 

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Khronos

Gotta get that post count up somehow.. ;)

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