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Place to buy precut Copper Stock?
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I had a bad experience with Onlinemetals. I bought a 12" x 2" x .75" bar from Onlinemetals before for $25 USD but when they shipped it to me, I had to pay and extra $20 because of customs. The annoying thing was that the $20 was asked for at my front door, the UPS guy was holding my package until I gave him the extra money. So annoying how this fee wasn't upfront. So I am currently looking for another source of copper.JFettig said:
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Can they do that... did you pay in cash?Gentleman said:
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Exactly, it was not a hidden fee, this was money your gov't decided to take from you.JFettig said:I dont think thats onlinemetals fault... thats just customs.
or a ups guy trying to screw you over
Jon
I sold a buch of fans and a BIXIII a while back to hainer36 in Canada and they hit him with $20 in customs fee upon receipt even though the declared value was below what they are supposed to tax on.
The only place I have found to get small quantities of copper is onlinemetals. Otherwise, maybe a local scrapyard or metalworks might have some.
The only place I have found to get small quantities of copper is onlinemetals. Otherwise, maybe a local scrapyard or metalworks might have some.
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another good place is your local metal scrap yard. Mine has a 55 gal drum of copper. They let you sift thru it...be sure to have leather gloves on. $1/lb.
I found a 2'x4"x3/8" copper and 1'x2"x1/4" copper stock. got it real cheap.
I found a 2'x4"x3/8" copper and 1'x2"x1/4" copper stock. got it real cheap.
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It was ridiculous....$25USD = $30 CDN but then I got charged and extra $20 CDN ontop of the $10USD shipping fee to ship something from Seattle area to Vancouver which is a few hours away driving distance.
EDIT: for a grand total of about $60
EDIT: for a grand total of about $60
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Good question ,i am looking also..........that would be a shock to have to pay for customs fee's after waiting ,but yeah that is customs ,maybe online metals is unaware of their procedures.........
I placed a decent order of copper from onlinemetals a while back and they seemed just fine. My only complaint is that they were off on measurements, they state they could be a little off so I have to forgive them. They also didnt clean the cuts very well, no big deal for me.
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