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DISCUSSION => General Topics => Topic started by: shutter on January 04, 2007, 03:44:35 PM

Title: BMA shipping costs
Post by: shutter on January 04, 2007, 03:44:35 PM

Just a heads up:

I ordered a gasket and seals from BMA and they were going to charge me $12.50 to ship the .79lb package UPS ground!  This was over 40% of my total order cost.  Anyways, after talking to a rep, the site tends to over-average the shipping costs and they refund the difference.  In this case, she said it was an oversight and refunded $8.  If shipping seems outrageous, definitely contact them for a refund.  They were nice enough about it and took care of it right away, just make sure to check your order after it's processed.

Title: BMA shipping costs
Post by: dude8383 on January 04, 2007, 03:51:10 PM

this is why i call patrick directly!!

you get good prices from the start, and he's quite helpful.

i've been ordering from him since day one!

Title: BMA shipping costs
Post by: shutter on January 04, 2007, 04:00:29 PM

The intra-web for the win!!!

It's good at work so I can put it aside when someone walks up =P  Works been dead this first week back though, thus my full-time forum lurking!

Title: BMA shipping costs
Post by: D. Clay on January 04, 2007, 05:36:02 PM

BMA has free shipping for orders over $50!
I try to order that way and will sometimes buy extra stuff I want or will use later ($10-$20 more) just to hit $50.
And there's a discount for E30Tech members on the upper right of their page. If it comes up something else just reload until the BMA ad comes up - it's 5%.
All that aside, I would way prefer to buy from them for even money or even a little more for the service, dependability, knowledge they have of E30's - especially Patrick as noted above.

Title: BMA shipping costs
Post by: Alpine003 on January 05, 2007, 09:42:14 AM

BMA - Good Price / Great Service/ Free shipping over $50
Arizona Autohauz - Great Price / OK Service / Free Shipping over $50
Bimmerparts - OK Price / Good Service / Very fast shipping(usually 2 days for me at least)

All the 3 carry OEM stuff/brands for the most part.

Title: BMA shipping costs
Post by: Eurospec on January 06, 2007, 02:12:07 AM

Quote from: dude8383;16791

this is why i call patrick directly!!

you get good prices from the start, and he's quite helpful.

i've been ordering from him since day one!

Amen.

Pat's the man :)

Title: BMA shipping costs
Post by: kowalski on January 06, 2007, 02:34:16 AM

Quote from: Eurospec;16922

Amen.

Pat's the man :)

I also am going to have to afirm this. despite the fact that i waited 3 weeks for a fault crank sensor this is the first problem and he's doing all he can to resolve it.