[aussiesmurfer]

Can anyone tell how much the old version of the windmill usually goes for?
I have just bought one MIB for 30 euro........

Trish

[Syd Smurf]

30 euros for a MIB original Windmill is a good price. I think I paid about 22 euros and thought I did really well so 30 is also very good.

Congratulations Trish, I love the smurf Windmills and I am sure you will love it too.

Dyar

[hugofilia]

Trish, have you bought it from europe or america? if so how much was the shipping cost? I have one too for sale but i would like to quote a shipping price when i will list it
Thank you
John

[aussiesmurfer]

Hi John,

I bought it from Italy. Shipping was around 17 euro.

Trish

[Little lucie @ Simon]

Hi Trish, i bought ours Mint in old box for about £30. You have done very well Lucie

[Fram]

Hi John,

I bought it from Italy. Shipping was around 17 euro.

Trish

17 Euro? That's almost for free! I'll have to check it, but to post one from Belgium to Australia, I thought I had to pay around 90 Euro (I haven't posted it of course, as that was a bit ridiculous).

[Bunno Smurf]

Hey Fram,

If it works out cheaper let me know!!


Linda

[Syd Smurf]

I bought the newer Windmill, Farm, Gargamel's Castle, Patriot, all 8 of the 2004 smurfs, High Diver super, Siver Racing Car Driver, Gate & Fence playset, Well playset, Millennium keychain and a few other bonus items that the seller chucked in for free from Germany last year and the postage was 45 euros......the seller also said that I could add another Gargamel's Castle for Michelle without affecting the postage rate........I know that the postage rate has gone up since but that's not bad is it? I actually think that the postage rate has almost doubled since.

[Fram]

I had watched the prices for packages, and the minimum fee for a package to Australia is 96,68 Euro (that's for 2 to 5 kg).
BUT: a letter, max 2 kg, with max dimensions of length + breadth + height of 900 mm (90cm, so e.g. 30 by 30 by 30) and the max individual length of 60 cm costs only 20 Euro to send to Australia
Bunno, Linda, for only 11 Euro extra (plus a bit for the package), I could have added your windmill, if only I had checked it better. I'm sorry!!! I hopoe we can work out another trade in the near future, and then I'll certainly include it.
I feel rather stupid now

[Syd Smurf]

I am now getting 10kg packages from Germany at a cost of 90 euro each for airmail......a Gargamel's Castle weighs about 2kg just for an example.

This is a lot of money on postage but when I am buying from about 27 or so different sellers per package it works out a lot cheaper than paying 27 lots of postage to Australia especially when you buy large buildings or houses.

Of course I have to pay 2 or so euro for postage to my friend as well but it still works out a lot cheaper becuase the packages are filled up to the maximum weight all of the time.....for example, the last package sent to me weighed 9.9kg.....so I get a better deal in the end. Also my friend knows a lot of sellers and sometimes picks them up for me when he visits them so sometimes I don't have to pay for postage to him which is a real bonus......needless to say that I owe my friend BIG time...but the best thing about it is he has become a really good friend and even when I stop buying smurfs I will still chat to him reguarly as he is just a great guy in general as is most German sellers I have dealt with.

Dyar

[aussiesmurfer]

I'm sure Linda will forgive you Fram!

I'm glad I posted this question though, maybe you will be getting that windmill after all Linda!

I now have both windmills, well the old one is still on the way but I'm running out of space! I haven't even got my farmhouse set up yet!
Oh well I'll just keep dreaming of the day when I too shall have a smurf room-even half a smurf room would be great!
Thanks for all your comments, it's nice to know you have paid the right price for something.

Trish

[Bunno Smurf]

Well Fram $20 Euro sounds a lot better than $96 Euro I must admit.


Never mind I'm sure we can work something out


Linda