Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: turmoiler on February 19, 2018, 03:40:34 am
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Hello pals, I need help from a fellow bowyers that lives in France.
Sergi
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My great great grandmother came from France. Is that close enough?
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No, I need somebody who lives there nowadays :)
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OK, I tried, you must need some sorta hands on in person type help?
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Pierre Lansac used to be on here. I think there is also a French forum devoted to archery as well.
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Yes, I know webarcherie but I don't speak french
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Are you living in France long term?
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Never been to France and don't speak French but if you want to post pictures and ask questions I'm sure myself and others would try to help you along. I do understand the wanting to meet another bowyer feeling though. Good Luck hope you find someone
Bjrogg
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Well, it is not a bowyer fabrication problem, is a problem with one of the machines that I use for bow making. I need a spare part that is only sold in France and I need somebody that buy the spare part and send it again to me. I live near france in spain so I suppose that the shipping cost would be assumable. I would pay for everything. So that is it.
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The company probably would ship direct, unless of course they are extremely Francophile! Or it is a secret weapon part >:D. They probably have someone in sales that speaks English.
Hawkdancer
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I've already contacted the company and they told me to look for a retailer in my country but there is none. In the company's webpage it says clearly that they only send parts to France so I need somebody who buy the part and then resend it to me. Thr part is not a secret, it is just the sander disc.
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There used to be a freight forwarding company called Bongo International. I think it is now a part of Fed EX. They provide you with a shipping address in your country of choice. The local retail business sends it to them, and then on to you where you live.
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I looked one of those companies, and they are very expensive, they are charching me 70$ apart from the original part cost and shipping cost, that would be more than 100$ for a 20$ spare part :(
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Somebody on the French website should be willing to help out!
Hawkdancer
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Bongo used to be relatively cheap, the same or even less than postal, especially for bulk orders. If fed ex are doing it now it would probably be very expensive.
I'm sure there are other freight forwarding companies doing the same job, finding them might be a problem.
Another option could be using their website to find a retailer/distributor in another country that has the companies product and will ship directly to you.
Good luck this kind of thing is really frustrating, I wish you success.