Rawa delivery time..?

[helge 0]

Tried mailing them, but no answer yet

Looking for a Rawa helmet, and I'm in a bit of a hurry, as I need it delivered to a US dropzone within 30 days..

Anyone know their order times, or does anyone in the US stock them? (w/PC105 box)

And, I want it in the air as soon as possible.. Can I get a cameye and a quick mount for stills pre-installed?

[fmmobley 0]

Mine took about four weeks to get.

I ordered mine from Larry at Aerostore. Aerostore was very easy to work with. Their number is 610-327-8555. Give Larry a call.

http://www.aerostore.com/

... Marion

[nbblood 0]

I've ordered from Aerostore as well. I got my Rawa within 3-4 weeks and that was during the holiday season. I thought it was very reasonable. Definitely recommend them.

Blues,
Nathan

If you wait 'til the last minute, it'll only take a minute.

[skymoo 0]

Aerostore is a good source. Directly from them is another way of doing it - like i did. The problem is they do NOT speak english well, and take their time in answering emails in English. I ordered in spanish/portuguese and got my helmet in less than 2 weeks. My friend in the states went to a Brazilian restaurant and ordered over his cell phone using the waiter as a translator he's like that. Price difference has gone down because of shipping. $220 plus shipping from Brazil (+-$50 in shipping)- $280 plus shipping form Larry (aerostore). I've dealt with both and they are all wonderful people. I haven't bought helmets from Larry - other stuff. Hope this helps.

http://www.childrenofthesky.com

Freefly!

[Mr17Hz 1]

One problem that you may always run into when ordering overseas is an item getting stuck up in customs.

I have terrible luck with this; of the 20 or so items I've purchased from overseas in my life - 5 of them got held up in customs: ussually for around 2 weeks each, in one case it was almost a month.

I ordered a helmet from Cookie composites and it got to me in around 2 weeks... I then ordered a different sized padding; which was mailed the next day; and the padding took a month to get to me - it got held up at US customs. It arrived in new york - they shipped it to washington state, then flown to alaska and held up in "Fish and Wildlife customs", and then finally to Chicago.

When I got the package there was no indicaton that they opened it. I almost wish that you could write something on the package that would allow them to open the package and look at the contents instead of taking 3 weeks to do some kind of chemical / scent / xray tests.... or whatever it is that they do.

When customs gets involved, you really can't blame the merchant - although after having done some research it does help to make sure that they fill out the forms accuratly. Partially completed forms are more likely to get stopped.

Matt Christenson

mattchristenson@realskydiving.com
http://www.RealDropzone.com - A new breed of dropzone manifest software.