Hassouni Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Still on my quest to get an Elmas nargile at a sane price here.... I found one site, in English, but based in Turkey, with nice Elmas pipes in the 60-80 buck range...then shipping to the US is $100! Even more ridiculously, I checked what shipping would be to Lebanon (because I have family there), and it was $120, and that can just be put on a truck! Has anyone bought a hookah online from overseas and managed to pay LESS than the face value of the pipe in shipping? This is really driving me nuts...I mean shit, stick it on a boat, I'm patient... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoapplesplease Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 I been thinking bout the same thing...You need to order like 5-6 hookahs to bring the shipping to a reasonable amount per hookah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hassouni Posted March 9, 2010 Author Share Posted March 9, 2010 The site in question does it by kilo, it claims 1 nargile is 4.5kg...I dont think there's a discount on multiples... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hassouni Posted March 9, 2010 Author Share Posted March 9, 2010 Edit: Turns out for 1 it's $110, for 5 it's $300...and for 10 it's....$0? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoapplesplease Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 What site?I'd like to have a look.....you mean 1 kilo or 1 hookah=$110 and 5 kilos or 5 hookahs=$300 and 10=$0 I don't think means free shipping but that you can't have a package that heavy shipped via what ever service they use... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hassouni Posted March 9, 2010 Author Share Posted March 9, 2010 (edited) [quote name='twoapplesplease' date='08 March 2010 - 11:49 PM' timestamp='1268110182' post='456023'] What site?I'd like to have a look.....you mean 1 kilo or 1 hookah=$110 and 5 kilos or 5 hookahs=$300 and 10=$0 I don't think means free shipping but that you can't have a package that heavy shipped via what ever service they use... [/quote] Antic Gift shop.anticgift.com/ They have what are obviously Elmas nargiles at GREAT prices. 1 Hookah according to them is 5 kg shipping weight, which comes to $110. 5 hookahs comes to $300, and when I plugged in 10, it came out to $0 shipping. It really sucks, the pipes I like are between $60-80....paying 110 for shipping is absurd. After contacting the German Elmas site, getting one shipped would be £130 total, which is also a lot. I know you've also been looking for a Turkish nargile. I bet you anything we can contact Ahmet Elmas and ask if he can send directly to the US..... Edited March 9, 2010 by Hassouni Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoapplesplease Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Those are for sure elmas nargiles....5 hookahs at 5kg a piece shipping weight puts the package at ruffly 60 lbs. not a bad price when you order 5. I wonder if you could get a discount on there end for quantity seeing how shipping prices will never change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 I remember Hookahook.com out of Lebanon charged $35 for DHL shipping. Dont think the company is still around anymore though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hassouni Posted March 9, 2010 Author Share Posted March 9, 2010 I dunno, but I sure as hell don't have the money to buy 5 and hope others buy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuie Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 I wouldn't mind one, but the price for shipping no way... and I can't afford 10... hahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hassouni Posted March 9, 2010 Author Share Posted March 9, 2010 [font="Times"][size="2"][size="2"]5 of the ones I'm considering would run to about 100-140 all in. That's not bad, compared to KM or nice Mya money. The only issue is that they'd have to all be shipped to one address. For the record, here are the ones I'd be interested in (I like the last one especially): https://shop.anticgift.com/index.php?q=view&form=detail&cid=18&uid=191701[/size][/size][/font] [font="Times"][size="2"][size="2"][url="https://shop.anticgift.com/index.php?q=view&form=detail&cid=18&uid=191696"] [/url][url="https://shop.anticgift.com/index.php?q=view&form=detail&cid=18&uid=191696"] [/url] [url="https://shop.anticgift.com/index.php?q=view&form=detail&cid=18&uid=191696"] [/url][url="https://shop.anticgift.com/index.php?q=view&form=detail&cid=18&uid=191696"] [/url]https://shop.anticgift.com/index.php?q=view&form=detail&cid=18&uid=191696 https://shop.anticgift.com/index.php?q=view&form=detail&cid=18&uid=191694[/size][/size][/font] [font="Times, arial, sans-serif"][size=2] [/size][/font] [font="Times"][size="2"][size="2"]https://shop.anticgift.com/index.php?q=view&form=detail&cid=18&uid=191698 [/size][/size][/font] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoapplesplease Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 not bad at all...although you'd have to resell the rest plus shipping and maybee $20 for the effort and investment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hassouni Posted March 9, 2010 Author Share Posted March 9, 2010 Right so you're talking....what, 140-180 per nargile? That's a LOT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hassouni Posted March 9, 2010 Author Share Posted March 9, 2010 I think we should have a Hookah Forum list of Middle East hookah hookups - people we know in Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt, wherever, that can help us out--no way is shipping REALLY that much, I would put money on a lot of that $110 being skimmed off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hassouni Posted March 10, 2010 Author Share Posted March 10, 2010 Mods: Why can't I edit? After looking at UPS, Fedex, and DHL, all of which are crazy expensive--it seems that TNT can do it for $40.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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