Seats, how hard can it be?

It’s been a busy few days for us as we try and find a couple of nice seats for our bus.

We had no idea going into this renovation how difficult it would be to find something as simple as seats!
Given that we will be spending alot of time driving and sitting in them, we want something that is safe, comfortable and durable. Our plan is to have a swivel setup so that at night we can move the seats around to face the back of the bus. They will be dual purpose, becoming arm chairs at night if that makes sense.

I searched online and quickly found what I was looking for. I almost died though when I read the price. $6,000.00 was the quote! That seemed excessive so I got back on the net and found some really amazing looking seats from the USA. They sounded better than the ones I had found from Australia and were only $US700.00 per chair. I figured that even with shipping it would work out cheaper.

I’ve been dealing with a local shipping company to try and work out exactly what the costs will be. I’ve been a little stunned at the quotes so far. It seems that there are taxes on taxes from the US side plus all the shipping and handling costs. Then there are more taxes on Australia’s end plus insurance, shipping and handling. All in all, I’ve given up the idea of importing from the US. It’s a pity because their seats seem to be better made and more comfortable.

The search continues!