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"Kevin Salm" <kdsalm@dreamscape.com> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Magnus Lauglo writes:
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> About getting your Lego back into the US when you return--a good option • may be
> to ship it via the postal service. You can pack the Lego up good and • tight and
> chances are excellent that the parcel will arrive in the same condition. • I
> don't think the same can be said for baggage and cartons handled by • airlines.
> Be sure to post the Lego at least 2 weeks before you travel so that the • package
> can be at your home waiting for you upon arrival.
> It may seem like an extra expense, but if I were in your situation, this • is the
> method I would use.
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> __Kevin Salm__
> ....Lego brick enthusaist for over 20 years....
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I travel quite a bit and use the opportunity when I am on the road to buy
LEGO pretty regularly. In fact, almost all of my large scale clearance
finds have been while I am on the road as not much makes it to deep discount
clearance here in NC.
I have transported quite a bit of LEGO as carry on and checked baggage on
airplanes always with good success. I always pack it well and tape the
boxes up real good. Taking it as baggage saves quite a bit on shipping as
well. One time I was in London and found half a dozen of the World Cup
starter sets. I hand carried them from London to LA to Las Vegas to
Portland and back to Raleigh. They survived six airplane flights as checked
baggage without any problems. I packed them in a garment bag box I got from
American Airlines. I can't imagine how much it would have cost me to send
them back to the US via the mail. Carrying them as baggage also allowed me
to get my VAT refund at the airport before I checked them in.
Check with your airline - see what your baggage limits are.
Mike
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Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring dot com
http://www.nclug.net - North Carolina LEGO Users Group
http://www.nclug.net/ctb - Carolina Train Builders
http://www.brickbay.com/store.asp?u=mpw - Brick Depot
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| Thanks for the input, both of you. I think I'll probably do what I can to get it back in my baggage, at least the minifigs and the most valuable pieces. Someone else mentioned to me that there might be more used lego in Europe than the US for some (...) (23 years ago, 7-Nov-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| (...) I am with you on this last part. I buy more old Lego than new. The current Lego sets do not have enough good pieces that I want; old Lego sets do. Sounds like you have done very well on this deal. It is a common occurence for older childern to (...) (23 years ago, 5-Nov-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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