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Re: Want my car? I want your LEGO
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Wed, 25 Oct 2000 16:47:57 GMT
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In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Geoffrey Hyde writes:
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> > Larry Pieniazek <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message
> > news:G2y261.48L@lugnet.com...
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> > > BTW, Chris, what would the postage to the UK on this gem be? :-) Just in
> > case.
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> > I'm pretty certain that Larry meant to type shipping and not postage.
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> No, I meant to type postage, inasmuch as I was trying to be silly. For a
> vehicle of this age and condition, shipping to the UK via the cheapest
> possible way would be a significant fraction of (or even MORE than) the
> value of the car. Much less postage assuming one even could, which one can't.
The cheapest way of shipping a car is by ship, as you might expect,
and in fact it's more common than some might think. However, for
my car, I was quoted $1150 (I actually priced it, just to see), and
it would arrive in six weeks' to two months' time. After all, when
cars are imported to the US, the shipping companies sometimes can
easily carry other lots on the return trip to Europe--and at $1100+
a car, it's a lot more than they get for hauling fresh vehicles
from the factory (that bulk "destination" charge and all).
best
Lindsay
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| (...) can't. (...) I have no idea of what it cost in 1972, but we did the reverse. We went to Europe for a 5 or 6 week vacation. We took delivery of a VW Squareback at the factory in Germany, drove it around Europe, and then shipped it to the US. I (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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