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Re: Yikes!!! those shipping costs are scary


At 6:02 PM -0800 10/28/97, Patty and Bob Couse-Baker wrote:
>I know there are solutions out there, I just don't know what they are.
>Inovations in Fiberglass ships front fenders UPS, but it may be that a
>fiberglass part requires a lot less packing material than a comparible
>steel part.

	California Imports (in B.C., Can.) has had some hairy problems
trying to ship their late T3 fenders.  They said it depends on which UPS
person comes by in the truck--some of them will take 'em, some won't.
Also, on one occasion, the shipper decided they had to farm it out to
another shipping company and charged them beaucoup bucks (or would that be
beaucoup Loonies?) to ship 'em by plane.  Cal Imports charges a flat
shipping rate & takes the lumps if shipping gets screwed up--though it
sounds like they've caught on to some of the tricks.

	(p.s.:  I UPS'd a Beetle decklid about 150 miles for like $8!
Couldn't believe it!  Made a custom-fit, smallest possible box...)

-Greg
'69 & '71 Squarebacks
'63 Beetle




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