Re: Yikes!!! those international shipping costs are REAL scary

[Jake Kooser <jake_k@ibm.net>]

That's nothing.  I need a set of inner fender panels for the little
girl, so after beating my head against Bill & Steve's "we won't ship
sheet metal" wall for a while, I called Type III Detectives in the
U.K..  Lee told me that he had the panels, only about $125 each from the
door to the bumper mounting.  Great deal, says me, let's make a deal.
He told me he would have to call back with the shipping.  When he called
back, his shipper was going to charge L350 (that's pounds), about $500
Yankee dollars.  Once I came to, I told Lee I would check on my own
shipping through the company I work for because we do a lot of
international shipping.  Our freight forwarding company couldn't beat
that price, so our purchasing agent and I decided we might be able to
slip it into a regular FedEx shipment.  FedEx wouldn't take it regular,
but they would be glad to ship it oversize freight for a mere $900.00.
Needless to say, I'm going to find out how good my body shop's metal
fabrication skills really are.

Jake "anybody traveling from the U.K. to Miami want to carry a box for
me?" Kooser
'71 Squareback (the little girl)
'66 type 1 roadster (the project)
'73 super beetle (Barney)