Wayne, I hope the fellow in Australia will collect damages for the botched job! seems like they could have been billed for the purchase and shipping of replacement trim- RogerH.. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayne Graefen" <WGraefen@OMNIGLOBAL.NET> To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@LISTS.PSU.EDU> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 9:09 AM Subject: [FWDLK] Int'l Parts Shipping Method > Thanks to the several folks who contributed ideas on shipping some stainless > trim for a '59 DeSoto from Texas to South Australia. > > Here is a summary of the method found and used: > > The buyer got in touch with a fellow who from time to time has shipping > containers coming into Australia. In this case, it was a car hobbyist but > could have been anyone in import/export. I UPS-shipped a PVC tube housing > the trim to the port of Los Angeles for under $10. It will be set into the > container which is destined for Adelaide, South Australia, where the buyer > lives. I don't think nor know whether the buyer is paying anything or a > small fee for the addition to the container. > > It took LOTS of e-mails and probably several phone calls but everyone is WAY > AHEAD of the $120-133 initial cost quoted to me. > > All this was to overcome the nightmare that a body shop had painted this > DeSoto and put the trim back on by drilling and attaching with sheet metal > screws! > > Wayne >
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