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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