Re: [CR]Slow Shipments from Europe

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing)

Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 07:41:58 -0800 (PST)
From: "Fred Rafael Rednor" <fred_rednor@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Slow Shipments from Europe
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <001001c3ee3c$c3445670$aebe0b18@C1921978A>


> Lately shipments from Europe have been very slow. I think we will find it has a lot do with the country from which the item was shipped, city from which the item was shipped, destination city in the USA, the carrier chosen to transport the goods and a fair bit of chance. This past Monday, an entire bicycle was sent to me from England and it arrived yesterday.

That's pretty quick. I don't know if this is due to the fact that it was shipped from London to D.C., that the port of entry is full of Anglophiles, the phase of the moon or that Pete Paine sent it via some USPS representative in England. (Pete will have to explain how one sends something via USPS from England. It any event, it may explain the USPS's continuing sponsorship of a cycling team in Europe.)

Since it was sent to my office, I do not as yet know what sort of treatment the package received. We shall see tomorrow...

Now, this past Friday, a lifetime's supply of French bottom bracket cups was sent to me from the Netherlands. We'll have to see how long this one takes to arrive. Bon chance, Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia

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