Re: [CR]shipping a bike from france

Date: Sat, 06 Nov 2004 22:59:22 -0600
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]shipping a bike from france
References: <001a01c4c481$a518aea0$e348d642@charterpipeline.net>
In-Reply-To: <001a01c4c481$a518aea0$e348d642@charterpipeline.net>

Craig wrote:
> Hi, I have rec'd complete bikes from switzerland using DHL. I need to ship a bike from france. Have costs gone up that much. Last year 120-130 US dollars to ship from switzerland to west coast California. I am getting quotes of 450Euros from france to west coast.. Help, that is very pricey.Thanks for any help.

Well, the dollar is at it's weakest level ever with respect to the Euro right now...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3981455.stm

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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA