Re: [CR]Shipping Costs

(Example: Framebuilders:Alex Singer)

In-Reply-To: <6.1.2.0.2.20060412132320.020049a8@inmail.tcsn.net>
References: <6.1.2.0.2.20060412132320.020049a8@inmail.tcsn.net>
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Shipping Costs
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 14:12:22 -0700
To: Classic Rendezvous Bike List <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>


On Apr 12, 2006, at 1:32 PM, Philip Easton wrote:
> Hi All, If I was younger I would go to the GB (or France, Italy,
> etc.) and spend a few months collecting a container load of bikes,
> frames, parts, and accessories, and bring them back here for sale.
> Small package shipping is only going to get higher, particularly
> when the individual shipper seems to be to some extent underwriting
> the bulk shipper. Could be a fun and profitable few months. A
> friend of mine used to do that with antique furniture, and you can
> get a lot more bikes and bits in a container than furniture. Just
> trying to sow a seed. Same thing could obviously be done be
> someone living over there, using an agent at this end. TTFN, Phil
> Easton, in muggy Cambria, California

I probably sound like a broken record, but all that stuff is still in California from when people bought it new back in the day. How do you think I wound up with so many exotic French, English and Italian bikes. There are more bikes out there than there are people that want them. It's all "dead people's stuff" Phil!!! All it takes is patience, perseverance and some passion.

I know it's fun to daydream about what's in Europe but in reality, what's over here is actually much better than your dreams.

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California

.