Marcus writes:
>>Now I know that just two companies are not representative but hell...just
>using
>>these two proves MY point, heh heh. I know there are other things that are
>>cheaper in the states...those parts just don't seem to have broken on my cars
>>yet!
It proves your point in theory (cost of the item) but did you happen to get the
shipping charge to send that engine over from England? From TRF any order over
$1000 is probably free, I don't think that the English company is going to take
your $900 and drop your engine off at your house; You're going to have to pay
to
get that sent here. True, it might be only three hundred bucks, but it brings
things more into perspective since now you're not saving $800, you're saving
$500.
This is a hefty savings - nobody could argue that, but quoting base prices
without freight inflates the cost difference.
I've heard rumour of crates that you can use to ship all sorts of things from
different vendors/places in the country to the port. Once all of the stuff is
in
the crate, it gets shipped across to the US and goes through customs as one
bundle off stuff and not peicemeal. The thing about this is that shipping the
crate is supposed to be much cheaper because, I believe its based on size more
than weight, so you can fill it up.
Anybody know about this type of shipping setup?
-Al
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