>Subject: Why buy overseas?
>Author: TVRVixen@aol.com
>Date: 10/3/94 12:28 AM
>
>Here is my question (I am not trying to start a flame war):
>
>I have seen a number of posts indicating that US owners of British cars have
>been ordering some of their parts directly from England. As I have had real
>good experiences with US companies selling British parts here, I wonder why
>bother?. I see the following problems with ordering from England.
>
>1. Customs, I had to get a customs broker once and it was expensive.
UPS takes care of customs...
>
>2. If you get a wrong, defective or inferior part, returning it is a problem
True.
>
>3. Telephone charges. No 800 numbers.
Big deal. To send a fax to England costs less than $2.
>
>4. Time lag. I am impatient and don't plan ahead well.
Takes less than 2 weeks.
>
>5. Payment. What is a Barclay card anyway?
VISA and M/C work just fine.
>
>6. The language barrier, I don't speak English english. I had a professor
>from England once and I did not do well in his class, I couldn't understand
>him.
Just pretend you're quoting from a Haynes manual.
>
> What circumstances have made it necessary or advantageous to bypass the US
>companies? Of those of you who have tried it, was it worth the effort?
Availability and cost. For my GT6+, a transmission from Victoria British was
$999 plus $150 core plus shipping. To get one from Kipping was $345, including
core and shipping. Kind of makes it all worthwhile, don't it?
>
>Don
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