I had some stuff for the Innocenti shipped from the UK and from Germany. Both
by post. Very expensive, but I agree with Bill that that seems the way to go.
The shippers from both countries insisted on post, also.
Geoff Branch
'74 Meejit "Yellow Peril"
'72 Innocenti 1300 Mini
----- Original Message -----
From "Bill" <wbmcleod at cox.net>
To: "Mike MacLean" <macleans@earthlink.net>
Cc: "spridget list" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 3:23 PM
Subject: Re: Shipping from UK
> I have found that shipping TO Europe and Canada and for that matter
> worldwide is best done through the US Postal Service, by a wide margin.
> I can only suggest that your seller check out his country's postal
> service to see if it's a 2 way street. One other technique is to find a
> car shipper, if you have access to one, and see if he will throw your
> item inside a car that is being shipped to the USA in a container.
> Slightly irregular, but it works on occasion. Take care,
> Bill McLeod
> Slightly Classics
> Tucson, AZ
>
> Mike MacLean wrote:
>
> >Does someone on the list know the best/cheapest way to ship from the UK
> >to here? I recently won a Healey 100 grille on eBay for a very good
> >price, but shipping seems to be very expensive. The seller says the last
> >one he shipped was 40 Pounds (about $65 US) to ship to America. I also
> >won a Lemans flywheel. We have not even discussed the cost of that.
> >The grille weighs about 2 kilos and the flywheel about 18. Anyone have
> >experience shipping private party to private party?
> >Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
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