Hi Mark,
What was the bill? My little car has only gone from Los Angeles to Carson CA
in 3 days I wonder what why it's there for 3 days. I'll give them a call. I
will be using Passport for the bugeye I buy next.
Thanks for the info Linda
On 4/18/06, Mark <mark@nashvilletn.org> wrote:
>
> Linda,
>
> Just for future reference; I had my Bugeye shipped from Rockford, Ill to
> Nashville last week by Passport/FedEx. I called the order in on Wednesday
> afternoon, they picked up the car on Saturday morning and delivered it to
> my house Tuesday at 7:30 AM. It was the most painless shipment that I
> have
> ever done. I was contacted each step of the way by a friendly young lady,
> and the driver called me to make sure I would be home at delivery time.
> They even made a little concession to help me out. When the car arrived
> there were two 30's RR's on the bottom level and my car was all alone on
> the
> top rack. The truck was enclosed and had a slick lift on the back to keep
> the cars level all of the time. I got a quote on line and it was exactly
> the same as I was quoted on the phone. I was told that it could take up
> to
> two weeks to get it here because my route from the North to the South was
> not as common as West to East. Total cost was just charged to my AmExp
> card
> over the phone. BTW, when I told the young lady on the phone it was an A
> H
> Sprite she said " I think those are so cute, is it a Bugeye?".
>
> Mark
> Nashville
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Linda Grunthaner" <grunthaner@gmail.com>
> To: "Bill Gilroy" <wmgilroy@gmail.com>
> Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 6:14 PM
> Subject: Re: Terry Horler Sprite & Midget God wrote me a letter
>
>
>
> Bill,
> Thanks for the info. A friend had asked them about the shipping of the
> Sprite because of the short wheel base and that's when they put on the
> breaks for my transport. They said I needed some special device to load
> and
> hold it down. And then they said they were not gong to take Sprites
> anymore
> on an open trailer, or any of their trailers for that matter. They charged
> me $1200. but they were pushing for $2400. when I made a fuss about
> honoring
> the original price I ordered. What did they charge you? I also heard from
> the seller that they raced the little car up the ramp on pickup and pulled
> the exhaust pipe out and the seller wired it u with coat hanger. I'll
> check
> for damage when it gets here.
> Thanks again Linda
>
>
> On 4/17/06, Bill Gilroy <wmgilroy@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Funny I had a Midget shipped from NJ to WA last month using DAS and
> they
> > had not problems with the size of the car. Biggest issue was does the
> car
> > leak. Not sure of the cost, not my dime. Over all I had no complaints
> with
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