[CR]Shipping used bikes/parts from the USA: how hard can it be?

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From: "Matthew Grimm" <matthewgrimm@yahoo.com>
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Shipping used bikes/parts from the USA: how hard can it be?
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 04:14:00 -0700 (PDT)

Hi,

David Bilenkey asked how difficult it is to ship out of the USA.

In my experience, shipping items to Canada is simply not worth the effort. The customs docs need to be letter perfect and even when they are, roughly half of all items that I have shipped to Canada are delayed and/or held for duty. I have stopped doing business with Canadians.

I have shipped items to Germany, England, Japan and Italy without any problem.

And I have never heard of anyone having any trouble with items coming into the USA.

I'd like to hear what experiences other have had.

Matthew - Shakopee, MN

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