Date:         Wed, 23 Feb 2005 13:23:57 -0900
Reply-To:     Mark Tuovinen <mst@AK.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mark Tuovinen <mst@AK.NET>
Subject:      Re: WANTED 2 person westy/van middle seats w/ seatbelts
Comments: To: Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
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Jim,

I feel your pain, from here it does not matter which coast the parts are on, they are still a long way off.  A part in Seattle is 2500 road miles from me, and you haven't seen a high freight bill until you've shipped something to Alaska(or Hawaii).  Years ago I shipped a set of headers for a Ford truck from San Diego to Salt Lake City to have them ceramic coated, the UPS ground charge was twelve dollars.  The cheapest way to get them from Salt Lake City to Anchorage was UPS second day, we don't have ground service, and the bill was one hundred dollars.

Mark in AK

----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 12:48 pm
Subject: WANTED 2 person westy/van middle seats w/ seatbelts

> Why is it that you guys out in california are throwing away stuff the
> rest of us can't even get? Every time I see something I need it's on
> the other side of the country and it's local pickup only.
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