Well to tell you what I know for a fact is this: My company has had leads for busness is S.A. about 5 years ago. We at that time, gave these to our swiss office to avoid trade embargos. I'm not sure what's up, now, but if I were in the busness of Vanagon parts, I would be on a jet tonight to make some connections over there for importing. Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4@fyi.net 72-240z Pittsburgh, PA USA 1936-Chrysler
On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, Renier Marais wrote: > ?? This sounds to good to be true. I think trading with S.A. > ?? is a problem because of human rights problems. Does anyone know > ?? any thing about this? If not this is the ticket for a real > ?? capitalist, to make a fortune. > > ?? Eric 86-VW4x4 > ?? vw4x4@fyi.net 72-240z > ?? Pittsburgh, PA USA 1936-Chrysler > > I hope this is a joke otherwise you have been living in a dream the > past five years. South-Africa is a democratic country now, even if > the media blow up individual cases as being the general situation > here. It is because of this negative puplicity that the Rand is > loosing it's grip against the Dollar, and that is why these > parts seems so cheap. > If you earn Dollars you, the average person can afford a big African > safari over here for a lot less than you think. Thats an idea, why > don't some of you guys ship your Vanagons over here and I will show > you this country like you should see it, and not like CNN wants you > to think it is. Just think of it, going through the Kruger National > Park with your camper and looking at the big five in their natural > habitat, and sleeping in the bushveld with the noises of the bush > like lions calling to each other or hyenas laughing aloud closeby > Wow that was a rush... > > Renier Marais > |
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