[GreenKeys] Re: 28 on ebay ...

[Bob Camp]

Hi

One thing that often comes as a surprise on Teletypes is just how had 
they are to ship properly. They are beyond UPS limits on size and 
usually on weight.

  If you want them to arrive in one piece they need to be crated. Last 
time I talked to a crating service they only started to get interested 
at the $100 level. I'm not sure how far beyond that the actual job 
would run.

Since you send the crate via motor freight that can get weird. Last 
machine I had shipped in here ran near $200 for the freight.

Most buyers balk at a shipping and packing bill that gets into the 
hundreds of dollars on domestic shipping.

Truth in advertising - I once shipped a model 15 as luggage on a 
commercial flight (US Air no less ...) and it made it fine. It wasn't 
even wrapped in anything, just put a tag on it and tossed it on the 
luggage belt. You can get lucky doing almost anything ....

	Take Care!

		Bob Camp
		KB8TQ



On Mar 22, 2005, at 9:45 AM, Randy and Sherry Guttery wrote:

> jhhaynes at earthlink.net wrote:
>
>
> > It's heartening to learn that somebody paid $91 for a Model 28 -
> > that suggests it is going to a loving home.
>
> It would likely have gone much higher had the seller been willing to 
> ship it... I certainly would have bid on it - but from Mississippi - 
> it was just too far to "go get"...  now if I could find a 28 like that 
> "within range"... not so far.  (sigh)...
>
> best regards...
> -- 
> randy guttery
>
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