[Milsurplus] Re: Milsurplus Digest, Vol 42, Issue 9

[wf2u at starband.net]

John,

My friend in Germany bought a couple of surplus German Army (NATO)
military shipping containers - it's the correct size - 1m x 1m x 1m - I
think it was around 100 Euros, and he packed the stuff. I split the price
of the container and the packing materials with the other 2 people,
according to the volume of our respective equipment.

Meir

> Hi Meir,
>
> Do they really have 1 cubic meter 'containers' ? What do they look like?
> Who packs them?
>
> -John
>
>
>
> wf2u at starband.net wrote:
>
>> I always use BAX Global to have stuff shipped to me from overseas.
>> Rates are reasonable, it gets here fast. Even less expensive if it's
>> dropped off at and picked up from the BAX warehouse (usually next to
>> major airports).
>> Then there is also bulk shipping by ocean freight. Just recently I
>> shared a shipping container with 2 other hams to ship equipment from
>> Germany. If I recall, shipping  a 1 cubic meter (approx. 27 cu. ft.)
>> container, regardless of weight, including  transportation to the port
>> and taxes was something like $400 ...
>>
>> 73, Meir WF2U
>> Landrum, SC
>
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