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Old 07-08-2004, 04:48 AM
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Thanks for the tips (keep 'em coming!).

FedEx is as spendy as UPS 2nd day, so I'm going to put an order together and see if Caliber has the prices and shipping charges to make them the best choice.

I got a couple of PM's that have some promising information as well.

A brief history lesson (if anyone is interested): Until the Alaska Highway was put through (1942?) Seattle ships had a monopoly on shipping up here, and they just about strangled the golden goose! The highway and shipping improvements have brought prices down significantly, but it is still quite expensive to ship anything here. UPS and FedEx don't do ground here and some of the other shippers (Airborne etc.) air freight to Anchorage then they DROP IT IN THE MAIL! I paid $50 to get a camera overnighted here by Airborne and it took 8 days!!! Well enough of this rant, I hope to find a more economical way to get parts since sometimes the UPS shipping charge was more expensive than the part...I still wouldn't live anywhere else
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