I won the bidding on an overdrive transmission for my 1966 MGB project. Woohoo!
Now the only problem is getting it from Levittown, PA to Anaheim, CA! The seller is in Connecticut and doesn’t want to ship. One of the restorers knows a guy 50 miles away from Levittown who might be able to ship it. Or the seller might be able to talk the person who physically has the transmission (in Levittown) into shipping it.
I thought about driving back myself, but it’s like 2,800 miles. I mean, I’ve been saying I want to take a road trip, but…
Wish me luck!
[sub]Erm… Wish me good luck![/sub]
If you drive back, stop by my place and pick me up. I’ll help with the driving. I did that trip a couple years ago and made record time! (trip was ebay inspired, too)
Wait a minute! What are you driving?
Ever wonder why people even bother listing shit on ebay that is big, heavy and bulky when they live in BFE, then say they are unwilling to ship? Usually the same dorks that have an unrealistic reserve on the crap, too. If you are only interested in selling it to the guy next door, you better take the price he’s willing to give you! Sheese!
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I’m still trying to find someone who will:
[ul][li]Take it to a packaging store to have it packaged (it’s 16" diameter, 38" long, and weighs about 100 pounds);[/li][li]Take it to the Yellow Freight terminal.[/ul][/li]I have e-mail flying around between the seller, the restorers, and the Pennsylvanian the restorer knows.
The reserve price was pretty low. The selling price was a little over half of what another (semi-local) seller wanted, and a bit more than one-quarter of what one from Moss Motors costs. I figured I could spend a couple-hundred on shipping; it’s just coordinating it that’s a hassle.
You may have luck with a local carrier that will do directly to the seller, pick it up “as is” and drop it at Yellow (I recommend Reddaway, but both are okay) terminal. They can probably also strap it to a pallet for the trip out west, too.
Good luck!
Eyebrows are super! I think everybody should have at least two!
The seller listed it on ebay but doesn’t want to ship??? Why didn’t he just put it in the newspaper for cripes sakes!
Why anybody would do that boggles my mind.
BTW - I second what gatopescado said. Just call a courier that is local to the seller. Get them to pick it up and deliver it to yellow. Just make sure someone at yellow freight is waiting for it and knows what to do with it. You’ll probably just have to pay the courier company with your credit card #, as long as they’ll do it for you.
Let me know if I can be of any help.
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Frank #2: Thanks! You wouldn’t happen to know any places there that can crate it and carry it to Yellow Freight, do you? (Or even pick it up as gatopescado and bernse suggested?)