shipping to usa

I have a engine that has to go to usa anybidy got experience of shipping one over there .

Feckin expensive mate...and if it doesnt arrive or gets lost and you sold it on ebay, the wonderful folk at paypal will probably refund the whole lot to the buyer if you aint careful, so you loose your engine, and a couple of hundred quid of YOUR money on shipping.
Get the shipping paid by gift through paypal seperately or a bank transfer to be safe, so that cant be touched. :wink:

or get him to arrange collection from you and pay from his end so its his problem.
We have shipped engines and stuff abroad, its a gamble we take as a business though, and overall we are ok using UPS or someone similar fully tracked.
It hurts if its your money out of your pocket you loose though...and your businesses money if you own the business! LOL

Its a private sale not via ebay he will be paying fir engine and shipping upfront before it leaves , i was thinking fedex ir ups just wondered uf any bod had used or got expeteinced ,
Thank though

As Greg says let the buyer organise the shipping, get a copy of the collection note from the courier and its no longer your problem if the buy has already bank transferred the money through. :wink:

Via my old work I used to get involved in exporting stuff to USA. What I learn't was sending a pro forma invoice with the pallet documentation so that USA customs could view the invoice. Saved a lot of problems with customs releasing the goods state side. Seek advice from the shipper involved (assuming it will go sea freight rather than air - would dread to think what air freight would costs). Put a realistic figure on the pro forma invoice, USA customs will only question the figure if extremely low and it will cause problems releasing from customs. As previously said bonus if the buyer will arrange collection but they will be paying for privalege. Best of with it.

Shove it in the back of a Herc going over the pond for something and get the loady to drop it off when they get there. Same goes coming the other way.

Oh, hang on, err mmm no.. No one ever did that... no definatly not. never ever happend... :roll:

Leaving it up to the buyer got a feeling it might be a dead fish as he getting quotes of 2k . Im getting impatient been a week so he has to give me answer or a cash deposit or its going up for sale . I have removed body from chassi so engine and box ready to go, he hit me with just engine and could i leave the bellhousing attacthe aswell as thesend it with guages loom and couple of bits price was still the same as half a gearbox no good to me . Then asked me if i could deliver told him that would be extra took me a year to get a isuxu badge of him as he refused to sell me one st first and he still wont sell me a roundheadlight grill i would if done a deal

He sorting shipping im taking step back

I had a captain in Marines (not like that :lol:

), that wanted to buy my porsche turbo a few years ago. Alarm bells immediately ringing this is a scam :shifty:

. But it was Genuine, my problem was NHTSA regulations. There was absolutely no way round it as the car was never sold there...although they had the non turbo. Deal was dead in the water when i found out. Sssoooohh frustrating :thumbdown:

Guy wont have cash for a bit so deal is off so will be in the classifieds if any one wants me

very gratefull for the help as always