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NoHaveMSG · 05-16-2021, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by ls1ac

How did you end up with a foreign truck down in Chicago?

It is pretty common practice for companies to buy Canadian trucks, bring them into the states, and sell them to dealers. There are businesses devoted to just importing Canadian trucks because they can get them for cheaper, especially when the exchange rate is in our favor. A friend of mine worked for a company that did this and warned me that if I am looking at a used truck with fender flares, check the vin and inspect the truck for heavy rust.

NoHaveMSG · 05-16-2021, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by soundman98

good news/bad news.

got a truck.

Nice!

A Tacoma is what I really wanted, but I needed more towing capacity.

soundman98 · 05-16-2021, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

It is pretty common practice for companies to buy Canadian trucks, bring them into the states, and sell them to dealers. There are businesses devoted to just importing Canadian trucks because they can get them for cheaper, especially when the exchange rate is in our favor. A friend of mine worked for a company that did this and warned me that if I am looking at a used truck with fender flares, check the vin and inspect the truck for heavy rust.

at first glance, it might have a little more rust for 30k mi, but the choice was either this truck, or similar rust condition trucks with 100k-ish miles for what amounts to something near a 3k reduction in price, thanks to the toyota factor, and all of those trucks were at least 6 hours one-way away..

the frame rail coatings they use now are leaps and bounds above what they used to be even a a decade ago, so i'm less worried about it.

Lantanafrs2 · 05-16-2021, 11:26 AM

What is rust?

soundman98 · 05-16-2021, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Lantanafrs2

What is rust?

a metal parasite that inhabits snowflakes.

NoHaveMSG · 05-16-2021, 02:37 PM

Nothing like a weekend phone call from a customer to bitch about shipping prices even though I don't work in that department. I don't know why anyone is supprised it cost 99 bucks to ship a 68 lb box that is 23X13X19 from OR to TX

That's only 2244 miles transit. He's lucky it didn't hit 70lbs or he would have got dinged for oversize package which would have been another $18. Going to the UPS store and shipping that box with no commercial account would have been over $140.

bcj · 05-16-2021, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Spuds

All scripting should be Python. Change my mind.

Tabs and blank space as syntax.

Up that with a firehose.

humfrz · 05-16-2021, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Lantanafrs2

What is rust?

Ask these folks -

humfrz · 05-16-2021, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

Nothing like a weekend phone call from a customer to bitch about shipping prices even though I don't work in that department. I don't know why anyone is supprised it cost 99 bucks to ship a 68 lb box that is 23X13X19 from OR to TX

That's only 2244 miles transit. He's lucky it didn't hit 70lbs or he would have got dinged for oversize package which would have been another $18. Going to the UPS store and shipping that box with no commercial account would have been over $140.

Do you have duty officer this weekend?

Just agree with the dude and ask him to call shipping and receiving Monday morning -

NoHaveMSG · 05-16-2021, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by humfrz

Do you have duty officer this weekend?

Just agree with the dude and ask him to call shipping and receiving Monday morning -

More like every day. I guess when you have been in the business long enough and establish relationships with customers, they call you for everything.

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Sapphireho · 05-16-2021, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by humfrz

Do you have duty officer this weekend?

.

Tcoat · 05-16-2021, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

Nothing like a weekend phone call from a customer to bitch about shipping prices even though I don't work in that department. I don't know why anyone is supprised it cost 99 bucks to ship a 68 lb box that is 23X13X19 from OR to TX

That's only 2244 miles transit. He's lucky it didn't hit 70lbs or he would have got dinged for oversize package which would have been another $18. Going to the UPS store and shipping that box with no commercial account would have been over $140.

Show him this and tell him to stop complaining.

nextcar · 05-16-2021, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Lantanafrs2

What is rust?

C++ with training wheels?

Captain Snooze · 05-16-2021, 11:30 PM

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