For Sale Suggestions

[Lance Van Nostrand]

Emory, you lazy bum.  Florida is in your district!  How hard would that have been to deliver?
--Lance

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: John Pavlick 
  To: NSRCA Discussion 
  Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 8:42 PM
  Subject: FW: For Sale Suggestions



  -----Original Message-----
  From: Emory Schroeter [mailto:emorydmd at earthlink.net]
  Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 9:38 PM
  To: John Pavlick
  Subject: Re: For Sale Suggestions


  The last airplane that I shipped was a Hydeout. The box was huge and filled with Styrofoam peanuts to help cushion the plane. I shipped it using greyhound and everything got down to Florida in one piece. The cost was around $50 and took a little less than a week since they only load freight when they have enough room on the bus.

  Emory Schroeter.

    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: John Pavlick 
    To: NSRCA Discussion 
    Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 9:31 PM
    Subject: RE: For Sale Suggestions


    Bob,
     That's good to know. How bad is it ($$$) to ship something the size of an airplane? I could see it being pretty expensive to go UPS, and I'd be a little bit worried about it arriving in one piece, especially if it was during the Christmas rush. That seems to be when stuff takes a severe beating. I had things arrive with tire tracks on them. Luckily they were insured.
    John Pavlick
    http://www.idseng.com  


     -----Original Message-----
    From: Bob Pastorello [mailto:rcaerobob at cox.net]
    Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 9:21 PM
    To: John Pavlick
    Subject: Re: For Sale Suggestions


      Yes, I've shipped via Greyhound.  Cheap, worked fine.  Also done motor freight, and FedEx also UPS.  Much prefer Fed Ex.

      Bob Pastorello
      www.rcaerobats.net
      rcaerobob at cox.net
        ----- Original Message ----- 
        From: John Pavlick 
        To: NSRCA Discussion 
        Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 8:16 PM
        Subject: RE: For Sale Suggestions


        Guys,
         Here's an idea. We have a section on the NSRCA web-site for beginners. Maybe that would be a good place to put some links / pictures of all of these nice used airplanes that still have a lot of life left in them. I'd have to agree about the shipping problem though. It's definitely a major factor that affects the sale. I've seen some things that I would probably have bought, but when I factored in the shipping cost, I told the owner to try to sell it locally first. I've heard of people shipping airplanes using Greyhound. Has anyone had success with this method? 

        John Pavlick
        http://www.idseng.com
          

          -----Original Message-----
          From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On Behalf Of jeffghughes at comcast.net
          Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 4:02 PM
          To: discussion at nsrca.org
          Subject: Re: For Sale Suggestions


          I've sold my fair share of pattern planes. The older ones (Like a Finess or Dr Jekyll) sold for pretty much the cost of the original kit.  I think it gets better if your a builder with an established name. But a used plane is just that. Your asking the person to take a risk that you sheeted the wing correctly, have the stab located right, etc etc. If someone doesn't know your quality of building, they are just not going to pay much. 


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