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Old 05-07-2009, 09:26 AM   #7 (permalink)
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725 inland transport, 599 dealer fee, 4600 shipping, 200 local charges, 17500 import duties = 52584 USD total
Hi, Just a quick question: Did you try to deal with Nissan at the corporate level?

Seems to me you could have had your car put in a container in Japan, then sent thru the Panama Canal. I'm sure it has been done before, because I've seen a lot of Nissans in Columbia.

You might have to special-order the US emissions if you want them, because they leave that junk off deliveries to most South American countries. But even if Nissan would only deliver as far as Columbia for you, freight on one single container a single day's sail away has got to be a whole lot cheaper than dealing the way you did.
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