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2004-07-14 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by Dragon Fly 2004-07-14 8:57:31 AM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Huh? Trying to understand this makes my head hurt. Can anyone provide a summary that makes sense to not-so-smart-people like me?

Posted by Scooter McGruder 2004-07-14 1:35:45 PM|| 2004-07-14 1:35:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 The problem is simplisme, IMHO. It's called doing "business" with Arabs. The Kuwaiti "businessman" could not fucking care less if these container shipments contain life-saving medicine or teddy bears. Money is all that matters and every leverage point and every possible scam will be applied to maximize the profit$. Period. Having been reamed myself by similar experiences in Saudi, I empathize with the Chief. Too late, bro. Note that K-Y is a petroleum product, so it should be relatively inexpensive over there. You'll need it.

Posted by .com 2004-07-14 1:45:14 PM|| 2004-07-14 1:45:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 .com you should have linked one of your photos to that response! Arabs, K-Y, reamed. Would have been brilliant!

Posted by Dragon Fly 2004-07-14 1:47:42 PM|| 2004-07-14 1:47:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 I worked for a while at a large shipping company that bought four smaller shipping companies. Really, this industry is still living in the 50's.

Posted by Cog 2004-07-14 3:01:58 PM|| 2004-07-14 3:01:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Chief needs real teamsters.

Posted by Shipman 2004-07-14 4:10:31 PM|| 2004-07-14 4:10:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 A deposit on a shipping container? I've never heard of such a thing, and we do containers from China to America all the time. $10k for a metal box? Someone got scammed. Shipping containers do not cost more than a new car.

Posted by gromky 2004-07-14 8:05:45 PM|| 2004-07-14 8:05:45 PM|| Front Page Top

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