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....and reading one of my wife's many gift catalogs, I noticed a cute little knife from Norway made by Brusletto. $175.00! Wow, I thought, that seems to be a lot for a wooden handled knife. I Googled Brusletto and found 3 knife specialty sites, all carrying the complete line of Brusletto knives. That one exact same knife, sheath and all, sells at these online vendors for $45.00!

Hmmmmmm.
 
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There's probably a $131.00 shipping and handling charge for the online knives. You should get the one from the catalog.
 
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I remember visiting my grandmother as a kid around 1950. They still had an outhouse, a two holer. In there I found a Sears catalog. At first I thought is was for entertainment, but found out soon it had another purpose.
 
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Tough when you get to the last couple of pages and need more "reading matter"!!! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif
 
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GregW said:
There's probably a $131.00 shipping and handling charge for the online knives.
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Only if you order from Puerto Rico!!

Been there, done that.

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Sounds as though you were sitting in the proper seat for reading that catalog.
 
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bugimike said:
Tough when you get to the last couple of pages and need more "reading matter"!!! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif
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As my cousin Oral would say, "Now it's time for elevens on the wall"...
 
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tinster, now that youve mentioned that what or whom would stop one from taking orders from folks in p.r. loading up a boat and bringing stuff over? customs? local police? does anyone do this? might be a viable business and i could "troll" all the way over. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/savewave.gif
 
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It's not a "government" customs or import problem. PR is part of the USA.

But companies will do anything they can to increase profit. Reminds me of "red-lining" years ago - where insurance in certain zipcodes was twice the price of other zipcodes, for exactly the same coverage.

Usually costs more to ship to Hawaii and Alaska as well - and they're also part of the USA (last time I checked ...).

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TR6oldtimer said:
I remember visiting my grandmother as a kid around 1950. They still had an outhouse, a two holer. In there I found a Sears catalog. At first I thought is was for entertainment, but found out soon it had another purpose.
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Older black and white catalogs work well. I suspect
the newer full color versions would be a bit too
waxy, don't you think?

Actually, don't answer that. Sometimes, I just can't
help myself from pushing the envelope...and by the
way, envelopes are just too small and the flaps and all....
and..

Sometimes my humor .... welll... kinda stinks.
 
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/bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/iagree.gif He's reaching pretty low for that one!!! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif
 
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