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Re: What is this?
From: Robert Gainer
Date: 2006 May 21, 10:33 -0400
From: Robert Gainer
Date: 2006 May 21, 10:33 -0400
I don?t know what brand you are looking for but I would have thought that a used German made instrument would be least expensive in Germany. Particularly a C Plath or Cassens & Plath of some type in a shop in Bremerhaven that has used equipment. I dealt with one such shop and for the life of me can?t remember its name this morning. Maybe a company like Seekarte in Bremen can give you a lead. But of course you are there and I have not been for some time now so I have no idea what?s happening with price. It just surprises me that Germany is not the place to buy a German sextant. Enjoy you trip and good luck with the search, Robert Gainer PS. What does C&P get for their artificial horizon in Germany? In the United States it is very expensive, more then I paid for my C&P. > > From: Alexandre E Eremenko> Date: 2006/05/21 Sun AM 09:49:22 EDT > To: NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM > Subject: Re: What is this? > > Robert, > > > Let me know what you find out on that sextant. > > I will. > > > Are you going to bid on it? > > Probably not. Because I am abroad now (in Germany), I will probably > not bid for anything until I return. Because shipping to Germany and then > bringing the item back to the US seems too complicated, > and if the item is shipped to the US, I will not be able to > inspect it soon and file a report:-) > > But I am actually shopping for a sextant now. > Yesterday I visited several shops in Hamburg. My impression is that > the prices here are higher than in the US, possibly because of the > very unfavorable exchange rate. > > Alex. >