Import Idea ...maybe

Re: [spiers] Import Idea ...maybe

Actually, rich people on the coasts send their sheets fedex to Michigan
where the water is purer and the air cleaner and real soap is used... if it
is your thing...give it a try...

John
On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 02:09:54 -0000, "mgranich" wrote :

> I've heard that large hotels in Germany send their laundry to be
> cleaned in Poland. You can find Polish workers that will do the
> laundry for 3Euro/hr while in Germany, the same worker will be paided
> 13Euro/hr. Evidently companies have sprung up that handle the
> transaction for the hotels, ie truck the laundry to and fro, keep
> track of it, etc.
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> Could the same thing work for the US? Could hotels in Southern
> California, Arizona, Texas send their linen to Mexico to have it
> washed? If so, would you really be importing anything? After all,
> the same linen is going into Mexico as is coming out. Would there be
> any duties or other customs snags that would make it impractical?
>
> AND, does it have to stop at laundry? Could I send engines to Mexico,
> have them rebuilt, then bring them back to the US to be sold? How
> about auto body work?, How about having the hull on a boat scraped?
> etc... Just a thought.
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> Anthony
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