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I may never meet you again but you and your children are as I said to you both welcome to visit me me either in Dublin or in Dubai
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Our experience is the same as Jonno. Javier and Sandra helped my wife and I to clear 2 bikes through customs in BA in late November. They cleared a further 2 bikes for another couple the same day. They were fabulous, particularly Sandra who accompanied us every inch of the way until we were cleared to ride out the gates of the Customs area. The process is exactly as Jonno described.

Once we had confirmed shipping dates, Sandra and Javier were incredibly responsive by email. They were very accurate and precise in explaining what papers etc we needed to take - with their assistance and by following their instructions, the day itself at the airport was much easier.

As regards DakarMotos cost, we paid $250 per bike. Like all things in life, different people will see different values in any service provided. We all have the power to choose. We chose to pay and I never regretted it for one moment. They made the day easy - had something gone wrong it could have significantly affected our trip. Others will choose not to pay. That too is fine, but there's no need to criticise Javier and Sandra's fees. Don't buy their service if it's not for you. We would use them again in a heartbeat.
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250 US per bike...to bad at least she could give to you some discount as she was making extra set off papers for a second bike at a same time...but on the other hand it is your money.
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$250 may sounds a lot but the alternative is to spend DAYS what takes Sandra HOURS. Sandra got my bike cleared and un-crated in FIVE HOURS !! Some Irish guys who did it themselves took FIVE DAYS !!!

You may also pay more fees and charges as a tourist unless you can argue your case in fluent Spanish and know the system well.

Sandra knows all the officials and you can usually get away with un-crating your bike and leaving the box behind at the Docks. ( I don't know if that is still the case) Do it alone and you may be told that you need to take the crate away and do it on the road etc. Try organising that...

Also, add up what it costs you to stay those extra days ! Let alone THE STRESS OF IT ALL....

So if you work it all out, it's not really that bad.


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@ Kawazoki:

If you see yourself as such a great asset here on the Hubb, why didnt you put your shipping from Rio to Duesseldorf into the shipping database here on HU? Or can you only do two or three line posts?

250 Usd for a custom agent in BsAs is a normal price. Nobody said, that you have to take an agent, you can do it by yourself if an agent is too expensive for you.

I agree with what Javier said: Your posts in the two threads about DakarMotos are useless.

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Javier also likes Charlie's Angels and For whom the Bell tolls. If you email him, he'll try not to admit it though.
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TT are you implying that Sandra knows who to bribe? that is heavy in a public forum

I'm implying no such thing.. And I think you know that.



How many times have you changed your user name and been banned from forums Charlie Bell ?????


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How many times have you changed your user name and been banned from forums Charlie Bell ?????
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Javier also likes Charlie's Angels and For whom the Bell tolls. If you email him, he'll try not to admit it though.
What did I miss here? Oh, Caminito was Charlie Bell ... ok, did not know that.


@ Caminito: Agree with you, everybody can speak their truth. So you think I am bullying Kawazoki. Ok first I had to look up the definition of Bullying. Here it is:

Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. Bullying includes actions such as making threats, spreading rumors, attacking someone physically or verbally, and excluding someone from a group on purpose.

Reading my posts again, yes, they could fit under bullying. But reading Kawazokis posts again, I would say he is bullying DakarMotos.

Anyway, sure nobody is obliged to post in a database, but it would have given Kawazokis post at least some credibility and it would have shown that he can produce more than two line posts.

Anyway what I wrote is my truth and I dont see Kawazokis posts about DakarMotos as credible.

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Mika: you appear to be bullying Kawzoki, while I think he is quite capable of speaking for himself, I believe everyone is free to write as many or few lines as they want, and if he doesn't feel like posting in a database why should he? There is no contractual agreement when we sign up, we recieve no pay so we are not obliged..etc etc
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