Though this is about the neatest thing I've seen all day, and would be
tempted to mortgage the farm to get it, a successful bidder on eBay
would just have his troubles starting trying to get it back to the U.S.
If anyone wants to buy stuff from behind the former iron curtain, they
better have real deep pockets to pay all the bribes necessary to get
stuff out. The only way to do it is to buy stuff that's already landed
in the U.S.
I was looking into buying an AN-2 biplane a few years back, you can find
them all over the place for $5,000 to $10,000; but landed in the U.S.
will cost you $100,000. You guess what the extra $90,000 goes for. And,
if you don't cough up, your goods just sit on a loading dock somewhere,
with pieces being stolen off every nite till you pay up. Then, your
goods travel another 50 miles, and it starts all over again.
These guys are desperate, and will do anything to raise money. Half the
banks in Russia are now controlled by the Russian Mob. Now along comes
a rich American, (you gotta be rich to want to buy the crap we buy, eh?)
so guess who is gonna *pay* before their stuff gets moved.
Best bet would be to fix the main gun, load it, and drive off... :-)
John
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