MSA: Packasport roof top boxes available cheap
I found a guy through craigslist who has roughly 20 Packasport roof top boxes for sale. He's located in Sacramento, California.
Info on boxes, the different models, and why they cost a bunch more than Yakima/ Thule:
http://www.packasport.com/
I bought a model 60 from him, new in box, $325. He says he's got the 60 in black or white, and the 90 and 115 in white. He also mentioned that he thinks he has some of the 115 in silver, but wasn't too sure. Retail pricing on the model 60 is $699, plus either tax and/or shipping, so this is a good price.
Story behind this: he used to work for Packasport before Yakima took over. Apparently Yakima was rolling out this high-end line of boxes in the fall of 2001, but between 9/11 and Thule's new shiny line of silver boxes, sales orders didn't meet expectations. So Packasport went back on its own. Somewhere in these transitions he bought a lot of old stock from Packasport, and has been selling them slowly ever since. These old stock boxes are from when they were manufactured by A.R.E., a truck shell manufacturer. I don't know who makes them now.
Anyway, he's got a lot of brand new Packasport boxes, in the cardboard shipping crates. Cheapest way to get them is to contact him and pick up in Sacramento. I don't know if he's willing to ship, but he said he has sold (and shipped) some boxes through ebay, so that remains a possibility -- but -- shipping costs are going to be $$$ given the size and weight involved.
PM me for the contact information. I'd rather not post it where he'll get spam spiders picking up his email and phone #.
Caveat: I very much doubt that Packasport will extend any warranty on these boxes. OTOH, they're brand new, and less than half price. Well worth the warranty risk in my mind.
