"Frank F. Matthews" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > nightjar <nightjar@ wrote:
...
    >> We are only in agreement if US luggage prices are exorbitantly high. I
    >> would count very cheap as being GBP10-15 and expensive starting at around
    >> GBP 85-90, which is about the price of a Samsonite rigid wheeled
    >> suitcase.
    >> Colin Bignell
    > Samsonite makes quite a range of bag.

This is the type I had in mind:

http://www.bags123.com/item/default.asp?id=670

77cm is about 30 inches.

Colin Bignell

nightjar <nightjar@ wrote:

    > "Frank F. Matthews" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    >
    >>nightjar <nightjar@ wrote:
    >
    > ...
    >
    >>>We are only in agreement if US luggage prices are exorbitantly high. I
    >>>would count very cheap as being GBP10-15 and expensive starting at around
    >>>GBP 85-90, which is about the price of a Samsonite rigid wheeled
    >>>suitcase.
    >>>Colin Bignell
    >>Samsonite makes quite a range of bag.
    >
    >
    > This is the type I had in mind:
    >
    > http://www.bags123.com/item/default.asp?id=670
    >
    > 77cm is about 30 inches.
    >
    > Colin Bignell
    >
    >

That looks like their cheap end stuff. Somewhat like

http://www.ebags.com/samsonite/oyste...fm?modelid=121

More in the US at rack rate but still way less at a discounter. All's
well with the world after all. Less in the US even if you knock off the
VAT from the UK price.

On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 14:53:29 GMT, "Frank F. Matthews"
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >nightjar <nightjar@ wrote:
    >> "Frank F. Matthews" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    >> news:[email protected]...
    >>
    >>>nightjar <nightjar@ wrote:
    >>
    >> ...
    >>
    >>>>We are only in agreement if US luggage prices are exorbitantly high. I
    >>>>would count very cheap as being GBP10-15 and expensive starting at around
    >>>>GBP 85-90, which is about the price of a Samsonite rigid wheeled
    >>>>suitcase.
    >>>>Colin Bignell
    >>>Samsonite makes quite a range of bag.
    >>
    >>
    >> This is the type I had in mind:
    >>
    >> http://www.bags123.com/item/default.asp?id=670
    >>
    >> 77cm is about 30 inches.
    >>
    >> Colin Bignell
    >>
    >>
    >That looks like their cheap end stuff. Somewhat like
    >http://www.ebags.com/samsonite/oyste...fm?modelid=121
    >More in the US at rack rate but still way less at a discounter. All's
    >well with the world after all. Less in the US even if you knock off the
    >VAT from the UK price.
Changing direction a bit, have you ever had to give
a description of your luggage when it has gone astray?
Surprising it is sometimes hard to give a complete
description even with the help of the diagrams the
baggage people show you.