File paths and moving files

I'm having trouble with what I thought would be a simple script. All I want to do is create a simple script that moves Pages templates into the appropriate template folder. I keep getting the following error:
"Applescript Error
Finder got an error: Handler can't handle objects of this class"
Here's the script that has the error:
set theFile to choose file
set theFolder to path to application support from user domain
set thePath to theFolder & "iWork:Pages:Templates:My Templates:"
display dialog thePath as string -- displays correct path the the folder I want
tell application "Finder"
move theFile to thePath
end tell
I appreciate any help I can get.
thanks,

You've run into one of those subtle coercion issues in AppleScript.
The problem lies with the line:
set thePath to theFolder & "iWork:Pages:Templates:My Templates:"
In this case, theFolder is an alias (the result of the path to command) and "iWork:Pages...." is a text object. When you concatenate two different classes (e.g. alias and string) the result is a list:
-->{alias "HD:users:username:Library:Application Support:", "iWork:Pages:Templates:My Templates:"}
Therefore, the move command fails because you're telling the Finder to move a file into a list, which can't be done.
The solution is quite simple - be more expilict about what thePath is. In this case, simple appending "as text" to the line fixes the problem:
set thePath to theFolder & "iWork:Pages:Templates:My Templates:" as text
Now thePath is a single text object which the Finder will coerce to a folder path when used in the move command. If you want to be even more explicit, you could:
move theFile to folder thePath

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