Posting a bike in U.K

[Rowlie]

Hi.
I am going to sell my wife's bike on E-bay. It will only be offered for sale
within the U.K.
Does anyone know what is the best company to use? Will they pick it up at my
house.
Thanks Andrew

[Joe Roach]

"Rowlie" > wrote in message
...
> Hi.
> I am going to sell my wife's bike on E-bay. It will only be offered for
> sale within the U.K.
> Does anyone know what is the best company to use? Will they pick it up at
> my house.
> Thanks Andrew
>
I checked some of this out earlier this year and you have to watch out for a
couple of things
- for bike size boxes, all the companies charge by the volume of the box
(and this gets expensive)
- most LBS are happy to let you have their old bike boxes
- some couriers charge more for deliveries north of Glasgow/Edinburgh and
all (I found) for deliveries north of Inverness.
- watch out for extra costs to anywhere off the mainland

I was going to use APC Overnight as the courier (luckily my ebay buyer
collected instead) and it would have cost £43 to any mainland destination
south of Inverness.

Joe

[Teal'c]

"Joe Roach" > wrote in message
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>
> "Rowlie" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Hi.
>> I am going to sell my wife's bike on E-bay. It will only be offered for
>> sale within the U.K.
>> Does anyone know what is the best company to use? Will they pick it up at
>> my house.
>> Thanks Andrew
>>
> I checked some of this out earlier this year and you have to watch out for
> a couple of things
> - for bike size boxes, all the companies charge by the volume of the box
> (and this gets expensive)
> - most LBS are happy to let you have their old bike boxes
> - some couriers charge more for deliveries north of Glasgow/Edinburgh and
> all (I found) for deliveries north of Inverness.
> - watch out for extra costs to anywhere off the mainland
>
> I was going to use APC Overnight as the courier (luckily my ebay buyer
> collected instead) and it would have cost £43 to any mainland destination
> south of Inverness.
>
> Joe
>
>
Sent frame forks Hbars and various small bits from mid Wales to Glasgow
Amtrak charged £30.00 went on overall lenght rather than weight

[Coyoteboy]

I used to work at a bike shop, we posted bikes by ParcelFarce - cost us
about £8 a bike for picked-up, tracked delivery - now assuming
non-account customers pay 100% more, thats still only a £16ish? PF
also pickup for free from most locations as opposed to some others.

[Joe Roach]

"Coyoteboy" > wrote in message
oups.com...
I used to work at a bike shop, we posted bikes by ParcelFarce - cost us
about £8 a bike for picked-up, tracked delivery - now assuming
non-account customers pay 100% more, thats still only a £16ish? PF
also pickup for free from most locations as opposed to some others.

Times change. £16 is the going rate to ship a pair of 170cm/7.5Kg skis.
Parcel Force won't even do this for normal punters because they have a 150cm
maximum length limit (but this doesn't apply to some businesses.) For bike
boxes, the couriers that will take them apply a volumetric weight equivalent
and it becomes bloody expensive. £40+ is the norm unless you disassemble
the bike which may bring the cost down a bit - but not to £16.

[Coyoteboy]

Joe Roach wrote:
> Times change.

:o this was only last September! To be honest you are best stripping it
apart and packing the bits semi-seperately anyway, damage occurs during
shipping due to the odd shapes and sizes. Take it along to a bike shop
and ask them if they'd post it for you for cost plus a fiver.

J