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Shipping wheels from USA
Help please! Has anyone bought wheels from the US? I picked up a sweet
set on eBay and the vendor has just PMed me saying UPS and USPS won't carry the box as it is oversized. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance. Donga |
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On Apr 28, 3:41 pm, Donga wrote:
Help please! Has anyone bought wheels from the US? I picked up a sweet set on eBay and the vendor has just PMed me saying UPS and USPS won't carry the box as it is oversized. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance. Donga Answering my own post - my bad! The vendor seems to be using a box for a whole bike and it exceeds the girth limit of 79". A frame box has a girth of 68", so he just needs to get one of these. Donga |
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In article . com,
Donga wrote: The vendor seems to be using a box for a whole bike and it exceeds the girth limit of 79". A frame box has a girth of 68", so he just needs to get one of these. There are boxes made just for wheels. I used one when I brought a pair back from the US. -- Shane Stanley |
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There are boxes sized just for wheels. When I bought a bike from SJS cycles
in the UK, they shipped the frame in one box and the wheels in another, and both boxes came through the post. I've also had frames sent through the post from the US, and a frame box is larger than a wheel box. FWIW, the last time I had a frame shipped via mail from the US, I was charged $US125 for the shipping. That was late last year. Nick "Donga" wrote in message oups.com... Help please! Has anyone bought wheels from the US? I picked up a sweet set on eBay and the vendor has just PMed me saying UPS and USPS won't carry the box as it is oversized. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance. |
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On Apr 28, 8:45 pm, Shane Stanley
wrote: In article . com, Donga wrote: The vendor seems to be using a box for a whole bike and it exceeds the girth limit of 79". A frame box has a girth of 68", so he just needs to get one of these. There are boxes made just for wheels. I used one when I brought a pair back from the US. -- Shane Stanley Thanks Nick and Shane. The bloke has told me he is using a Mavic wheel box. The dimensions he states fit within the published size limit for USPS EMS service, except they are telling him it is oversized. I've asked him to try again with a different clerk. Donga |
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Donga Wrote: On Apr 28, 8:45 pm, Shane Stanley wrote: In article . com, Donga wrote: The vendor seems to be using a box for a whole bike and it exceeds the girth limit of 79". A frame box has a girth of 68", so he just needs to get one of these. There are boxes made just for wheels. I used one when I brought a pair back from the US. -- Shane Stanley Thanks Nick and Shane. The bloke has told me he is using a Mavic wheel box. The dimensions he states fit within the published size limit for USPS EMS service, except they are telling him it is oversized. I've asked him to try again with a different clerk. Donga I have been chatting to a guy in the States about some wheels recently. He found it cheaper to send a pair of wheels O/S separately (ie aprox USD100) as opposed to boxed together (ie USD450),because of the oversize issue. That may be a solution for you Donga????? It would also reduce the packaging size??? -- warrwych |
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On Apr 30, 9:26 am, warrwych warrwych.2pt...@no-
mx.forums.cyclingforums.com wrote: Donga Wrote: On Apr 28, 8:45 pm, Shane Stanley wrote: In article . com, Donga wrote: The vendor seems to be using a box for a whole bike and it exceeds the girth limit of 79". A frame box has a girth of 68", so he just needs to get one of these. There are boxes made just for wheels. I used one when I brought a pair back from the US. -- Shane Stanley Thanks Nick and Shane. The bloke has told me he is using a Mavic wheel box. The dimensions he states fit within the published size limit for USPS EMS service, except they are telling him it is oversized. I've asked him to try again with a different clerk. Donga I have been chatting to a guy in the States about some wheels recently. He found it cheaper to send a pair of wheels O/S separately (ie aprox USD100) as opposed to boxed together (ie USD450),because of the oversize issue. That may be a solution for you Donga????? It would also reduce the packaging size??? -- warrwych- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Could be, but what I haven't figured yet is why the box dimensions seem to fit the rules, but USPS are saying they don't. Two boxes would be more costly than one (quote is $63), but may be a fall-back, so thanks for the suggestion. At the moment, I'm just hoping the guy doesn't cancel the sale, which is a good deal on some sweet wheels. Donga |
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